Cognition

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Estrogen and cognitive functioning in women.

Research in basic neuroscience has provided biological plausibility for the hypothesis that estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) would protect against cognitive aging in healthy women. The weight of the evidence from randomized controlled trials of ...
Barbara B Sherwin (Endocr Rev, 200304)
estrogen-cognitive-functioning-women.asp

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The effects of acute doses of fexofenadine, promethazine, and placebo on cognitive and psychomotor function in healthy Japanese volunteers.

BACKGROUND: Genetic variations in cross-cultural metabolic capability may attenuate the lack of central nervous system effects of fexofenadine. OBJECTIVE: To compare the pharmacodynamics of fexofenadine and promethazine versus placebo in Japanese ...
Fran Ridout, Ian Hindmarch (Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 200304)
effects-acute-doses-fexofenadine-promethazine-placebo-cognitive.asp

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The benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being.

Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousness long believed to promote well-being. This research provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of mindfulness in psychological well-being. The development and psychometric properties of the ...
Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M Ryan (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200304)
benefits-present-mindfulness-role-psychological-well-being.asp

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Neuroprotective role of learning in dementia: a biological explanation.

Several epidemiological studies have found an association between low educational level (or low cognitively demanding occupations) and dementia. Although other studies have not found evidence to support such an association, there has been a general trend ...
Jonas I Addae, Farid F Youssef, Trevor W Stone (J Alzheimers Dis, 200304)
neuroprotective-role-learning-dementia-biological-explanation.asp

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Cognitive performance of children who have undergone liver transplantation.

BACKGROUND: We investigated the cognitive status and quality of life (QoL) in the late postoperative phase of children who had undergone liver transplantation (LTx). METHODS: The sample consisted of 29 children who had undergone LTx at our center. The ...
Karl-Heinz Schulz, Christian Wein, Anneli Boeck, Xavier Rogiers, Martin Burdelski (Transplantation, 200304)
cognitive-performance-children-who-undergone-liver-transplantation.asp

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The over-claiming technique: measuring self-enhancement independent of ability.

Over-claiming is a concrete operalization of self-enhancement based on respondents ratings of their knowledge of various persons, events, products, and so on. Because 20% of the items are nonexistent, responses can be analyzed with signal detection ...
Delroy L Paulhus, P D Harms, M Nadine Bruce, Daria C Lysy (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200304)
over-claiming-technique-measuring-self-enhancement-independent-ability.asp

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Knowing hatred.

Hatred is known to be a common phenomenon and a lot has been written about this affect. However, the author believes that the more we read and write about hate the further away we find ourselves from a real sense of understanding of this so familiar and ...
Rina Lazar (Int J Psychoanal, 200304)
knowing-hatred.asp

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Maternal blood lead effects on infant intelligence at age 7 months.

A sample of 7-month-old African-American infants, exposed to maternal blood lead levels less than 5 microg/dL, were assessed with the Fagan test of Infant Intelligence. The results indicate significant effects on memory and cognitive functioning. ...
Eugene Emory, Zehra Ansari, Roland Pattillo, Errol Archibold, Joseph Chevalier (Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200304)
maternal-blood-lead-effects-infant-intelligence-age-months.asp

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Hormone replacement therapy and cognitive performance: the role of homocysteine.

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have shown that estrogen reduces levels of homocysteine, and recent work has shown that elevated homocysteine increases the risk of incident dementia. However, no studies have investigated whether reduction of homocysteine is ...
Rachel A Whitmer, Mary N Haan, Joshua W Miller, Kristine Yaffe (J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 200304)
hormone-replacement-therapy-cognitive-performance-role-homocysteine.asp

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High-dose antioxidant supplements and cognitive function in community-dwelling elderly women.

BACKGROUND: Experimental data suggest that oxygen free radicals are probably involved in the deterioration of cognitive processes. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to investigate the relation of high-dose antioxidant supplements to cognition. DESIGN: ...
Francine Grodstein, Jennifer Chen, Walter C Willett (Am J Clin Nutr, 200304)
high-dose-antioxidant-supplements-cognitive-function-community.asp