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Behav Res Methods 2021 Mar 5. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Institute of Neuroscience (IONS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Recent data collected on adult patients with vestibular loss (VL) tend to demonstrate possible cognitive impairments in visuospatial working memory, mental rotation, selective attention, and space orientation. However, the neuropsychological profile of children with VL remains largely under-investigated in the scientific literature. Although previous research has shown that children with VL may experience some degree of delayed motor development, it is not yet clear if VL could also lead to specific delayed cognitive development. Read More

Brain Sci 2021 Feb 20;11(2). Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Background: Cognitive flexibility, response inhibition, and working memory are considered the main mechanisms responsible for executive control. This study examined differences in cognitive flexibility, inhibition, and working memory in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) relative to a control group.

Method: A total of 62 obsessive-compulsive participants (OCD = 32; healthy control = 32) aged between 17 and 56 years old (M = 33. Read More

Brain Behav 2021 Mar 5:e01950. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Objective: Neurocognitive dysfunction has been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, although PTSD is often comorbid with MDD, there is little neurocognitive work to date on individuals who suffer from both PTSD and MDD. Here, we compared neurocognitive domains in individuals with PTSD, MDD, and comorbid PTSD and MDD with those of healthy controls. Read More

Brain Behav 2021 Mar 4:e02095. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Preexisting cognitive impairment is an important, but underrecognized, predictor of postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction, a common and important sequela of surgery. We have applied computerized neuropsychological testing as an efficient and reliable means of detecting preexisting cognitive impairment in two studies of cardiac and noncardiac surgical populations and propose that this tool has great potential in routine clinical diagnosis. Read More

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021 Feb;25(4):2021-2030

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Neurocognitive impairment is one of the most common manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the pathophysiology of this issue is still poorly understood. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between vitamin D levels and cognitive function in patients with MS as assessed by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB). Read More