Rasmussen's encephalitis is characterized by refractory epilepsy, neurological deterioration and progressive atrophy of one cerebral hemisphere. The objective of this study is to describe the importance of neuropsychological evaluation in the treatment decision and follow-up of patients with Rasmusseńs encephalitis. Neuropsychological assessment was performed in two steps. Firstly, the clinical...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the older driver is a difficult task for primary care physicians. We investigated the physician-perceived barriers to assessing older drivers in primary care practice. METHODS Twenty family physicians whose patients had completed a clinical questionnaire and neuropsychological tests participated in one of 2 focus groups. Physicians were asked about barriers to assessi...

Mooseok Jang,1, 3, ∗ Yu Horie,2, ∗ Atsushi Shibukawa,1, ∗ Joshua Brake,1 Yan Liu,1 Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali,2 Amir Arbabi,2, 4 Haowen Ruan,1 Andrei Faraon,2, † and Changhuei Yang1, ‡ 1Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, USA 2T. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200...

OBJECTIVE This paper seeks to (i) describe the education and training of clinical neuropsychologists, (ii) discuss the significant differences between test administration and clinical assessment, (iii) outline the complex factors involved in psychometric test theory and test interpretation, and (iv) provide a framework for the role of clinical neuropsychologists in the interpretation and admini...

BACKGROUND Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease are clinically distinct disorders, yet neuropsychological studies have had variable success in distinguishing them. A possible reason is that studies typically rely on overall accuracy scores, which may obscure differences in reasons for failure. OBJECTIVES To explore the hypothesis that analysis of qualitative performance chara...

A description is given of the clinical, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging evolution of a 12-year-old boy (CG) who presented with bilateral thalamic astrocytoma (World Health Organization Grade 2). CG underwent an extensive neuropsychological assessment immediately after biopsy prior to any medical therapies and was followed up for 3 years until death. Neuropsychological functioning was thoro...

Assessment of statistical change criteria to define significant change in neuropsychological test performance following cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006; 29: 82–8 11 Lewis MS, Maruff P, Silbert BS, Evered LA, Scott DA. Detection of postoperative cognitive decline after coronary artery bypass graft surgery is affected by the number of neuropsychological tests in the assessment batte...

Overwhelming evidence suggests that compromised neuropsychological function is frequently observed in schizophrenia. The neuropsychological profile is typically characterized by prominent specific deficits in memory and learning, working memory, executive functions, attention, and processing speed, which are evident on a background of a generalized cognitive deficit. This paper provides a revie...