cognition

A comparison of the CogState Schizophrenia Battery and the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Battery in assessing cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia

Authors: Robert H Pietrzak, James Olver, Trevor Norman, Danijela Piskulic, Paul Maruff, Peter J Snyder

Journal: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Year Published: 2009

This study examined the criterion and construct validity of a brief computerized cognitive test battery (CogState Schizophrenia Battery) compared to a conventional cognitive test battery recommended by the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in […]

Heart rate variability and cognitive function: Effects of physical effort

Authors: Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, Emílio Takase, David Darby

Journal: Biological Psychology

Year Published: 2009

This study investigated alterations in heart rate variability (HRV) and cognitive performance before and after physical effort, for 30 high-level track and field athletes (23 males and 7 females). Interbeat intervals were assessed at the baseline […]

Slower reaction times and impaired learning in young adults with birth weight <1500 g

Authors: Sonja Strang-Karlsson, Sture Andersson, Maria Paile-Hyvärinen, David Darby, Petteri Hovi, Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Kati Heinonen, Anna-Liisa Järvenpää, Johan G Eriksson, Eero Kajantie

Journal: Pediatrics

Year Published: 2010

Objective: Children with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) perform worse on cognitive tests than do children who are born at term. Whether this difference persists into adulthood has been little studied. We assessed core […]

Criterion and construct validity of the CogState Schizophrenia Battery in Japanese patients with schizophrenia

Authors: Taisuke Yoshida, Motomu Suga, Kunimasa Arima, Yasuko Muranaka, Tsunehiko Tanaka, Satoshi Eguchi, Crystal Lin, Sumiko Yoshida, Masanori Ishikawa, Yuko Higuchi, Tomonori Seo, Yoshinori Ueoka, Masahito Tomotake, Yasuhiro Kaneda, David Darby, Paul Maruff, Masaomi Iyo, Kiyoto Kasai, Teruhiko Higuchi, Tomiki Sumiyoshi, Tetsuro Ohmori, Kiyohisa Takahashi, Kenji Hashimoto

Journal: Public Library of Science One

Year Published: 2011

Background: The CogState Schizophrenia Battery (CSB), a computerized cognitive battery, covers all the same cognitive domains as the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Consensus Cognitive Battery but is briefer to conduct. […]

Episodic memory decline predicts cortical amyloid status in community-dwelling older adults

Authors: David G Darby, Amy Brodtmann, Robert H Pietrzak, Julia Fredrickson, Michael Woodward, Victor L Villemagne, Amy Fredrickson, Paul Maruff, Christopher Rowe

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Year Published: 2011

Intra-individual decline in memory and cognition is characteristic of prodromal Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and may allow detection of very early AD pathology. Episodic memory task scores on a brief computerized cognitive battery (CogState) were prospectively evaluated […]

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