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Validez y confiabilidad del Eating Attitudes Test en Costa Rica
Paper Presentation: Validity and Reliability of the Eating Attitudes Test in Costa Rica

Prado Calderón, Jorge Esteban; Salazar Mora, Zaida (Revista costarricense de psicología vol. 33, supl. 1, p. 1-17. 2014, 2014-03-20)

Se exponen evidencias de validez y confiabilidad del Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) en Costa Rica. En el Estudio 1 se adaptó el EAT-40 al léxico costarricense y se aplicó a 594 adolescentes. Se obtuvo un alfa de Cronbach ...

Development of a VO2Peak prediction equation in elderly

Peralta Brenes, Mariana; Campos Salazar, Cinthya; Briceño Torres, José Miguel; Chacón Araya, Yamileth; Moncada Jiménez, José; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Johnson, David K.; Campos Salazar, Cinthya (2017)

Introduction. Aging decreases aerobic capacity as determined by direct maximal tests (Hassel et al. 2015). There are indirect methods to assess aerobic capacity such as the 6-min walking test (6MWT). Some equations to ...

Software Libre para el diseño de herramientas virtuales: Aplicaciones psicológicas y educativas

Esquivel Sibaja, Allan; Paniagua Esquivel, Cristina (2010)

El presente taller propone introducir, destacar y visibilizar los usos potenciales del SL en áreas de aplicación psicológica y educativa. Esto se realizará utilizando principalmente un programa de SL denominado Blender, ...

C-20 Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Processing Speed Performance in Urban Latin Americans

Alioto, Anthony; Conde, Karina; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Moncada Jiménez, José; Cahn-Weiner, Deborah; Johnson, David K. (2019-07-29)

Objective There is evidence that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) protects against age-related declines in processing speed (PS), but studies investigating older adults living in low and middle-income countries are lacking. ...

Fitness and cognitive performance in urban Latin Americans

Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Moncada Jiménez, José; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio; Liebmann, Edward; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Vidoni, Eric D.; Johnson, David K. (2016)

Our group recently conducted a randomized clinical trial in US dwelling older adults that indicated increasing cardiorespiratory fitness (measured by VO2 peak on treadmill) resulted in better visuospatial cognition ...

La construcción de narrativas del sí mismo como herramienta de estimulación neuropsicológica: una perspectiva coevolutiva

Carazo Vargas, Viviana; López Molina, Luis; Salazar Villanea, Mónica (2011)

La existencia del sistema nervioso central humano, es un evento evolutivo. Su génesis no tiene relación alguna con la ocurrencia puntual o súbita de ningún fenómeno o intervención sobrenatural. No se le puede conferir ...

Differences in BADL, IADL and Cognitive Status in a Costa Rican Sample of older adults

Johnson, David K.; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio (2011)

Profiles of cognitive performance and physical activity in old age: Characterization by gender and age in an urban sample from Costa Rica

Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Garnier Villareal, Mauricio; Montenegro Montenegro, Esteban; Johnson, David K. (2012)

Envejecimiento y síndromes demenciales en un estudio multidisciplinario y transcultural

Salazar Villanea, Mónica (2014)

Health and Fitness Differences Between Urban and Rural Costa Rican Older Adults

Solano Mora, Luis Carlos; Salazar Villanea, Mónica; Araya Ortega, Luis Enrique; Valdivieso Mora, Esmeralda; Johnson, David K.; Chacón Araya, Yamileth; Moncada Jiménez, José (2019-06-01)

Costa Rica has one of the highest life expectancies in America, even higher than the United States. Studies addressing health and fitness in Latin American urban and rural older adults are scarce. PURPOSE: The purpose ...