Cognition

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Lorazepam induces an atypical dissociation of visual and auditory event-related potentials.

Lorazepam has been reported to atypically disrupt visual processing compared to other benzodiazepines (BZs), but it is not known to what extent this effect extends to impairment in other modalities. Our objective was to compare the effects of lorazepam ...
S Pompéia, G M Manzano, J C F Galduróz, S Tufik, O F A Bueno (J Psychopharmacol, 200303)
lorazepam-induces-atypical-dissociation-visual-auditory-event-related.asp

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The menopause and HRT. HRT and cognitive decline.

It is biologically plausible that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) would be protective against cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease (AD). We review observational and randomized trials to determine whether HRT might protect against cognitive decline ...
Pauline Maki, Eva Hogervorst (Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab, 200303)
menopause-hrt-hrt-cognitive-decline.asp

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Satiety after vertical banded gastroplasty.

Early satiety following gastroplasty is due to the new anatomic conditions created by the operation and refers to a distressing or painful epigastric sensation after food consumption. Early satiation may act as an aversive stimulus, shaping eating habits ...
G Camerini, G F Adami, G Marinari, F Papadia, N Scopinaro (Eat Weight Disord, 200303)
satiety-after-vertical-banded-gastroplasty.asp

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The manifold nature of interpersonal relations: the quest for a common mechanism.

It has been proposed that the capacity to code the like me analogy between self and others constitutes a basic prerequisite and a starting point for social cognition. It is by means of this self/other equivalence that meaningful social bonds can be ...
Vittorio Gallese (Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 200303)
manifold-nature-interpersonal-relations-quest-common-mechanism.asp

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Measuring cognition in menopause research: a review of test use.

OBJECTIVE: To examine critically how various aspects of memory functions have been assessed in menopause-related research. METHOD: Twenty peer-reviewed articles on the menopause and cognitive functioning published between 1991 and 2000 were identified ...
K Rice, C Morse (Climacteric, 200303)
measuring-cognition-menopause-research-review-test-use.asp

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A standardized open-ended questionnaire as a substitute for a personal interview in dental admissions.

This paper discusses the need for reliable and valid measures of personality and motivational factors in the prediction of success and attrition in a dental school. The admissions system currently used in most schools includes personality factors that ...
Naomi Gafni, Avital Moshinsky, Jaime Kapitulnik (J Dent Educ, 200303)
standardized-open-ended-questionnaire-substitute-personal-interview.asp

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What imitation tells us about social cognition: a rapprochement between developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

Both developmental and neurophysiological research suggest a common coding between perceived and generated actions. This shared representational network is innately wired in humans. We review psychological evidence concerning the imitative behaviour of ...
Andrew N Meltzoff, Jean Decety (Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 200303)
imitation-tells-us-social-cognition-rapprochement-developmental.asp

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Teleological and referential understanding of action in infancy.

There are two fundamentally different ways to attribute intentional mental states to others upon observing their actions. Actions can be interpreted as goal-directed, which warrants ascribing intentions, desires and beliefs appropriate to the observed ...
Gergely Csibra (Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 200303)
teleological-referential-understanding-action-infancy.asp

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Is cognitive therapy consistent with what we know about emotions?

The cognitive perspective has been a dominant force in psychology and psychotherapy since the 1970s. Cognitive therapies share an emphasis on the priority of changing cognition as the key to bringing about changes in patterns of dysfunctional emotional ...
Glenn D Shean (J Psychol, 200303)
cognitive-therapy-consistent-know-emotions.asp

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Fitness effects on the cognitive function of older adults: a meta-analytic study.

A meta-analytic study was conducted to examine the hypothesis that aerobic fitness training enhances the cognitive vitality of healthy but sedentary older adults. Eighteen intervention studies published between 1966 and 2001 were entered into the ...
Stanley Colcombe, Arthur F Kramer (Psychol Sci, 200303)
fitness-effects-cognitive-function-older-adults-meta-analytic-study.asp