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Marcos Ríos-Lago highlights the advancements, opportunities, and limitations of technology in the field of neuropsychological assessment, with a critical and integrative perspective. The omnipresence of technology in our lives Nowadays, we are surrounded by technology. Just a few days ago, we experienced a blackout that left us without electricity for several hours, allowing us to …
Alcohol consumption is one of the most common forms of substance use worldwide, with profound neuropsychological implications. In this article, psychologist Rafael A. Salas Muriel explains, from a neuropsychological perspective, what alcohol is, its effects on the brain, the risks associated with its consumption, and how neuropsychological assessment and intervention can contribute to the treatment …
In this post, the psychologist and international expert on Alzheimer’s and other dementias, Cristian Francisco Liébanas Vega, talks about prematurity and neuropsychological rehabilitation in premature babies. Prematurity is a serious problem for both the newborn (NB) and their family, as it is associated with high morbidity at birth and a high risk of future disabilities. …
In this post, psychologist Cristian Francisco Liébanas Vega talks about the intraoperative brain mapping technique and its contributions to disease diagnosis. Intraoperative brain mapping is a specialized technique used during brain surgery to optimize the balance between tumor removal and preservation of important brain functions. This technique is mainly used in patients with tumors or …
The psychologist Analí Naranjo García explores in this article the importance of focusing on the development of executive functions as a means to improve emotional self-regulation in children and adolescents, analyzing both the biological basis of these abilities and their influence on the self-regulation process. To better understand this concept, we can imagine our body …
In this article, clinical neuropsychologist and Director of Espai Neurològic, Anna Curto, explains what the Raven test consists of and how to interpret the results of the Raven Progressive Matrices test. What is the Raven test and what does it measure? If you wonder what the Raven test is and what it is used for, …
María J. García-Rubio, PhD in clinical health psychology, together with Nancy Navarro, specialist in clinical neuropsychology and major cognitive disorder, explain in this article dementia and its neuropsychological assessment through the GDS scale. This article aims to describe dementia from a neuroanatomical and psychobiological perspective in order to justify the application of the GDS scale …
In a funny sort of way, you will have already used a form of executive function to search for and click on this post. And, now that you are reading through it, you will be using another form of executive function to retain your attention, allowing your brain to minimize any background noise that might …
As we age, our bodies change, but did you know that our brains change too? It may take longer to learn new things or remember information as we get older. Our health might decline, and our bodies become frail. There are ways to combat these changes. It’s normal to experience some memory loss as we …
