: To investigate whether significant differences exist in everyday memory between youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum (FASD) compared with a nonexposed (NE) control group, while controlling for socioeconomic status and other comorbidities. : Caregiver ratings using the Everyday Memory Questionnaire were obtained for 105 youth (9-17 years of age). Scores were compared between youth with a FASD diagnosis ( = 41; 56% male) and the NE group ( = 64; 53% male) using multivariate analysis of variance. : Significantly poorer scores were found across all domains of everyday memory in youth with FASD (<0.01 for all comparisons). Findings maintained significance after controlling for group differences in socioeconomic status, presence of learning, and attention disorders, as well as exposure to other teratogens. : This study provides important insights regarding the memory issues that underlie daily functional challenges faced by youth with FASD and the need for future intervention research.
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Sci Rep
January 2025
PSYCLE, Aix Marseille Univ, Aix en Provence, France.
The canonical size phenomenon refers to the mental representation of real-object size information: the objects larger in the physical world are represented as larger in mental spatial representations. This study tested this phenomenon in a drawing-from-memory task among children aged 5, 7, and 9 years. The participants were asked to draw objects whose actual sizes varied at eight size rank levels.
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December 2024
Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Kasei University, Saitama, Japan.
Introduction: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between anxiety about the possibility of developing dementia (dementia onset anxiety) and subjective memory impairment in frail older individuals who require long-term care and are experiencing declining cognitive function.
Methods: This study included 30 frail older individuals requiring long-term care who completed the Everyday Memory Checklist (EMC), which was simultaneously performed by an occupational therapist (OT). Individuals were divided into two groups: with and without anxiety about dementia onset.
J Alzheimers Dis
January 2025
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Background: Spatial orientation is required for independent mobility in society. Deficits in spatial orientation can be an early symptom of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and there is a need for brief assessment tools to identify impairments.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the construct and known-group validity of our newly developed Spatial Orientation Screening (SOS) questionnaire.
J Head Trauma Rehabil
September 2024
Author Affiliations: Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Ms Luszawski and Dr Yeates); Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta (Ms Luszawski and Dr Yeates); Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Ms Luszawski and Dr Yeates); Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Ms Minich, Dr Bacevice, and Dr Bangert); Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Ms Minich and Dr Bacevice); Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah and Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Dr Bigler); Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Taylor); Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Drs Taylor, Cohen, and Zumberge); Emergency Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Cohen); Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Bangert); Radiology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Zumberge); Educational and Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (Dr Tomfohr-Madsen); Neurosciences Program, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta (Dr Brooks); and Departments of Pediatrics, Clinical Neurosciences, and Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Dr Brooks).
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Setting: Emergency departments (EDs) at 2 children's hospitals in the Midwestern United States.
Foods
January 2025
Interdepartmental Research Centre "Nutraceuticals and Food for Health", University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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