Integrating Lifestyle Factor Science into Neuropsychological Practice: A National Academy of Neuropsychology Education Paper.

Objective: The primary aim of this paper is to review evidence and clinical implications related to lifestyle activities associated with promoting brain and cognitive health. Our review targets four key lifestyle factors: physical activity and exercise, social engagement, cognitively stimulating activity, and consuming Mediterranean-style diets.

Method: We conducted a critical review of the lifestyle factor literature in the four domains listed earlier.

Tele-Neuropsychology: From Science to Policy to Practice.

Objective: The primary aim of this paper is to accelerate the number of randomized experimental studies of the reliability and validity in-home tele-neuropsychological testing (tele-np-t).

Method: We conducted a critical review of the tele-neuropsychology literature. We discuss this research in the context of the United States' public and private healthcare payer systems, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system's telehealth lists, and existing disparities in healthcare access.

Base rate comparison of suboptimal scores on the RBANS effort scale and effort index in Parkinson's disease.

Objective: The effort index (EI) and the effort scale are commonly used embedded effort indicators on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). This investigation examined the rates of suboptimal scores on the EI and effort scale in a Parkinson's disease (PD) sample.

Method: One hundred and sixty-three participants who have been diagnosed with PD by a board-certified neurologist were included in the study.

Changes in Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scores Over Time.

This study explored the utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in the detection of cognitive change over time in a community sample (age ranging from 58 to 77 years). The MoCA was administered twice approximately 3.5 years apart ( n = 139).

Striatal functional connectivity networks are modulated by fMRI resting state conditions.

Resting state fluctuations in blood oxygenation level dependent functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD fcMRI) time-series have been increasingly employed to study functional connectivity networks in healthy and diseased brain. FcMRI studies have been conducted under a number of different conditions, including resting eyes open, visual fixation and finger tapping. BOLD fcMRI networks are believed to reflect both anatomically constrained spontaneous fluctuations and state-dependent activity.