Lorazepam should no longer be used as a prototypical benzodiazepine

Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, BR-04024002 São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psicobiol, BR-04024002 São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PARENTS and INFANTS, and INFANTS-FATHER SEPARATION in the COMMON MARMOSET (CALLITHRIX-JACCHUS)

ESCOLA PAULISTA MED, DEPT PSICOBIOL, BR-04023 São Paulo, SP, BRAZILUNIV FED RIO GRANDE NORTE, SETOR PSICOBIOL, CAIXA POSTAL 1511, BR-59000 NATAL, RN, BRAZILESCOLA PAULISTA MED, DEPT PSICOBIOL, BR-04023 São Paulo, SP, BRAZILWeb of Scienc

Cross-cultural differences for three visual memory tasks in Brazilian children

Norms for three visual memory tasks, including Corsi's block tapping test and the BEM 144 complex figures and visual recognition, were developed for neuropsychological assessment in Brazilian children. the tasks were Measured in 127 children ages 7 to 10 years from rural and urban areas of the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Analysis indicated age-related but not sex-related differences. A cross-cultural effect was observed in relation to copying and recall of Complex Pictures. Different performances between rural and urban children were noted.Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Expt Psychol, BR-19806900 Assis, SP, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilINSERM, F-75654 Paris, FranceUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

Recognition memory for emotional pictures in Alzheimer's patients

Objective - the purpose of the present study was to examine whether Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients can benefit from the emotional content of visual stimuli in a picture recognition test. Method- Sixteen patients with AD and 19 normal controls matched for age and years of education, were studied. Sixteen pictures (with varying emotional contents) were presented to each participant. Thirty minutes later, a recognition test was applied with the target-pictures mixed among 34 others of similar content. the subjects were instructed to rate them as pleasant, unpleasant or indifferent. Results - the total of pictures correctly recognized by the AD patients (75.4% of the target-picture S) was smaller than that of the controls (96.4%). Controls recognized more emotional pictures than indifferent pictures. Conclusions - Emotional content enhanced recognition of pictures in normal subjects, whereas for the Alzheimer's subjects the emotional significance attached to the pictures was of no benefit to enhance recognition.Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, EPM, BR-04024002 São Paulo, BrazilUNIFESP, EPM, Dept Neurol, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychobiol, EPM, BR-04024002 São Paulo, BrazilUNIFESP, EPM, Dept Neurol, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc