Cognitive Testing Practices for Basic Military Training in the Nordic Countries: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT The Nordic countries have a long tradition of using general mental ability (GMA) tests as part of their military conscription process, a practice that began in the mid‐20th century. These Nordic tests were developed with a dual purpose—to filter out individuals unfit for military service and to rank individuals' GMA for military roles—and they
Emelie Wahlkrantz, Jeanette Melin
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Cortical Thickness and White Matter Surface Morphology in Tourette Syndrome: A Cohort Study
Objective To examine cortical thickness and white matter surface morphology in a large sample of individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) and neurotypical controls across the lifespan, and to assess associations with symptom severity, comorbidities, and medication use.
Sahar Delavari +8 more
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Case Report: Sustained Cognitive Improvement and Reversible Brain Hypoperfusion in the Context of Posterior Fossa Arachnoid Cyst Shunting Procedure in KBG Syndrome. [PDF]
Fabre A +11 more
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The Cognitive Functions of Youth With Obesity: A Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT Background This meta‐analysis examined the associations between obesity and performance across seven cognitive domains (inhibition, cognitive flexibility, working memory, verbal fluency, planning, attention, and intelligence quotient [IQ]) in youth under 18 years. Developmental stage (school‐aged children vs.
Yi‐Chun Lin +5 more
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Factors linked to successful brain magnetic resonance imaging scans and data quality in autistic individuals across the functioning spectrum. [PDF]
Huang LW +12 more
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ABSTRACT The present study examined neurocognitive differences in visual word processing between children with reading difficulties (RD) and chronological‐age‐matched controls (CA) using event‐related potentials (ERPs) during a lexical decision task. Participants were Grade 3 and Grade 6 children (ages 7.6–12.1 years) who were required to discriminate ...
A. Fella +2 more
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Neuropsychobiological transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggression in mental disorders across the life span. [PDF]
Habel U +36 more
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The potential clinical relevance of the WISC-V in ADHD assessment: an analysis of structural models and within-subject cognitive discrepancies. [PDF]
Fenollar-Cortés J +5 more
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Revisiting Identification Thresholds of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) in Gifted Children (GC). A Comparison of Three Groups: Twice‐Exceptional (TE) Children, GC Without SLD and Non‐GC With SLD [PDF]
ABSTRACT This study investigates assessment of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) in Twice‐Exceptional (TE) children, gifted children (GC) who also present SLD, in oral and written language domains. Applying the standard threshold for identification (< 7th percentile) to GC often results in the assessment and identification of SLD in the TE population ...
Lesecq L +9 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigated the sociolinguistic background and the cognitive and literacy profiles of heritage bilingual (HB) children with specific learning disorders (SLD) in reading and spelling or typical development (TD) in comparison with their monolingual peers.
Paola Bonifacci +10 more
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