Cognition

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Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism in relation to physical performance, cognition and survival--a follow-up study of elderly Danish twins.

PURPOSE: Studies of younger individuals have suggested an association between ACE genotype and physical and cognitive performance. Using a longitudinal study of elderly twins we studied the association between ACE genotype and physical and cognitive ...
Henrik Frederiksen, David Gaist, Lise Bathum, Kjeld Andersen, Matt McGue, James W Vaupel, Kaare Christensen (Ann Epidemiol, 200301)
angiotensin-converting-enzyme-ace-gene-polymorphism-relation-physical.asp

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Core affect and the psychological construction of emotion.

At the heart of emotion, mood, and any other emotionally charged event are states experienced as simply feeling good or bad, energized or enervated. These states--called core affect--influence reflexes, perception, cognition, and behavior and are ...
James A Russell (Psychol Rev, 200301)
core-affect-psychological-construction-emotion.asp

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Embodied experience and linguistic meaning.

What role does peoples embodied experiences have in their use and understanding of meaning? Most theories in cognitive science view meaning in terms of propositional structures that may be combined to form higher-order complexes in representing the ...
Raymond W Gibbs (Brain Lang, 200301)
embodied-experience-linguistic-meaning.asp

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Acute alcohol effects on cognitive function in social drinkers: their relationship to drinking habits.

RATIONALE: Several studies suggest that cognitive deficits seen in late stages of alcoholism are related to executive function. However, little is known about the acute effects of alcohol on cognitive executive functions. AIMS: The present investigation ...
Ruth Weissenborn, Theodora Duka (Psychopharmacology (Berl), 200301)
acute-alcohol-effects-cognitive-function-social-drinkers-relationship.asp

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Perspectives on computer aiding in cognitive work domains: toward predictions of effectiveness and use.

A two-stage process is proposed for evaluating computer aiding in cognitive work domains. The first stage relies on a taxonomic framework that facilitates assessments regarding the relative strengths and weaknesses of humans and computers for different ...
J Sharit (Ergonomics, 200301)
perspectives-computer-aiding-cognitive-work-domains-toward.asp

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Culture differences in design of portal sites.

Two experiments were carried out to examine the effects of cultural differences between the Chinese and the US people on the perceived usability and search performance of World Wide Web (WWW) portal sites. Chinese users in Taiwan and US users in Chicago ...
Xiaowen Fang, Pei-Luen Patrick Rau (Ergonomics, 200301)
culture-differences-design-portal-sites.asp

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Ecological models of human performance based on affordance, emotion and intuition.

This paper proposes a complementary approach to Rasmussens taxonomy of the human skill-, rule-, and knowledge-based performance models by combining the ecological concept of affordances with the neural concepts of human emotion and intuition. The ...
Krystyna Gielo-Perczak, Waldemar Karwowski (Ergonomics, 200301)
ecological-models-human-performance-based-affordance-emotion-intuition.asp

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Developmental changes in the processing of hierarchical shapes continue into adolescence.

The present study was designed to trace the normal development of local and global processing of hierarchical visual forms. We presented pairs of hierarchical shapes to children and adults and asked them to indicate whether the two shapes were the same ...
Catherine J Mondloch, Sybil Geldart, Daphne Maurer, Scania de Schonen (J Exp Child Psychol, 200301)
developmental-changes-processing-hierarchical-shapes-continue.asp

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Time and number discrimination in a bisection task with a sequence of stimuli: a developmental approach.

Children, aged 5 and 8 years, and adults were tested in a bisection task with a sequence of stimuli in which time and number co-varied. In a counting and a non-counting condition, they were instructed either to process the duration of this sequence while ...
Sylvie Droit-Volet, Angélique Clément, Michel Fayol (J Exp Child Psychol, 200301)
time-number-discrimination-bisection-task-sequence-stimuli.asp

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Development of the cognitive appraisal and understanding of social events (CAUSE) videos.

This study describes the development and validation of 4 videos designed to assess adolescent cognitive appraisals and understanding of social events (the CAUSE Videos). Story lines varied in outcome (2 negative and 2 ambiguous). Convergent and divergent ...
Edith Chen, Karen A Matthews (Health Psychol, 200301)
development-cognitive-appraisal-understanding-social-events-cause.asp