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Cognitive shifting
About: Cognitive shifting is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 59 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2260 citations.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that differential neuropsychological disturbance in the domain of mental flexibility/rigidity may underlie the spectrum of eating disorders.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in cognitive flexibility in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Fifty-three patients with an eating disorder (34 with anorexia nervosa and 19 with bulimia nervosa) and 35 healthy controls participated in the study. A battery of neuropsychological tests for cognitive flexibility was used, including Trail Making B, the Brixton Test, Verbal Fluency, the Haptic Illusion Test, a cognitive shifting task (CatBat) and a picture set test. Using exploratory factor analysis, four factors were obtained: 1: Simple Alternation; 2: Mental Flexibility; 3: Perseveration; and 4: Perceptual Shift. Patients with anorexia nervosa had abnormal scores on Factors 1 and 4. Patients with bulimia nervosa showed a different pattern, with significant impairments in Factors 2 and 4. These findings suggest that differential neuropsychological disturbance in the domain of mental flexibility0rigidity may underlie the spectrum of eating disorders. ( JINS, 2004, 10, 513‐520.)
282 citations
TL;DR: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders were compared with matched normal controls on three types of test sensitive to: spatial ability, ability to shift cognitive set, and combinations of both, and performance deficits as compared with controls were shown.
235 citations
TL;DR: This article reviews recent near-infrared spectroscopy research that examined the relationship between the development of EF and the lateral prefrontal cortex and focuses on inhibitory control, cognitive shifting, and working memory in young children.
Abstract: Executive function refers to the higher-order cognitive control process for the attainment of a specific goal. There are several subcomponents of executive function, such as inhibition, cognitive shifting, and working memory. Extensive neuroimaging research in adults has revealed that the lateral prefrontal cortex plays an important role in executive function. Developmental studies have reported behavioral evidence showing that executive function changes significantly during preschool years. However, the neural mechanism of executive function in young children is still unclear. This article reviews recent near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) research that examined the relationship between the development of executive function and the lateral prefrontal cortex. Specifically, this review focuses on cognitive shifting, inhibitory control, and working memory in young children. Research has consistently shown significant prefrontal activation during tasks in typically developed children, but this activation may be abnormal in children with developmental disorders. Finally, methodological issues and future directions are discussed.
219 citations
TL;DR: The results of factor analysis suggested that neurocognition and social cognition are two separate areas of vulnerability in psychosis, and the social cognition measures lacked significant overlap, suggesting a multidimensional construct.
182 citations
TL;DR: The results support the hypothesis that OC symptoms may constitute a distinct cluster separate from psychosis in schizophrenia and raise the possibility of a distinct subtype of schizophrenia.
Abstract: Using neurocognitive testing, the present study assessed whether obsessions and compulsions could represent a distinct cluster of symptoms in schizophrenia. We formulated our hypothesis based on data from nonschizophrenic patients, expecting to find that schizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms would experience more difficulties in the same cognitive areas as nonschizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Patients had separate psychiatric and cognitive evaluations. The OC and non-OC schizophrenic subjects did not differ significantly on the positive and negative symptom scores. However, compared with non-OC schizophrenic patients, those with OC symptoms performed worse on cognitive areas thought to be impaired (i.e., visual-spatial skills, delayed nonverbal memory, and cognitive shifting abilities). In addition, the severity of OC scores correlated with poor performance in these areas of cognition. Our results support our hypothesis, specifically that OC symptoms may constitute a distinct cluster separate from psychosis in schizophrenia and raise the possibility of a distinct subtype of schizophrenia. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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