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Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2016 Aug 5;69:193–215. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.08.002

Table 5.

Meta-analysis findings on neuropsychological domains associated with bipolar disorder.

Article Krabbendam,
Arts, van
Os, and
Aleman (2005)
Robinson et al. (2006) Torres, Boudreau, and Yatham (2007) Arts et al. (2008) Bora, Yucel, and Pantelis (2009) Kurtz and
Gerraty
(2009)
Mann-Wrobel, Carreno, and Dickinson (2011) Samame
(2013)
Bourne et al. (2013) Lee et al. (2014)
Aggregate Sample Size & Mean Age 762 BD 689 BD 948 BD
(39.8)
679 BD
336 BD-RL
1446 (38.8)
BD 443(38.5)
BD-RL
1197 BD
(38.91)
1026 BD
(40.5)
650 BD 2876 BD
(38.8)
341 BD
(28.2)
Homogeneity Test Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Homogenous Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Heterogeneity
observed
Psychomotor Speed *** *** *** ***
Attention ***
sustained
attention
*** **
sustained
attention
***
sustained
attention
** ** ***
**
attentional
switching
Response Inhibition *** *** ☉ ** -
Executive Functioning *** *** *** *** ☉ *** ☉ *** *** *** ***
cognitive
flexibility
Perceptual **
Abstraction and set shifting ** concept
formation
*** ** ☉ **
Verbal learning and memory ** *** *** *** ☉ *** ☉ *** *** **
Memory *** verbal
working
**
immediate
*** working *** *** Episodic
& working
** working
Memory
Visual Learning & memory *** ** ** -
Visuo-perception * ** **
Verbal fluency *** ** *** ** ** *** **
Processing Speed *** ** *** ***
Emotion Processing **
Decision Making -
Mentalizing skills *** ***

BD: *** High ES; **Small ES; - No group differences seen. BD-RL: ☉ Deficits found.