Neil Parrett
@NeilParrett
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Any suggestions for the assessment of accelerated forgetting?
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Performance validity test failure in clinical populations—a systematic review | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Do ‘effort’ tests really work- not in terms of informing diagnosis. High failure rates in patients with dementia and severe TBI
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On 4/1/20, @annyreyesNeuro and @DocBlock_NP sent an email to friends and colleagues that quickly developed into KnowNeuropsychology. We are so grateful for the support we’ve received from the #neuropsych community. Can we reach 1,000 followers before our last lecture on Monday?!
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Latest ApplTree paper from @mattjamGlasgow now out - get your copy while stocks last! Designing ApplTree: usable scheduling software for people with cognitive impairments
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Smartphone reminding applications can help overcome memory difficulties experienced by people with acquired brain injury (ABI). Cognitive difficulties with memory and attention make entering remind...
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This video of a footballer nutmegging an entire squad, even when they know it is coming, is utter joy.
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San Diego accidentally set off all their July 4th fireworks at once
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Astronaut Dale Gardner retrieves Westar-6 Satellite during NASA's Space Shuttle program STS-51-A mission in 1984. Credit: NASA
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New post The latest fMRI "crisis", and what it means for the rest of us Or: ruminations on the #NARPS study https://t.co/AyyFKLsOe3
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What the latest fMRI “crisis” means for the rest of science
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Jonathan was born in 1832 in the Seychelles. He has been living in Saint Hélèna since 1882 and just celebrated his 188th birthday. Happy Birthday Jonathan 🎂
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It takes 64 seconds after reading an email to get back to the rate at which you were working before.
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Breakig: biggest advance yet in Covid treatment announced by Oxford scientists. Death rate cut by a third in patients on ventilator when given dexamethasone, a cheap steroid. Probably the best news we have had so far in this pandemic.
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Interesting piece in @guardian this #carersweek, 'Stop calling family carers a 'hidden army'. We're not invisible, just ignored.' Do you agree? #MakeCaringVisible
https://t.co/rSQMNUJXvB
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Recent research carried out for #CarersWeek shows that 4.5 million additional people are #caring for #older, #disabled or seriously ill relatives or friends since the Covid-19 #pandemic. #MakeCaringVisible
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Holy shit this was Hong Kong yesterday, at the vigil for Tiananmen Square. Despite police banning the vigil. Thank you for the inspiration Hong Kong. #BeWater
https://t.co/mqsBu0njG8
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As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, I’ve heard many ask how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.
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DW. Covid-19 infects the nervous system; causes coagulopathies, with major & microvascular damage anywhere. I would anticipate almost any single and combination of neurological losses may be seen. Here is a list of published observations. It will grow:
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Really encouraging to read Dr María Neira, the WHO Director for Public Health, say their models are showing a second wave being increasingly ruled out. Caution required, but she thinks that the virus will have a hard time surviving. The most optimistic the WHO have been!
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My son just asked me what a cougar was, and I said “an older woman who likes younger men as boyfriends”. He said, “I meant the animal” I’ve been a tabloid journalist too long.
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