Benjamin Margolin Rottman, Reid Hastie
Reasoning about causal relationships: Inferences on causal networks
Psychological bulletin
remains essential document neuropsychological profile acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids dementia complex adc minor forms human immunodeficiency virus hivassociated neurocognitive impairment quantifying magnitude impairment across eras treatment indeed introduction highly active antiretroviral therapy haart evidence changes aspects adc allow quantitative qualitative comparisons haart era studies developed summary neuropsychological performance acquired prehaart era studies advanced hiv infection adc using metaanalytical procedure test nomenclature accounts task complexity found individuals symptomatic infection aids demonstrated global mild level cognitive impairment except domains complex attentionpsychomotor speed motor coordination learning showed moderate impairment individuals aids demonstrated global moderate level cognitive impairment predominance deficits attention complex attentionpsychomotor speed learning motor coordination additional deficits verbal memory reasoning individuals adc demonstrated severe cognitive disturbances domains learning motor coordination additional deficits veibal fluency verbal memory moderate impairment evidenced domains complex attentionpsychomotor speed whereas naming visuospatial functions relatively preserved profile deficits adc suggests may interpreted worsening form impairment seen aids symptomatic stages hiv disease also additional deficits suggestive alternate pathogenetic processes