J R Crawford

..Upgraded versions of earlier programs for regression in the single case are also provided; these add the point and interval estimates of effect size developed in the present article...

..To develop supplementary methods for the analysis of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) in neuropsychological assessment...

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..More importantly, the program allows the methods to be applied when only a subset of the Indexes is available. The program can be downloaded from www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy086/dept/RBANS_Supplementary_Analysis.htm..

..To develop an index-based, seven subtest, short form of the WAIS-III that offers the same comprehensive range of analytic methods available for the full-length version...

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..Wechsler, 1997) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003). Three computer programs that implement the methods are made available...

..The results question the practical utility of the distinction between strong and classical dissociations regardless of the criteria employed to test for their presence...

..Monte Carlo simulations confirm the validity of the methods, and computer programs that implement them are described and made available...

..These latter criteria were robust in the face of nonnormal control data. The power to detect classical dissociations was studied...

..With a specified error rate of 5%, actual error rates as high as 14.31% and 9.96% were observed for z and Crawford and Howell's method respectively. Potential solutions to the problem of non-normal data are evaluated...

..A computer program that implements this new test (and applies criteria to test for classical and strong dissociations) is made available...

..To develop an Index-based, seven subtest, short-form of the Wechsler intelligence scale for children fourth edition (WISC-IV) that offers the same comprehensive range of analytic methods available for the full-length version...

..The methods and program provide neuropsychologists with a means of evaluating the adequacy of existing norms and will be useful for those planning normative studies...

..Computer programs that implement the Bayesian methods are described and made available...

..The methods have been implemented in computer programs, and these are described and made available (to download, go to http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy086/dept/Compare_Two_Cases.htm)...

..The methods are implemented in a series of computer programs for PCs (these can be downloaded from www.abdn.ac.uk/∼psy086/dept/Single_Case_Covariates.htm). Illustrative examples of the methods are provided...

..The upgraded programs can be downloaded from www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy086/dept/Single_Case_Effect_Sizes.htm...

..5) The use of a mixed ANOVA design to compare a case to controls (with or without the adjustment proposed by Corballis) is beset with problems but these can be overcome using alternative methods...

..An accompanying computer program (available to download) implements these standards and generates tables of point and interval estimates of percentile ranks for new or existing normative data...

..abdn.ac.uk/~psy086/dept/BayesPTP.htm). When objective data on the base rate are lacking (or have limited relevance to the case at hand) the program elicits opinion for the pre-test probability...

..A series of recent papers have reported normative data from the general adult population for commonly used self-report mood scales...

..The results suggest that, at present, D-KEFS contrast measures should not be used in neuropsychological decision making...

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..To evaluate the reliability and validity of the PANAS (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988b) and provide normative data...

..Worked examples of the statistical methods are provided using neuropsychological data and a computer program (for PCs) that implements the methods is described and made available...

..Computer programs that implement the formulae for the confidence limits (and point estimates) are described and made available...

..To provide normative data for the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)...

..To provide UK normative data for the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) and test its convergent, discriminant and construct validity...

..To assess the accuracy with which clinicians estimate premorbid IQ from demographic variables and compare it with a regression equation which uses the same information...

..In the latter approach the statistics of the control sample are treated as parameters; this is not appropriate when, as is normally the case, the control sample size is modest in size...

..These results support both the underlying rationale and the clinical utility of controlling for premorbid performance when interpreting verbal fluency scores...

..In addition, tables are provided to allow users to assess the reliability and abnormality of differences between an individual's scores on the Prospective and Retrospective scales...

..Worked examples of the statistical methods are provided using data from a clinical case and controls. A computer program (for PCs) that implements the methods is described and made available...

..The program can be downloaded (as a zip file) from this article's supplemental materials or from www.abdn.ac.uk/~psy086/dept/DKEFS_Supplementary_Analysis.htm...

..02) after partialling out the influence of childhood IQ. DISCUSSION: The pattern of results provides strong support for the claim that the NART primarily indexes prior (rather than current) intellectual ability...

..To facilitate use of the correct method a computer program is made available for clinical practice...

..Therefore, for patients with HD, deficits on tests of phonemic and semantic fluency do not appear to reflect executive dysfunction but a more generalized cognitive impairment...

..The implications of this category bias is discussed in relation to relevant models of category specificity...

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..None of these impairments was significantly associated with the relatives' ratings of behavioural problems following TBI, although the correlation with detecting social faux pas was relatively high (r=-.61)...

..The 2004 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines highlight the importance of assessing severity of depression in primary care...

..However, patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type and demented PD patients can be differentiated from one another by the relative magnitude of deficits upon these two measures...

..To evaluate the proxy-rating version of the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) and provide norms and methods for score interpretation...

..These findings show non-arbitrary cross-cultural differences in facial attractiveness judgements and demonstrate the use of trade-off theory for investigating cross-cultural variation in women's mate preferences...

..These findings failed to confirm the used model for social behavior deficits and may cast doubt on the alleged link between deficits in emotion recognition or theory of mind and social functioning...

..In contrast, temporal damage was associated with a lesser deficit on phonemic fluency (r = .44) but a larger deficit on semantic fluency (r = .61)...

..Phonemic fluency was also significantly more sensitive to the presence of TBI than was the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test...

..52) than PM, and older participants perform substantially better than their younger counterparts in naturalistic PM studies (rs=.35 and.52 for event- and time-based PM, respectively)...

..Compared with the orthopedic control group, the TBI group was impaired on ToM and executive functioning tasks at both assessments. Furthermore, the ToM impairments in the TBI group remained stable over time...

..Dementia severity was not significantly related to the relative magnitude of deficits upon phonemic and semantic fluency...

..A computer program is made available that automates the calculations involved and can be used to store relevant data for future use...

..The relationships between diving experience and neuropsychological test performance were small and only seen with diving techniques used in the offshore oil and gas industry...

..The possible role of T1 measures in the pathophysiology of these disorders is discussed...

..Although both tasks showed significant links with a Perceptual Organization factor, only the series completion task showed a significant link with the Attention factor...

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..The results support the claim that many tests of frontal lobe function measure primarily a non-specific intellectual function but also indicate that some tests, like the MCST, may be assessing more specific cognitive operations...

..This indicates that MR imaging-depicted white matter lesions are of clinical importance...

..Patients with coexistent cognitive impairment performed worse than those who were cognitively normal...

..The presence of peaks of birth years, for whatever aetiological reason, is of significance to epidemiological studies in that prevalence estimates may be influenced by the year of study relative to these mini-cohorts...

..28, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that the scale identifies a fear that is moderately related to the presence of complications and general negative affectivity but which is a uniquely diabetes-related emotion...

..The fact that impairments in emotion recognition were evident early after TBI and no evidence of recovery over time was found, suggests a direct effect of brain injury...

..Evidence is presented that tests of phonemic and semantic fluency may aid in the differential diagnosis of patients with depression and those in the early stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type...

..Further, TBI deficits could not be attributed to increased difficulty with the retrospective component of the prospective memory task. The practical and theoretical implications of these results are discussed...

..2002). Organic alexithymia: a study of acquired emotional blindness. Brain Injury, 16, 633-645.) notion of an 'organic alexithymia', and suggest that more attention should be focused upon assessment of emotional change post-head injury...

..However, each of these subscales also taps a more general dimension of psychological distress or NA. The utility of the measure is enhanced by the provision of normative data based on a large sample...

..To correct and augment the sample on which a previous study, assessing the applicability of USA WAIS III norms to the UK population, was based. To repeat this study using the modified sample...

..In particular, they suggest that the greater proportion of living than nonliving deficits reported in the literature may be an artifact of the methods used...

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..Prospective clinical case series...

..These results show that perceptions of attractiveness are sensitive to a healthy appearance, and are consistent with the hypothesis that preferences may be adaptations for mate choice...

..The data are useful for clinicians when they take into account cultural differences of Cantonese-speaking clinical populations...