2023
Cognitive training for children with ADHD: composite cognitive score outcome in a randomized controlled trial
Bikic A, Dalsgaard S, Pittman B, Leckman J, Wexler B. Cognitive training for children with ADHD: composite cognitive score outcome in a randomized controlled trial. Nordic Journal Of Psychiatry 2023, 78: 87-91. PMID: 37905332, DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2023.2270954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderCognitive trainingDeficit/hyperactivity disorderComposite cognition scoreSessions of trainingCognitive functioningHyperactivity disorderCognitive improvementCognition scoresTraining sessionsMixed resultsFrequency of trainingTrainingChildrenSessionsIntervention groupCognitionInterventionFunctioningPost Hoc AnalysisScore outcomesControl groupPrevious studiesDisordersOutcomes
2021
Predictors of social functioning and quality of life in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder
Corbera S, Wexler BE, Bell MD, Pearlson G, Mayer S, Pittman B, Belamkar V, Assaf M. Predictors of social functioning and quality of life in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Psychiatry Research 2021, 303: 114087. PMID: 34246005, PMCID: PMC8373814, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial functioningCognitive empathyNegative symptomsAutism spectrum disorderWorse social functioningGreater negative symptomsHigher social functioningAffective empathySocial cognitionPersonal distressCommunication deficitsSpectrum disorderFunctioning impairmentQuality of lifeEmpathy scoresASDHigher QOLIQHealthy controlsEmpathySymptom severityDeficitsSchizophreniaWorse QOLFunctioning
2019
The development of adaptive risk taking and the role of executive functions in a large sample of school-age boys and girls
Bell MD, Imal AE, Pittman B, Jin G, Wexler BE. The development of adaptive risk taking and the role of executive functions in a large sample of school-age boys and girls. Trends In Neuroscience And Education 2019, 17: 100120. PMID: 31685124, DOI: 10.1016/j.tine.2019.100120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBalloon Analogue Risk TaskSchool-aged boysExecutive functionRisk TaskPartial mediatorAcademic achievementRisk takingBetter mathChild's schoolSchool characteristicsMiddle schoolLarge sampleTotal scoreSchoolsRecklessnessChildrenBoysBetter decisionsEmotionsGradeMeasuresFunctioningTaskProficiencyTaking
2018
Measuring and Improving Executive Functioning in the Classroom
Kavanaugh B, Tuncer O, Wexler B. Measuring and Improving Executive Functioning in the Classroom. Journal Of Cognitive Enhancement 2018, 3: 271-280. DOI: 10.1007/s41465-018-0095-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExecutive functionCognitive training exercisesEvidence-based interventionsExecutive functioningPractice effectsAcademic outcomesClassroom administrationControl processDevelopmental effectsAchievement gapTraining exercisesLaboratory researchChildrenClassroomEvidence-based educationFunctioningImportance of measurementInterventionValidityContextResearchAbilityTest
2005
Cognitive Remediation and Vocational Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia
Wexler BE, Bell MD. Cognitive Remediation and Vocational Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2005, 31: 931-941. PMID: 16079390, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbi038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive remediation treatmentAspects of schizophreniaCognitive remediationCognitive deficitsWork functioningBehavioral interventionsWork therapyCognitionVocational rehabilitationArea of researchLasting improvementMental illnessSchizophreniaMajor mental illnessRemediation treatmentsFunctioningDeficitsInterventionMultiple studiesReadersResearchRehabilitation
1996
Affective reactivity of cognitive functioning and family history in schizophrenia
Docherty N, Grosh E, Wexler B. Affective reactivity of cognitive functioning and family history in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 1996, 39: 59-64. PMID: 8719127, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00102-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAffective reactivityNegative affectCognitive functioningRight ear advantageDichotic listening testThought disorder symptomsNegative stimuliNegative taskNeutral taskDisorder symptomsCognitive symptomsThought disorderFamily psychiatric historyOutpatient sampleListening testsAffectSchizophreniaFunctioningTaskSchizophrenic inpatientsPsychiatric historyDisordersStimuliSymptomsFindings