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The Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT): Examining the effects of age on a new measure of theory of mind and social norm understanding by Baksh, R Asaad, Abrahams, Sharon, Auyeung, Bonnie, MacPherson, Sarah E

“…Current measures of social cognition have shown inconsistent findings regarding the effects of healthy aging. Moreover, no tests are currently available that…”
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Validation of the Virtual Reality Neuroscience Questionnaire: Maximum Duration of Immersive Virtual Reality Sessions Without the Presence of Pertinent Adverse Symptomatology by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, Collina, Simona, Doumas, Leonidas A A, MacPherson, Sarah E

“…There are major concerns about the suitability of immersive virtual reality (VR) systems (i.e., head-mounted display; HMD) to be implemented in research and…”
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Technological Competence Is a Pre-condition for Effective Implementation of Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays in Human Neuroscience: A Technological Review and Meta-Analysis by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, Collina, Simona, Doumas, Leonidas A. A., MacPherson, Sarah E.

“…Immersive virtual reality (VR) emerges as a promising research and clinical tool. However, several studies suggest that VR induced adverse symptoms and effects…”
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Cybersickness, Cognition, & Motor Skills: The Effects of Music, Gender, and Gaming Experience by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, Amir, Rayaan, Linnell, Josie, Argelaguet, Ferran, MacPherson, Sarah E.

“…Recent research has attempted to identify methods to mitigate cybersickness and examine its aftereffects. In this direction, this paper examines the effects of…”
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How immersive virtual reality methods may meet the criteria of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology: A software review of the Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL) by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, MacPherson, Sarah E.

“…Clinical tools involving immersive virtual reality (VR) may bring several advantages to cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. However, there are some…”
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Processing speed and the relationship between Trail Making Test-B performance, cortical thinning and white matter microstructure in older adults by MacPherson, Sarah E., Cox, Simon R., Dickie, David A., Karama, Sherif, Starr, John M., Evans, Alan C., Bastin, Mark E., Wardlaw, Joanna M., Deary, Ian J.

“…Part B of the Trail Making Test (TMT-B) is widely used as a quick and easy to administer measure of executive dysfunction. The current study investigated the…”
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Italian adaptation of the Edinburgh Social Cognition Test (ESCoT): A new tool for the assessment of theory of mind and social norm understanding by Isernia, Sara, MacPherson, Sarah E., Baksh, R. Asaad, Bergsland, Niels, Marchetti, Antonella, Baglio, Francesca, Massaro, Davide

“…The relevance of social cognition assessment has been formally described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5. However, social…”
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Guidelines for the Development of Immersive Virtual Reality Software for Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology: The Development of Virtual Reality Everyday Assessment Lab (VR-EAL), a Neuropsychological Test Battery in Immersive Virtual Reality by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, Korre, Danai, Collina, Simona, Doumas, Leonidas A. A., MacPherson, Sarah E.

“…Virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMD) appear to be effective research tools, which may address the problem of ecological validity in…”
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Automatic Scoring of Semantic Fluency by Kim, Najoung, Kim, Jung-Ho, Wolters, Maria K, MacPherson, Sarah E, Park, Jong C

“…In neuropsychological assessment, semantic fluency is a widely accepted measure of executive function and access to semantic memory. While fluency scores are…”
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Collaborative learning of new information in older age: a systematic review by Wolfe, Kelly, Crompton, Catherine J, Hoffman, Paul, MacPherson, Sarah E

“…Ageing is accompanied by a multitude of changes in cognitive abilities, which in turn affect learning. Learning collaboratively may benefit older adults by…”
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Human reasoning on social interactions in ecological contexts: insights from the theory of mind brain circuits by Isernia, Sara, Pirastru, Alice, Rossetto, Federica, Cacciatore, Diego Michael, Cazzoli, Marta, Blasi, Valeria, Baksh, R Asaad, MacPherson, Sarah E, Baglio, Francesca

“…The relationship between neural social cognition patterns and performance on social cognition tasks in daily life is a topic of debate, with key consideration…”
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Evidence of social understanding impairment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Cavallo, Marco, Adenzato, Mauro, Macpherson, Sarah E, Karwig, Gillian, Enrici, Ivan, Abrahams, Sharon

“…The present study aims at clarifying the nature of the Theory of Mind (ToM) deficits associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ToM is the ability to…”
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Limitations of the trail making test part-B in assessing frontal executive dysfunction by Chan, Edgar, MacPherson, Sarah E, Robinson, Gail, Turner, Martha, Lecce, Francesca, Shallice, Tim, Cipolotti, Lisa

“…Part B of the Trail Making Test (TMT-B) is one of the most widely used neuropsychological tests of "executive" function. A commonly held assumption is that the…”
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The Influence of Fluid Intelligence, Executive Functions and Premorbid Intelligence on Memory in Frontal Patients by Chan, Edgar, MacPherson, Sarah E, Bozzali, Marco, Shallice, Tim, Cipolotti, Lisa

“…It is commonly thought that memory deficits in frontal patients are a result of impairments in executive functions which impact upon storage and retrieval…”
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Age, Executive Function, and Social Decision Making: A Dorsolateral Prefrontal Theory of Cognitive Aging by MacPherson, Sarah E, Phillips, Louise H, Della Sala, Sergio

“…Current neuropsychological models propose that some age-related cognitive changes are due to frontal-lobe deterioration. However, these models have not…”
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Editorial: Intra- and Inter-individual Variability of Executive Functions: Determinant and Modulating Factors in Healthy and Pathological Conditions by MacPherson, Sarah E, Gillebert, Celine R, Robinson, Gail A, Vallesi, Antonino

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Bringing the cognitive estimation task into the 21st century: normative data on two new parallel forms by MacPherson, Sarah E, Wagner, Gabriela Peretti, Murphy, Patrick, Bozzali, Marco, Cipolotti, Lisa, Shallice, Tim

“…The Cognitive Estimation Test (CET) is widely used by clinicians and researchers to assess the ability to produce reasonable cognitive estimates. Although…”
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Definition: Dual-tasking and multitasking by MacPherson, Sarah E.

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An ecologically valid examination of event-based and time-based prospective memory using immersive virtual reality: The influence of attention, memory, and executive function processes on real-world prospective memory by Kourtesis, Panagiotis, MacPherson, Sarah E.

“…Studies on prospective memory (PM) predominantly assess either event- or time-based PM by implementing non-ecological laboratory-based tasks. The results…”
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Deficits in Emotional and Social Cognition in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Girardi, Alessandra, MacPherson, Sarah E., Abrahams, Sharon

“…Objective: These studies investigated whether non-demented ALS patients display impairments on tests of emotional decision making and social and emotional…”
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