Assessing children's cognitive flexibility with the Shape Trail Test

The Shape Trail Test: Application of a New Variant of the Trail Making Test

OBJECTIVE The Trail making test (TMT) is culture-loaded because of reliance on the Latin alphabet, limiting its application in Eastern populations. The Shape Trail Test (STT) has been developed as a new variant. This study is to examine the applicability of the STT in a senile Chinese population and to evaluate its potential advantages and disadvantages. METHOD A total of 2470 participants we...

Assessing Executive Abilities Following Acute Stroke with the Trail Making Test and Digit Span

The Trail Making Test and Digit Span are neuropsychological tests widely used to assess executive abilities following stroke. The Trails B and Digits Backward conditions of these tests are thought to be more sensitive to executive impairment related to frontal lobe dysfunction than the Trails A and Digits Forward conditions. Trails B and Digits Backward are also thought to be more sensitive to ...

Cognitive Flexibility and Its Dimensions in Patients with Gastrointestinal Diseases

  Abstract Introduction: Gastrointestinal diseases are one of the most common and chronic non-communicable diseases that impose high stress and cost on society and the health system. Objective: The present study aimed at comparing cognitive flexibility and its dimensions between gastrointestinal patients and healthy subjects. Materials and Methods: This is a comparative analytical study. Th...

Cognitive Flexibility

The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking and Self-compassion Training on Cognitive Flexibility and Cognitive Failure in Girls With Primary Dysmenorrhea

Background: There is a relationship between the primary dysmenorrhea and psychological variables. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of positive thinking and self-compassion training on cognitive flexibility and cognitive failure in girls with primary dysmenorrhea. Materials & Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study carried out on multiple groups wi...