Cognition

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Childrens perseverative appearance-reality errors are related to emerging language skills.

Two experiments explored the communicative bases of preschoolers object appearance-reality (AR) errors. In Experiment 1, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds (N = 36) completed the AR test (with high- and low-deceptive objects), a control test with the same discourse ...
Gedeon O Deák, Shanna D Ray, Kimberly Brenneman (Child Dev, 200305-06)
children-s-perseverative-appearance-reality-errors-related-emerging.asp

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Isoflavones and cognitive function in older women: the SOy and Postmenopausal Health In Aging (SOPHIA) Study.

OBJECTIVE: This study examines the effects of a dietary supplement of isoflavones on cognitive function in postmenopausal women. DESIGN: Participants for this 6-month, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial were women who were in ...
Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Denise Von Mühlen, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Mathias A B Bressel (Menopause, 200305-06)
isoflavones-cognitive-function-older-women-soy-postmenopausal-health.asp

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Are there different predictors of distinct exercise components?

Rehabilitation nurses often recommend to aging adults that they exercise. Despite the recommendations and the widespread evidence of its benefits, few older adults exercise. This study examined the predictors of distinct components of exercise behavior: ...
Vicki S Conn, Kathryn J Burks, Sherry L Pomeroy, Jane E Cochran (Rehabil Nurs, 200305-06)
different-predictors-distinct-exercise-components.asp

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After rehabilitation: an 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women.

OBJECTIVE: Elderly inner-city women (n = 125) greater than the age of 60 and living alone and who were consecutively admitted to a large, urban, university-based rehabilitation hospital were followed to (a) examine the power of standardized clinical ...
Catherine L Lysack, Stewart Neufeld, Benjamin T Mast, Susan E MacNeill, Peter A Lichtenberg (Am J Occup Ther, 200305-06)
after-rehabilitation-month-follow-up-elderly-inner-city-women.asp

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Working memory and language: an overview.

Working memory involves the temporary storage and manipulation of information that is assumed to be necessary for a wide range of complex cognitive activities. In 1974, Baddeley and Hitch proposed that it could be divided into three subsystems, one ...
Alan Baddeley (J Commun Disord, 200305-06)
working-memory-language-overview.asp

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Early representational insight: twenty-four-month-olds can use a photo to find an object in the world.

The research reported here shows that under certain circumstances even 24-month-old children can display representational insight. Seventy-nine children participated in 3 studies in which a photo or video presentation could be used to guide their search ...
Thomas Suddendorf (Child Dev, 200305-06)
early-representational-insight-twenty-four-month-olds-photo-find.asp

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Student-led exercise sessions yield significant fitness gains for Alzheimers patients.

At a time when they are losing skills in virtually all arenas of life, persons with Alzheimers disease can experience significant, esteem-building achievements in physical fitness and mood through supervised participation in an exercise program. The ...
Sharon M Arkin (Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 200305-06)
student-led-exercise-sessions-yield-significant-fitness-gains.asp

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Overt and covert verbal problem-solving strategies: developmental trends in use, awareness, and relations with task performance in children aged 5 to 17.

Age-related changes in childrens use, self report, and awareness of verbal problem-solving strategies (private speech) and strategy effectiveness were explored with a large (N = 2,156) cross-sectional sample of children aged 5 to 17. Childrens verbal ...
Adam Winsler, Jack Naglieri (Child Dev, 200305-06)
overt-covert-verbal-problem-solving-strategies-developmental-trends.asp

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Six-month-old infants categorization of containment spatial relations.

Six-month-old infants ability to form an abstract category of containment was examined using a standard infant categorization task. Infants were habituated to 4 pairs of objects in a containment relation. Following habituation, infants were tested with a ...
Marianella Casasola, Leslie B Cohen, Elizabeth Chiarello (Child Dev, 200305-06)
six-month-old-infants-categorization-containment-spatial-relations.asp

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Reducing misinformation effects in children with cognitive interviews: dissociating recollection and familiarity.

Two experiments examined the effect of a cognitive interview on 4- and 8-year-old childrens correct recall and subsequent reporting of misinformation. Children viewed an event followed by misinformation that was read or self-generated either before or ...
Robyn E Holliday (Child Dev, 200305-06)
reducing-misinformation-effects-children-cognitive-interviews.asp