Testing for nominal dysphasia.

PAT McKenna, EK Warrington - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery …, 1980 - jnnp.bmj.com
In this paper we have described the construction of a graded naming test that makes the
distinction between object and proper names. This distinction was prompted by a single …

The use of current reading ability in the assessment of dementia

HE Nelson, PAT McKenna - British journal of social and clinical …, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
Word‐reading ability and general intelligence level were shown to be highly correlated in a
group of normal adults; from this data a regression equation was obtained. Using this …

Category-specific naming preservation: a single case study.

P McKenna, EK Warrington - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & …, 1978 - jnnp.bmj.com
Category-specific naming preservation: a single case Page 1 Journal ofNeurology, Neurosurgery,
andPsychiatry 1978, 41, 571-574 Short report Category-specific naming preservation: a single …

The use of a cognitive battery to predict who will fail an on‐road driving test

P McKenna, L Jefferies, A Dobson… - British Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: There is a growing need to find a valid and reliable neuropsychological battery
to screen out those people who are clearly unsafe to drive following brain injury or …

Category specificity in the naming of natural and man-made objects: Normative data from adults and children

P McKenna, R Parry - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
Normative data on naming ability are described for sets of category items which are matched
and graded in difficulty. The results are based on a test comprising two animate categories …

Cognitive outcome and quality of life one year after subarachnoid haemorrhage

P McKenna, JR Willison, D Lowe, G Neil-Dwyer - Neurosurgery, 1989 - journals.lww.com
In this prospective study, 100 patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) were
assessed at discharge, 3 months, and 1 year using modern methods of neuropsychology to …

Protocolized anemia management with erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

KS Brimble, CG Rabbat, P McKenna… - Journal of the …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Treatment of the anemia of chronic renal failure with exogenous recombinant human
erythropoietin (rHuEpo) is well established. The objective of this randomized clinical trial …

[BOOK][B] Category-specific names test

P McKenna - 1998 - books.google.com
The Category Specific Names Test is a test of both naming objects and matching objects
with their names in four semantic categories. The test is unique in allowing for the detection …

Fitnessto drive: A neuropsychological perspective

P McKenna - Journal of Mental Health, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Within the healthcare setting there is a growing awareness of increasing numbers of people
in the elderly and neurological populations who may no longer be fit to drive because of …

Preserved semantic learning in an amnesic patient

P McKenna, S Gerhand - Cortex, 2002 - Elsevier
A case study is reported of an amnesic patient (KN), who displayed an ability to learn a
substantial body of new visual and verbal semantic concepts, despite having a severe deficit …