A French adaptation of the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME-F).

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Savard ◽  
Véronique Maheux-Caron ◽  
David D. Vachon ◽  
Sébastien Hétu ◽  
Dominick Gamache
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Measure

Extension of an Observational Social-Cognitive Measure to Children With Autism

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M. Fenning ◽  
Hannah Conforti ◽  
Heather A. Henderson ◽  
Leena Mohapatra ◽  
Nicole Mcdonald
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Cognitive Measure

From a molar to a molecular approach to the developmental trajectory of syntax comprehension by persons with intellectual disability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Facon
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Regression Curves ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Syntactic Skills

The aim was to investigate whether a progressive dissociation between the cognitive level and syntax comprehension occurs during the development of persons with intellectual disabilities (ID). Two cross-sectional developmental trajectory analyses were successively conducted. Study 1 comprised 615 typically developing participants and 615 participants with ID. Their total scores on a syntax comprehension test were regressed on a nonverbal cognitive measure and the slopes of the two groups’ regression lines were compared. In Study 2, logistic regression curves of the two groups for each of the 92 test items were compared. Results showed only negligible between-groups differences of developmental trajectories, whatever the level of analysis. The idea of a progressive dissociation between cognitive level and receptive syntactic skills of people with ID is not confirmed. However, a syntax test evaluating more complex sentences than those used in this study might show such a dissociation.

scholarly journals Correlates of the discrepancy between objective and subjective cognitive functioning in non-demented patients with Parkinson’s disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mattia Siciliano ◽  
Lugi Trojano ◽  
Rosa De Micco ◽  
Valeria Sant’Elia ◽  
Alfonso Giordano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Objective Evidence ◽  
Cognitive Discrepancy

Abstract Background Subjective complaints of cognitive deficits are not necessarily consistent with objective evidence of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Here we examined the factors associated with the objective-subjective cognitive discrepancy. Methods We consecutively enrolled 90 non-demented patients with PD who completed the Parkinson’s Disease Cognitive Functional Rating Scale (subjective cognitive measure) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; objective cognitive measure). The patients were classified as “Overestimators”, “Accurate estimators”, and “Underestimators” on the basis of the discrepancy between the objective vs. subjective cognitive measures. To identify the factors distinguishing these groups from each other, we used chi-square tests or one-way analyses of variance, completed by logistic and linear regression analyses. Results Forty-nine patients (54.45%) were classified as “Accurate estimators”, 29 (32.22%) as “Underestimators”, and 12 (13.33%) as “Overestimators”. Relative to the other groups, the “Underestimators” scored higher on the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Parkinson Anxiety Scale (p < 0.01). Logistic regression confirmed that FSS and BDI scores distinguished the “Underestimators” group from the others (p < 0.05). Linear regression analyses also indicated that FSS and BDI scores positively related to objective-subjective cognitive discrepancy (p < 0.01). “Overestimators” scored lower than other groups on the MoCA’s total score and attention and working memory subscores (p < 0.01). Conclusion In more than 45% of consecutive non-demented patients with PD, we found a ‘mismatch’ between objective and subjective measures of cognitive functioning. Such discrepancy, which was related to the presence of fatigue and depressive symptoms and frontal executive impairments, should be carefully evaluated in clinical setting.

A Cognitive Measure of Entrepreneurial Alertness

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 273-294
Author(s):  
Zohreh Hassannezhad Chavoushi ◽  
Dave Valliere
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theoretical Construct ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Cognitive Feature

Alertness is a foundational concept in current understandings of the spotting and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities. Yet, despite being identified as a key theoretical construct of individual entrepreneurs, its cognitive features are not fully described in the literature. And as a result, the existing instruments for measuring this cognitive feature of entrepreneurs do not fully reflect the broad nature of this concept. In this study, the cognitive theoretical basis of alertness is reviewed and a new scale, which better reflects the broader cognitive features of entrepreneurial alertness, is presented. This may assist the validity of future empirical studies that involve entrepreneurial alertness.

Listening and Language at 4 Years of Age

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S. Gravel ◽  
Ina F. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Test Procedure ◽  
First Year ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
First Year Of Life

The effect of early otitis media on preschoolers’ listening and language abilities was examined in a cohort of prospectively followed children. At 4 years of age, children considered otitis negative and otitis positive during the first year of life were examined using a speech-incompetition task and several standardized measures of language and cognitive function. An adaptive test procedure was used, with sentence materials from the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test (PSI) (Jerger & Jerger, 1984). Results indicated that children with positive histories of otitis media during the first year required a more advantageous signal-to-competition ratio to perform at 50% sentence intelligibility than did their otitis-negative peers. There was no interaction between birth status (high-risk or full-term) and adaptive PSI listening task outcome. No differences between the groups were found In either receptive or expressive language abilities or in cognitive abilities. Further, there was no relationship between any language or cognitive measure and the adaptive PSI result

scholarly journals Development and Preliminary Validation of Standardized Regression-Based Change Scores as Measures of Transitional Cognitive Decline

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1168-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M Kiselica ◽  
Alyssa N Kaser ◽  
Troy A Webber ◽  
Brent J Small ◽  
Jared F Benge
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Base Rate ◽  
Neuropsychological Battery ◽  
Clinical Dementia Rating ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Change Scores ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Objective An increasing focus in Alzheimer’s disease and aging research is to identify transitional cognitive decline. One means of indexing change over time in serial cognitive evaluations is to calculate standardized regression-based (SRB) change indices. This paper includes the development and preliminary validation of SRB indices for the Uniform Data Set 3.0 Neuropsychological Battery, as well as base rate data to aid in their interpretation. Method The sample included 1,341 cognitively intact older adults with serial assessments over 0.5–2 years in the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Database. SRB change scores were calculated in half of the sample and then validated in the other half of the sample. Base rates of SRB decline were evaluated at z-score cut-points, corresponding to two-tailed p-values of .20 (z = −1.282), .10 (z = −1.645), and .05 (z = −1.96). We examined convergent associations of SRB indices for each cognitive measure with each other as well as concurrent associations of SRB indices with clinical dementia rating sum of box scores (CDR-SB). Results SRB equations were able to significantly predict the selected cognitive variables. The base rate of at least one significant SRB decline across the entire battery ranged from 26.70% to 58.10%. SRB indices for cognitive measures demonstrated theoretically expected significant positive associations with each other. Additionally, CDR-SB impairment was associated with an increasing number of significantly declined test scores. Conclusions This paper provides preliminary validation of SRB indices in a large sample, and we present a user-friendly tool for calculating SRB values.

Does the Cognitive Measure Cog-4 Show Improvement among Patients Treated with Thrombolysis after Acute Stroke?

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 652-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Hajjar ◽  
Rachael L. Fulton ◽  
Hans-Christoph Diener ◽  
Kennedy R. Lees ◽  
A Alexandrov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Cognitive Measure

scholarly journals Development of a Combined Sensory-Cognitive Measure Based on the Common Cause Hypothesis: Heterogeneous Trajectories and Associated Risk Factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. e357-e366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier de la Fuente ◽  
Dario Moreno-Agostino ◽  
Alejandro de la Torre-Luque ◽  
A Matthew Prina ◽  
Josep María Haro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Cognitive Difficulties ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Common ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Abstract Background and Objectives There is a link between sensory and cognitive functioning across old age. However, there are no integrative measures for assessing common determinants of sensory-cognitive functioning. This study aims to develop a combined measure of sensory-cognitive functioning, and to identify heterogeneous trajectories and associated risk factors. Research Design and Methods Two thousand two hundred and fifty-five individuals aged 60 years and over selected from the first six waves (2002–2012) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing completed a set of five self-reported visual and hearing functioning items and four cognitive items. Several health-related outcomes were also collected. Results The common cause model presented longitudinal factorial invariance (Tucker-Lewis index [TLI] = 0.989; Comparative Fit Index [CFI] = 0.991; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation [RMSEA] = 0.026). A common factor explained 32%, 36%, and 26% of the visual, hearing, and cognitive difficulties, respectively. The developed sensory-cognitive measure predicted incident dementia over 10 years (area under the curve = .80; 95% confidence interval [CI] = .75, .86). A three-trajectory model was proved to fit better, according to growth mixture modeling. Low levels of education and household wealth, disability, diabetes, high blood pressure, depressive symptoms, and low levels of physical activity were risk factors associated with the classes showing trajectories with a steeper increase of sensory-cognitive difficulties. Discussion and Implications A time-invariant factor explains both sensory and cognitive functioning over 8 years. The sensory-cognitive measure derived from this factor showed a good performance for predicting dementia 10 years later. Several easily identifiable socioeconomic and health-related risk factors could be used as early markers of subsequent sensory-cognitive decline. Therefore, the proposed latent measure could be useful as a cost-effective indicator of sensory-cognitive functioning.

scholarly journals Can the Relationship Between Rapid Automatized Naming and Word Reading Be Explained by a Catastrophe? Empirical Evidence From Students With and Without Reading Difficulties

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios D. Sideridis ◽  
Panagiotis Simos ◽  
Angeliki Mouzaki ◽  
Dimitrios Stamovlasis ◽  
George K. Georgiou
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Word Reading ◽  
Rapid Automatized Naming ◽  
Cusp Catastrophe ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Catastrophe Model ◽  
Cognitive Measure ◽  
Cusp Catastrophe Model ◽  
Core Reading

The purpose of the present study was to explain the moderating role of rapid automatized naming (RAN) in word reading with a cusp catastrophe model. We hypothesized that increases in RAN performance speed beyond a critical point would be associated with the disruption in word reading, consistent with a “generic shutdown” hypothesis. Participants were 587 elementary schoolchildren (Grades 2–4), among whom 87 had reading comprehension difficulties per the IQ-achievement discrepancy criterion. Data were analyzed via a cusp catastrophe model derived from the nonlinear dynamics systems theory. Results indicated that for children with reading comprehension difficulties, as naming speed falls below a critical level, the association between core reading processes (word recognition and decoding) becomes chaotic and unpredictable. However, after the significant common variance attributed to motivation, emotional, and internalizing symptoms measures from RAN scores was partialed out, its role as a bifurcation variable was no longer evident. Taken together, these findings suggest that RAN represents a salient cognitive measure that may be associated with psychoemotional processes that are, at least in part, responsible for unpredictable and chaotic word reading behavior among children with reading comprehension deficits.

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