Pub Date : 2021-05-07DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00107-9
L. Lecci, C. Freund, L. Ayearst, G. Sitarenios, Blair Pickett, Faith S. Crews, K. Dugan, Lori J. Lange, A. Clark, T. D. Linz, S. Taravath, Mark Williams, J. Keith
{"title":"Validating a Short Conners CPT 3 as a Screener: Predicting Self-reported CDC Concussion Symptoms in Children, Adolescents, and Adults","authors":"L. Lecci, C. Freund, L. Ayearst, G. Sitarenios, Blair Pickett, Faith S. Crews, K. Dugan, Lori J. Lange, A. Clark, T. D. Linz, S. Taravath, Mark Williams, J. Keith","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00107-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00107-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83614773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-05DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00103-z
A. Horton, C. Reynolds
{"title":"Trajectory of the Development of Executive Functioning: Implications for Death as a Penalty as Applied to the Late Adolescent Class","authors":"A. Horton, C. Reynolds","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00103-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00103-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78294981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-28DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00100-2
Karen A. Steele
{"title":"The Law, the Science, and the Logic of Ending the Teenage Death Penalty","authors":"Karen A. Steele","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00100-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00100-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91161363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-27DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00102-0
Alex Meggitt
{"title":"Trends in Laws Governing the Behavior of Late Adolescents up to Age 21 Since Roper","authors":"Alex Meggitt","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00102-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00102-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78710425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-21DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00104-y
R. Mccaffrey, C. Reynolds
{"title":"Neuroscience and Death as a Penalty for Late Adolescents","authors":"R. Mccaffrey, C. Reynolds","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00104-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00104-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77303159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-09DOI: 10.1007/S40817-021-00105-X
R. Leark
{"title":"An Introduction to the Special Issue on the Death Penalty Among Teen-Aged Offenders","authors":"R. Leark","doi":"10.1007/S40817-021-00105-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/S40817-021-00105-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73396050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-02-15DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00096-9
Maina Rachel, Van De Vijver J. R. Fons, A. Amina, M. Pérez-García, Kumar Manasi
{"title":"Assessing Neuropsychological Functions in Middle Childhood: a Narrative Review of Measures and Their Psychometric Properties Across Context","authors":"Maina Rachel, Van De Vijver J. R. Fons, A. Amina, M. Pérez-García, Kumar Manasi","doi":"10.1007/s40817-021-00096-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-021-00096-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79259488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-18DOI: 10.1007/s40817-020-00095-2
Richard S. Pond, M. McCool, Brian A. Bulla
{"title":"Multilevel Modeling of Interval-Contingent Data in Neuropsychology Research Using the lmerTest Package in R","authors":"Richard S. Pond, M. McCool, Brian A. Bulla","doi":"10.1007/s40817-020-00095-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-020-00095-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73892,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77382497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-10-12DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00112-y
Christopher Mulchay, Michael Wolff, Julian Ward
The Feifer Assessment of Writing (FAW) is a comprehensive test of writing that was designed to measure three subtypes of written language disorders. Academic achievement tests endeavor to evaluate core neuropsychological and theoretical perspectives that identify students at risk. Written assessments have historically focused more on the ability to write, putting ideas together in a sentence, and being able to do so efficiently. Missing from these evaluations is the impact of working memory and other executive functioning abilities, such as the ability to strategically develop a plan, evaluate, monitor, draft, and revisit the text. This review explores the FAW, and its contribution to the neuropsychological evaluation of writing.
Feifer Assessment of Writing (FAW)是一项综合性的写作测试,旨在衡量三种类型的书面语言障碍。学业成绩测试努力评估核心神经心理学和理论观点,以识别有风险的学生。从历史上看,书面评估更侧重于写作能力,将想法整合成一句话,以及能够有效地做到这一点。这些评估忽略了工作记忆和其他执行功能能力的影响,比如战略性地制定计划、评估、监控、起草和重新审视文本的能力。这篇综述探讨了FAW及其对写作神经心理学评价的贡献。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-09-07DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00111-z
Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Wepnyu Y Njamnshi, Leonard Ngarka, Leonard N Nfor, Constance Ayuk, Noelar N Mundih, Hilda T Ekwoge, Kevin Nganchfu, Kongnyu G Njamnshi, Rachel Yerema, Pernelle Ngoundjou, Edward Awasume, George Ashu, Earnest N Tabah, Robert Colebunders, Alfred K Njamnshi
Infection with Onchocerca volvulus was recently reported to increase the risk for epilepsy in Cameroonian children. We investigated whether infection with O. volvulus may alter the cognitive function of children who may or may not develop epilepsy later in their lifetime. Using rapid diagnostic tests, we determined the presence of Ov16 antibodies in 209 school-aged children without epilepsy recruited from three Cameroonian villages, as a proxy for onchocerciasis exposure. In addition, the neurocognitive performance of these children was assessed using a battery of validated tools. Participants were aged 6-16 years, and 46.4% were Ov16 seropositive. Upon standardizing age-specific neurocognitive scores and investigating predictors of neurocognitive performance using multiple linear regression models (adjusted for gender, education level, previous ivermectin use, and anthropometric parameters), we found that being Ov16-positive was significantly associated with reduced semantic verbal fluency (estimate -0.38; 95% confidence interval -0.65 to -0.11; p = 0.006) and lower scores on the International HIV Dementia Scale (estimate -0.31; confidence interval -0.56 to -0.04; p = 0.025). Furthermore, an increasing frequency of past ivermectin use was associated with increased neurocognitive scores. Our findings suggest that exposure to O. volvulus may affect neurocognitive performance of children.
Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40817-021-00111-z.
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