Cognitive deficits have been widely observed in patients with primary brain tumors consequent to diagnosis and treatment. Given the early onset and the relatively long survival rate of patients, it seems pertinent to study and refine the techniques used to treat these deficits. The purpose of this article is to discuss cognitive deficits that follow neurosurgical treatment for low-grade gliomas...

Compared to conventional paper-pencil testing, computer administration of diagnostic methods has many advantages but also some disadvantages. In the questionnaires, the use of a computer is relatively nonproblematic and psychologists in practice appreciate the time and material efficiency, standardized procedure, and fast and flawless result evaluation. However, in the performance tests (e.g. i...

Since currently available antipsychotic medications predominantly treat hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thoughts and behavior, and related agitation/aggression, attention has traditionally been focused on managing positive symptoms. However, prominent negative symptoms and clinically relevant cognitive impairment affect approximately 40% and 80% of people with schizophrenia, respectivel...

OBJECTIVE Schizophrenia patients often exhibit impairments in facial affect recognition which contribute to their poor social functioning. These impairments are stable in the course of the disorder and seem not to be affected by conventional treatment. The present study investigates the efficacy and specificity of a new training program for the remediation of such impairments. METHOD A newly ...

Introduction: Go/NoGo continuous performance task (CPT) is a neuropsychological test designed for measurement of attention and impulsivity and very often associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The aim of this study was to provide current view of test with its application in future psychophysiological research and clinical practise. Methods: The studies regarding CPT we...

Manfred Spitzer’s book from 2012 called Digital Dementia (Brno: Host, 2014) is remarkable, brilliantly-written and well translated. The author is a German neuroscientist and psychiatrist in a leadership position. By the book title – digital dementia – Spitzer refers to the term digital emigrants that labels a generation of people born after 1980. This generation grew up with computers as a natu...

BMIs using EEG or ECoG in the complete locked in state (CLIS) were largely unsucessessful; no proven case learning to communicate with a BMI is documented. We present the first case of a CLIS patient in advanced ALS who learned reliable yes-no communication with a BMI using blood oxygenation measure with NIRS after months of random performance with an EEG-BMI. Reasons for these results are disc...

The author describes his own concept of happiness, which he has derived from an original theory of personality. Personality structure consists of four subsystems: motivational, executive, egotic, and character. The definition of happiness as a synergic unity of joy, bliss, self-actualization, and meaning comes from the concept of saturation of these personality substructures. Further he focuses...

BACKGROUND the Phonological and Reading Remediation Program in learning disabilities. AIM to verify therapeutic effectiveness of the Phonological and Reading Remediation Program in students with learning disabilities. METHOD participants of this study were 40 students who were divided in the following groups: GI, subdivided in: GIE (10 students without learning disabilities submitted to the...

Cognitive deficits are a central and debilitating aspect of schizophrenia and other major mental illnesses. Although they are largely refractory to pharmacotherapy, multiple studies have now shown that large and lasting improvements in cognition can result from behavioral interventions. We will review our work over the past 10 years demonstrating that cognitive remediation treatment together wi...