Cognition

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Developments in cognitive neuroscience: II. Implications for theories of transference.

An integration of psychoanalytic theory with contemporary developments in cognitive neuroscience offers a useful perspective on long-standing controversies about the nature of transference, and a better understanding of the precise mechanisms by which ...
Drew Westen, Glen O Gabbard (J Am Psychoanal Assoc, 2002WINTER)
developments-cognitive-neuroscience-ii-implications-theories.asp

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Effects of depression and Parkinsons disease on cognitive functioning.

This study compared the performance of Parkinsons disease (PD) patients with and without depression, patients with depression alone, and normal control subjects on a cognitive screening instrument, the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) to evaluate the ...
Suzanne Norman, Alexander I Tröster, Julie A Fields, Rebecca Brooks (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2002WINTER)
effects-depression-parkinson-s-disease-cognitive-functioning.asp

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Validity of admissions measures in predicting performance outcomes: the contribution of cognitive and non-cognitive dimensions.

BACKGROUND: Admissions committees face the daunting task of selecting a small number of candidates who are most likely to succeed in medical school from a large pool of seemingly suitable applicants. While numerous studies have shown moderate ...
Chan Kulatunga-Moruzi, Geoffrey R Norman (Teach Learn Med, 2002WINTER)
validity-admissions-measures-predicting-performance-outcomes.asp

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On the status of knowledge for using punishment implications for treating behavior disorders.

In this paper, we review basic and applied findings on punishment and discuss the importance of conducting further research in this area. The characteristics of responding during punishment and numerous factors that interact with basic processes are ...
Dorothea C Lerman, Christina M Vorndran (J Appl Behav Anal, 2002WINTER)
status-knowledge-punishment-implications-treating-behavior-disorders.asp

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Developments in cognitive neuroscience: I. Conflict, compromise, and connectionism.

The strength of psychoanalysis has always been its understanding of affect and motivation. Contemporary developments in cognitive neuroscience offer possibilities of integrating sophisticated, experimentally informed models of thought and memory with an ...
Drew Westen, Glen O Gabbard (J Am Psychoanal Assoc, 2002WINTER)
developments-cognitive-neuroscience-conflict-compromise-connectionism.asp

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Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to pregnancy in a rural teenage population.

Despite recent declining national trends, teenage pregnancy continues to be a community health problem warranting attention, especially in rural areas of the southern United States. Communities are unique and require assessment of risk populations to ...
Kimberly F Carter, Hila J Spear (J Community Health Nurs, 2002SUMMER)
knowledge-attitudes-behavior-related-pregnancy-rural-teenage.asp

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Emergent psychopathology in Alzheimers disease patients over 12 months associated with functional, not cognitive, changes.

In a large, well-characterized population of community-dwelling persons with Alzheimers disease (AD), we investigated the emergence of behavioral symptomatology and its association with changes in cognitive, global-clinical, and functional status. ...
Rochelle E Tractenberg, Myron F Weiner, Marian B Patterson, Anthony Gamst, Leon J Thal (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol, 2002SUMMER)
emergent-psychopathology-alzheimer-s-disease-patients-over-months.asp

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An evaluation of the construct of body image.

The two studies reported in this paper were designed to evaluate the efficacy of a multidimensional model of body image that incorporated the dimensions of perception, affect, cognition, and behavior. Study 1 selected items from established measures that ...
Sophie S Banfield, Marita P McCabe (Adolescence, 2002SUMMER)
evaluation-construct-body-image.asp

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Journaling about stressful events: effects of cognitive processing and emotional expression.

The effects of two journaling interventions, one focusing on emotional expression and the other on both cognitive processing and emotional expression, were compared during 1 month of journaling about a stressful or traumatic event. One hundred twenty-two ...
Philip M Ullrich, Susan K Lutgendorf (Ann Behav Med, 2002SUMMER)
journaling-stressful-events-effects-cognitive-processing-emotional.asp

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Galantamine--a novel cholinergic drug with a unique dual mode of action for the treatment of patients with Alzheimers disease.

Galantamine hydrobromide is a tertiary alkaloid drug that has been developed and approved in a number of countries including the USA and several countries in Europe as a treatment for mild-to-moderate Alzheimers disease (AD). Galantamine has a unique, ...
Sean Lilienfeld (CNS Drug Rev, 2002SUMMER)
galantamine-novel-cholinergic-drug-unique-dual-mode-action-treatment.asp