Evaluated the psychopathological features that may underlie or accompany Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. Univariate analyses indicated that Tourette subjects scored higher on the following scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: Schizophrenia, Depression, Psychopathic Deviate, Psychasthenia and Hypochondriasis. The results…

Assessed correlation and discrepancy scores among Wechsler intelligence and memory quotients in 126 closed head injured (CHI) adults. Results indicated a slight generalized decrease in CHI patients' mean level of performance. A significant correlation was obtained between patients' intelligence and memory quotient scores. Discrepancy scores were…

Examined the Selz and Reitan scatter index for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised using the national normative sample (N=1,880). Results indicated that means and variances were substantially greater for adults than for children. Correlations of scatter with several subject characteristics limit potential utility of the index.…

Compared diabetic (N=39) with nondiabetic chronic illness patients (N=20) and healthy controls (N=24). The chronic illness and the diabetic groups had significant elevations on the Hypochondriasis, Depression, and Hysteria scales of the Feschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI. For diabetics, results demonstrated a negligible effect of poor adjustment on…

Reviews roots from which Halstead began his investigations, significance of his original collaboration with neurological surgeons, and long-term implications of his practical approach of observing brain-damaged patients in their everyday living situations to identify problems and limitations they experienced. Describes development of…

Young, active, licensed professional boxers were found to display a pattern of neuropsychological deficits consistent with the more severe punch-drunk syndrome of years past. These deficits resulted in significantly lower test performance than that of control athletes matched for race, age, and level of education. (Author/ABB)

Presents a brief clinical test, derived from earlier neuropsychological instruments, with evidence for its reliability, interscorer agreement, and validity. The latter is based upon correlations with both CAT scan measures of cortical atrophy and ventricular enlargement, as well as correlations with seven other previously validated cognitive…

Pattern and level of performance on the WAIS-R (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised) and the Luria-Nebraska's Intelligence, Memory, and Motor Scales were examined for 93 neurologically impaired adults. Each set of procedures evidently is indexing the same theoretical constructs. (Author/ABB)

Calculated mean scores for older persons utilizing data from previous studies that measured Wechsler Memory Scale performance in healthy samples and compared with those of younger adults and a sample of neurologically impaired age (N=384). Statistical analysis indicated significant differences in the performance of different age groups. (JAC)

Alcohol abuse is linked strongly with neuropsychological deficits that may resemble deficits seen in head-injured individuals. Heavy daily drinking appears more damaging than episodic abusive consumption. Cognitive deficits associated with alcohol include abstraction, perceptuospatial, and problem-solving skills. For alcoholics younger than 40,…

Compared the relative performance of 40 patients with a history of alcohol abuse on tasks of short-term semantic and visual memory. Performance on the visual memory tasks was impaired significantly relative to the semantic memory task in a within-subjects analysis of variance. Semantic memory was unimpaired. (Author/ABB)

It was concluded that interpretation of Wechsler Scales according to criteria found appropriate for EEG abnormal adults is not appropriate for children. (Authors/MB)

Psychosocial functioning of adult epileptic outpatients as assessed by the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory (WPSI) was compared to that of adult multiple sclerosis (MS) outpatients and normal subjects. When only valid WPSI profiles were considered, the only significant finding was that the epilepsy group and the MS group had more…

Predicted leisure time exercise behavior among 62 lower-limb disabled adults using the theory of reasoned action. Results indicated 35 percent of the variance in exercise behavior could be explained with intention being the strongest predictor. In comparison, the ability to predict intentions to exercise showed habit explained only 7 percent of…