Yoga for firefighters: Evaluation of a quality improvement program in California fire departments.

Background: Firefighters experience high levels of physical and mental challenges. Yoga interventions have suggested benefits for firefighters.

Methods: This study reports results from a quality improvement assessment at fire departments with a 10-class yoga program.

Reverse translated and gold standard continuous performance tests predict global cognitive performance in schizophrenia.

Attentional dysfunction contributes to functional impairments in schizophrenia (SZ). Sustained attention is typically assessed via continuous performance tasks (CPTs), though many CPTs have limited cross-species translational validity and place demands on additional cognitive domains. A reverse-translated 5-Choice Continuous Performance Task (5C-CPT) for human testing-originally developed for use in rodents-was designed to minimize demands on perceptual, visual learning, processing speed, or working memory functions.

Relationship between effortful motivation and neurocognition in schizophrenia.

Effortful motivation and reward valuation learning deficits are associated with negative symptoms and impaired cognition in schizophrenia (SZ) patients. Whereas clinical assessments of motivation and reward value typically rely upon clinician ratings or self-report scales, behavioral measures often confound these constructs. Simple reverse-translated behavioral tasks that independently quantify motivation and reward valuation-which could then be linked to cognition-may facilitate the development of pro-cognitive therapeutics by bridging the "preclinical-to-clinical" gap.