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1. 36. Brain function and behaviour related to development and training of working memory

   Författare :Pernille J Olesen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Training of working memory (WM) is a research field that could result in new therapeutic breakthroughs for people with impaired WM functions. In support of this view, research in our group has previously shown that WM training could increase WM capacity in children with attention deficits and in healthy adults. LÄS MER

3. 37. Subjective memory complaints : Relations to objective memory function, gender, personality, affective status and stress

   Författare :Susanna Vestberg; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; memory complaints; memory clinic; mild cognitive impairment; depression; gender; anxiety; stress; neuropsychological tests; cortisol;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to enhance the understanding of patients with subjective memory complaints. The thesis is based on three empirical studies examining middle-aged and young old (< 70 years) non-demented patients assessed at a memory clinic. LÄS MER

4. 38. Neuropsychological assessment of cognitive function in posttramatic stress disorder: a study of Bosnian war veterans

   Författare :Maida Koso; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Posttraumatic stress disorder; cognitive functions; memory; attention;

   Sammanfattning : The present work assessed cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, and cognitive flexibility, in 20 Bosnian men with combat-related PTSD, acquired during the Balkan war 1992-1996. Veterans with chronic PTSD were tested – 7 years after the end of the hostilities – with a battery consisting of the Sustained Attention to Response Task, the Hayling Sentence Completion Test, the Trail Making Test, the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (verbal part); two questionnaires – Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale – were also administered. LÄS MER

5. 39. Analysis of regional atrophy on brain imaging compared with cognitive function in the elderly and in patients with dementia – cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation

   Författare :Vilma Velickaite; Elna-Marie Larsson; Eric Westman; Lena Kilander; Kathinka Kurz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; Brain Imaging; Visual rating; Volumetry; Cognition;

   Sammanfattning : During aging, brain changes are not homogeneous throughout the entire brain, but are related to changes in the morphology of neurons, as well as to changes in the tissue density, and are specific to each region of the brain. Dementia is a broad category of brain disorders with a set of symptoms including memory, visual-spatial and language problems. LÄS MER

7. 40. Cognitive and Functional Subgroups in Scizophrenia

   Författare :Ulla Karilampi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; schizophrenia; cognition; gender; verbal learning; global assessment of functioning; visuomotor processing speed; executive function.;

   Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to explore global and specific aspects of neurocognition in a clinically representative group of schizopsychotic patients, i.e. patients with schizophrenia or related psychotic disorders, in comparison with a population of matched healthy volunteers. LÄS MER