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Ron E. Franco Dur án (1963-2022)
This article memorializes Ron E. Franco Durán (1963-2022), an associate professor in the Los Angeles Clinical Psychology PhD program at Alliant International University. Franco Durán's education and academic careers are summarized. It is noted that he was faculty sponsor to the Latino Student Association and advised dissertations for many Latinx and other Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color (BIPOC) students. Following a life-altering stroke in 2016, Ron remained committed to community work centered on people with chronic medical conditions and systemic factors related to academic and social adjustment of first-gener...
Source: The American Psychologist - December 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michi Fu K J Conner Sara Villegas-Boykins Source Type: research

The multiple validities of neuropsychological assessment.
This article discusses construct and criterion validity of neuropsychological tests, as well as assessment validity, which allows determination of whether an individual examinee is producing valid test results. Factor analyses identify 6 domains of abilities. Tests of learning and memory and processing speed are most sensitive to presence of brain dysfunction in both traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tests of processing speed, working memory, verbal symbolic functions, and visuoperceptual and visuospatial judgment and problem solving are sensitive to the severity of TBI and AD, as well as to the fu...
Source: The American Psychologist - November 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larrabee GJ Tags: Am Psychol Source Type: research