The Impact of Mental Aerobics Training on Older Adults (open access)

The Impact of Mental Aerobics Training on Older Adults

This article investigates the impact of mental aerobics on older adults. Findings support the conclusion that MA can be an effective intervention in improving older adults’ affectivity, everyday task self-efficacy, and self-rated health.
Date: May 1, 2015
Creator: Hayslip, Bert; Paggi, Kay & Caballero, Daniela
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating player task engagement and arousal using electroencephalography (open access)

Evaluating player task engagement and arousal using electroencephalography

This paper from the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conference, AHFE 2015 conference proceedings coordinate task engagement data with arousal-valence data for application to expressive transformations to video game play in real time by tuning different performance parameters in an Engagement-Arousal rule system.
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: McMahan, Timothy; Parberry, Ian & Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences (open access)

Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences

This article highlights the potential of virtual reality environments for enhanced ecological validity in the clinical, affective, and social neurosciences.
Date: December 11, 2015
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges (open access)

Comparing biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease across blood fraction and platforms: Comparing apples to oranges

This article investigates the comparability of potential Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers across blood fractions and assay platforms.
Date: December 29, 2015
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Lista, Simone; Rissman, Robert A.; Edwards, Melissa; Zhang, Fan; Hall, James R. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Smoking Cessation Treatments Associated with Suicidality Risk? An Overview (open access)

Are Smoking Cessation Treatments Associated with Suicidality Risk? An Overview

This article explores the relationship between smoking cessation interventions and suicidality and explore common treatments, their associated risks, and effectiveness in promoting smoking reduction and abstinence.
Date: January 27, 2016
Creator: Penberthy, J. Kim; Penberthy, J. Morgan; Harris, Marcus R.; Nanda, Sonali; Ahn, Jennifer; Martinez, Caridad Ponce et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Minimization of Childhood Maltreatment Is Common and Consequential: Results from a Large, Multinational Sample Using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (open access)

Minimization of Childhood Maltreatment Is Common and Consequential: Results from a Large, Multinational Sample Using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

This article discusses a study to investigate 3 aspects of minimization, as defined by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire's (CTQ) Minimization-Denial (MD) scale: 1) its prevalence; 2) its latent structure; and finally 3) whether minimization moderates the CTQ's discriminative validity in terms of distinguishing between psychiatric patients and community volunteers.
Date: January 27, 2016
Creator: MacDonald, Kai; Thomas, Michael L.; Sciolla, Andres F.; Schneider, Beacher; Pappas, Katherine; Bleijenberg, Gijs et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

Blood-Based Biomarkers: A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

This article describes the first-ever multiethnic referent sample that spans community-based and clinic-based populations for implementation of an Alzheimer's disease blood screen.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease (open access)

A blood screening test for Alzheimer's disease

Article describes study examining the positive and negative predictive values of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) blood test if implemented in primary care.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: O'Bryant, Sid E.; Edwards, Melissa; Johnson, Leigh A.; Hall, James R.; Villarreal, Alcibiades E.; Britton, Gabrielle B. et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cognitive Impairment Among World Trade Center Responders: Long-Term Implications of Re-Experiencing the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks (open access)

Cognitive Impairment Among World Trade Center Responders: Long-Term Implications of Re-Experiencing the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

This article examines the association between World Trade Center (WTC)-related post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairment in WTC responders.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Clouston, Sean A.P.; Kotov, Roman; Pietrzak, Robert H.; Luft, Benjamin J.; Gonzalez, Adam; Richards, Marcus et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
DSM Nosology Changes in Neuropsychological Diagnoses through the Years: A Look at ADHD and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder (open access)

DSM Nosology Changes in Neuropsychological Diagnoses through the Years: A Look at ADHD and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

This article discusses the evolution of modern neuropsychology as a field and the concomitant changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
Date: December 29, 2016
Creator: Carlew, Anne R. & Zartman, Andrea L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Reward Questionaire--Adolescent Version and its association with callous-unemotional traits (open access)

Social Reward Questionaire--Adolescent Version and its association with callous-unemotional traits

This article describes a study in which the adult Social Reward Questionnaire is adapted for use with adolescents.
Date: March 20, 2017
Creator: Foulkes, Lucy; Neumann, Craig S.; Roberts, Ruth; McCrory, Eamon J. & Viding, Essi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience (open access)

Virtual Reality for Research in Social Neuroscience

This article discusses the potential of virtual reality for enhancing ecological validity while maintaining experimental control in social neuroscience research.
Date: April 16, 2017
Creator: Parsons, Thomas D.; Gaggioli, Andrea & Riva, Giuseppe
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions (open access)

Seeing the Growth: Strengthening Teacher Connectedness Through Outward Bound Excursions

This article assesses high-school teacher connectedness following participation in Outward Bound (OB) excursions.
Date: June 27, 2017
Creator: Turke, Shani Rose; Caldas, Stephanie; Kågesten, Anna; Parsons, Jennifer; Ahn, Ji Young & Winch, Peter
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library