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| V AndersonSummaryAffiliation: University of Melbourne Country: Australia Publications
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Assessing executive functions in children: biological, psychological, and developmental considerationstV Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pediatr Rehabil 4:119-36. 2001....
Early effects of traumatic brain injury on young children's language performance: a preliminary linguistic analysisS Morse
Speech Pathology Department, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pediatr Rehabil 3:139-48. 1999..Results indicated that the severe group performed most poorly on language tasks. It is suggested that linguistic evaluation is an important component of follow up at least for the severe head injured population...
Recovery of educational skills following paediatric traumatic brain injuryC Catroppa
Department of Psychology, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Pediatr Rehabil 3:167-75. 1999..Future research is required to further investigate predictors of educational outcome post-TBI...
Twelve year outcomes following bacterial meningitis: further evidence for persisting effectsK Grimwood
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Arch Dis Child 83:111-6. 2000..To determine whether intellectual and cognitive impairments observed seven years following early childhood bacterial meningitis persist into adolescence...
The measurement and diagnostic utility of intrasubtest scatter in pediatric neuropsychologyT Godber
LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Psychol 56:101-12. 2000..Results confirm the diagnostic utility of an IRT-based measure of unusual test behavior in this clinical group...
Recovery of intellectual ability following traumatic brain injury in childhood: impact of injury severity and age at injuryV Anderson
University of Melbourne, Department of Psychology, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Pediatr Neurosurg 32:282-90. 2000..Findings suggest that children sustaining severe TBI in early childhood may be particularly at risk for residual problems post-injury...
A prospective analysis of the recovery of attention following pediatric head injuryC Catroppa
Department of Psychology, Royal Children s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 5:48-57. 1999..Specifically, deficits were most evident on timed tasks where speed of processing was an integral component. Difficulties persisted to at least 6 months postinjury and so may lead to cumulative deficits over time...
Attention following pediatric head injury: a developmental perspectiveC Willmott
Department of Psychology, Bethesda Rehabilitation Centre, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Dev Neuropsychol 17:361-79. 2000..Also, AAI did not predict the behavioral symptoms of inattention present in this sample as indicated by parental report. It may be that AAI only influences development following severe CHI in which there is permanent cerebral pathology...
Assessment and development of organizational ability: the Rey Complex Figure Organizational Strategy Score (RCF-OSS)P Anderson
Department of Psychology, Royal Children s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clin Neuropsychol 15:81-94. 2001..In conclusion, the RCF-OSS is a useful adjunct to traditional accuracy scoring procedures, and the normative data indicates that organizational skills may not consolidate until middle to late adolescence...
Stability of olfactory identification deficits in neuroleptic-naive patients with first-episode psychosisW J Brewer
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia
Am J Psychiatry 158:107-15. 2001..Olfactory identification deficits and their relationship to negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia were examined in patients with recent-onset psychosis, the majority of whom were neuroleptic naive...
Neuropsychological profile of a 9-year-old child with subcortical band heterotopia or 'double cortex'R Jacobs
Department of Psychology, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 43:628-33. 2001..This difficulty has functional implications affecting skill acquisition, learning in the classroom, and social interaction...
Outcome from mild head injury in young children: a prospective studyV Anderson
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 23:705-17. 2001..Group differences were identified for verbal fluency and story recall, with HI children failing to recover over time...
Olfactory identification dysfunction, aggression and impulsivity in war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorderJ F Dileo
Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia
Psychol Med 38:523-31. 2008....
Asperger syndrome: how does it relate to non-verbal learning disability?B Ryburn
Australian Institute for Primary Care, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
J Neuropsychol 3:107-23. 2009..These results raise questions about the relevance of the syndrome of NLD for children with Asperger syndrome...
