Cognition - Research News and Information

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Clinical cough I: the urge-to-cough: a respiratory sensation.

30 Dec 2008 Cough is generated by a brainstem neural network. Chemical and mechanical stimulation of the airway can elicit a reflex cough and can elicit a cognitive sensation, the urge-to-cough. The sensation of an urge-to-cough is a respiratory-related ... Read more...

Review. Theoretical and empirical evidence for the impact of inductive biases on cultural evolution.

10 Nov 2008 The question of how much the outcomes of cultural evolution are shaped by the cognitive capacities of human learners has been explored in several disciplines, including psychology, anthropology and linguistics. We address this question through a ... Read more...

Culture, embodiment and genes: unravelling the triple helix.

10 Nov 2008 Much recent work stresses the role of embodiment and action in thought and reason, and celebrates the power of transmitted cultural and environmental structures to transform the problem-solving activity required of individual brains. By apparent ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Cognition'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical cough I: the urge-to-cough: a respiratory sensation. 30 Dec 2008
• Review. Theoretical and empirical evidence for the impact of inductive biases on cultural evolution. 10 Nov 2008
• Culture, embodiment and genes: unravelling the triple helix. 10 Nov 2008
• Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research. 30 Oct 2008
• Adaptive numerical competency in a food-hoarding songbird. 20 Oct 2008
• Convergence and divergence are mostly reciprocated properties of the connections in the network of cortical areas. 20 Oct 2008
• Evidence that SIZN1 is a candidate X-linked mental retardation gene. 13 Oct 2008
• High-dose B vitamin supplementation and cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trial. 13 Oct 2008
• B vitamins for prevention of cognitive decline: insufficient evidence to justify treatment. 13 Oct 2008
• Acute effects of cocaine on the neurobiology of cognitive control. 10 Oct 2008
• Review. Parallel studies of cocaine-related neural and cognitive impairment in humans and monkeys. 10 Oct 2008
• Review. Cognitive and emotional consequences of binge drinking: role of amygdala and prefrontal cortex. 10 Oct 2008
• Graduate entry to medicine in Iran. 9 Oct 2008
• Functional role of the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor areas. 7 Oct 2008
• Slime and fleas feature in Ig Nobel awards. 7 Oct 2008
• [Forgetful because of statins?] 7 Oct 2008
• Do we truly see what we think we see? The role of cognitive bias in pathological interpretation. 29 Sep 2008
• A reassessment of negative priming within the inhibition framework of cognitive aging: there is more in it than previously believed. 29 Sep 2008
• Fragile X premutation presenting as essential tremor. 29 Sep 2008
• Prenatal exposure to sex steroid hormones and behavioral/cognitive outcomes. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Cognition'

Definition: Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge.

Descriptor UI: D003071

Alternative terms: Cognition;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.188;