New2Neuropsychology (N2N): An organization to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuropsychology.

Objective: To introduce New2Neuropsychology (N2N), an organization that seeks to increase recruitment of historically underrepresented minoritized (URM) students, and to examine preliminary data on N2N's impact and effectiveness in increasing knowledge about neuropsychology for URM students.

Method: This paper reviews relevant literature on factors informing the development of N2N. We also present descriptive data on N2N's impact to date, and results of pre- and post- surveys for presentations about neuropsychology delivered to 90 college students (mean age = 24.

Neuropsychological Test Performance Differentiates Subgroups of Individuals With Adult Moyamoya Disease: A Cross-Sectional Clinical Study.

Background And Objectives: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare noninflammatory disorder involving progressive intracranial vasculopathy and impaired cerebral blood flow in the anterior circulation, resulting in stroke and cognitive impairment. We aimed to characterize cognitive impairment and the possible predictive value of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of adults with MMD.

Methods: This cross-sectional study examined neurocognitive performance in a group of 42 consecutive adult patients (mean age = 40.

Interactive effects of maintenance decay and interference on working memory updating in schizophrenia.

Background: Deficits in working memory have been identified as a core cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Prior work has identified a unique pattern of rapidly decreasing accuracy following intact encoding and updating of a single visuospatial target in patients with schizophrenia. Understanding whether these deficits are related to disruption of working memory stores following retrieval or part of a broader maintenance dysfunction may help elucidate the specific subprocesses underlying working memory deficits in schizophrenia.

Distinguishing patterns of impairment on inhibitory control and general cognitive ability among bipolar with and without psychosis, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder.

Background: Deficits in inhibitory control on a Stop Signal Task (SST) were previously observed to be of similar magnitude across schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and bipolar disorder with psychosis, despite variation in general cognitive ability. Understanding different patterns of performance on the SST may elucidate different pathways to the impaired inhibitory control each group displayed. Comparing nonpsychotic bipolar disorder to the psychosis groups on SST may also expand our understanding of the shared neurobiology of this illness spectrum.

Comprehensive neuropsychological findings in a case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease.

Objective: Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) is a rare complication associated with chronic heavy alcohol use, with case reports documenting a range of cognitive outcomes. Given the variability in MBD presentation and outcomes, milder cases may remain undiagnosed and few studies or case reports have presented a comprehensive neuropsychological profile of these patients. The objective of this case study was to describe the neuropsychological presentation and findings of a case of likely MBD.