Selected neurodevelopmental delay syndromes and their impact on adult neuromaturation and adjustment.

A selective survey of neurodevelopmental delay syndromes is presented and discussed from neural, cognitive, and behavioral perspectives to highlight their impact on adult neuromaturation, learning abilities, psychosocial expression, and psychiatric adjustment. Emphasis is placed on the discussion of major factors and issues that influence neurodevelopmental delays, dysfunctions, and selective clinical examples of how they are manifested in adult adjustment.

Hooper Visual Organization Test performance in lateralized brain injury.

The Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT) is frequently used in measuring the cognitive functioning of brain-damaged patients. It is not clear, however, whether the VOT measures general or specific neurological dysfunction, specifically those resulting from right parietal lesions. The present study addressed this issue by examining archival data from 41 brain-damaged patients who were seen in a medical hospital's acute rehabilitation unit.

Re-examination of CPM performance and neglect in lateralized brain injury.

The current study examines the effects of lateralized brain injury on Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) performance. Archival data on 106 unilateral brain-damage patients, 59 with right hemisphere damage and 47 with left, was utilized to examine four aspects of differential performance. Right brain-damaged subjects performed significantly lower than left brain-damaged subjects overall on the CPM.

Comparison of seven psychometric instruments used for evaluation of treatment effect in Alzheimer's dementia.

Standards of assessment of treatment effect in Alzheimer's disease have been wanting. We report here a comparison of seven methods of assessment of the severity of Alzheimer's disease used in demented subjects (n = 18) and in nondemented controls (n = 18). The instruments tested were the Names Learning test, the Orientation test, the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Alzheimer's Staging Scale (the AZSS), the Global Deterioration Scale, the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, and the Alzheimer's Deficit Scale (ADS).