Cognition

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The role of the executive system in visuo-spatial memory functioning.

Participants were presented with a spatial sequence in which between 4 and 10 cells were highlighted. On each trial list length was unknown to the participant who was required to serially recall the last four cells. Processing of longer lists is assumed ...
John E Fisk, Charles A Sharp (Brain Cogn, 200308)
role-executive-system-visuo-spatial-memory-functioning.asp

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Metabolic imaging of human cognition: an fMRI/1H-MRS study of brain lactate response to silent word generation.

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) allows in vivo assessment of the metabolism related to human brain functions. Visual, auditory, tactile, and motor stimuli induce a temporary increase in the brain lactate level, which may act as a rapid ...
Anna S Urrila, Antti Hakkarainen, Sami Heikkinen, Kim Vuori, Dag Stenberg, Anna-Maija Häkkinen, Nina Lundbom, Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen (J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 200308)
metabolic-imaging-human-cognition-fmri-h-mrs-study-brain-lactate.asp

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Teaching orthopaedics on the run: tell me the story backward.

At times clinical teaching can become too passive and the cognitive level of discussions with residents may be inappropriately low. Busy outpatients clinics and emergency departments might be considered hostile educational environments that do not lend ...
Charles T Mehlman, James A Farmer (Clin Orthop, 200308)
teaching-orthopaedics-run-tell-me-story-backward.asp

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Introducing a problem-based unit into a lifespan nutrition class using a randomized design produces equivocal outcomes.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a tutorial, student-centered, problem-driven educational strategy adopted by medical and allied health educators to positively influence self-directed learning, critical thinking, and learning behavior. PBL was examined in ...
Barbara Lohse, Susan Nitzke, Denise M Ney (J Am Diet Assoc, 200308)
introducing-problem-based-unit-lifespan-nutrition-class-randomized.asp

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Double blind study of melatonin effects on the sleep-wake rhythm, cognitive and non-cognitive functions in Alzheimer type dementia.

Previously, we reported that morning bright light therapy improved sleep time and cognitive function in Alzheimer type of dementia. We conducted a double blind study to examine the effects of melatonin on the sleep-wake rhythm, cognitive and ...
Kentaro Asayama, Hiroshi Yamadera, Takao Ito, Hideaki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Kudo, Shunkichi Endo (J Nippon Med Sch, 200308)
double-blind-study-melatonin-effects-sleep-wake-rhythm-cognitive-non.asp

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Do children with Down syndrome have difficulty with argument structure?

The language transcripts of seven children with Down syndrome (DS) and seven typically developing children with comparable mean length of utterance (MLU) levels were examined for their use of verb argument structure. The childrens production of subject ...
Bernard G Grela (J Commun Disord, 200307-08)
children-down-syndrome-difficulty-argument-structure.asp

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Comparison of Pueraria lobata with hormone replacement therapy in treating the adverse health consequences of menopause.

OBJECTIVE: Pueraria lobata (PL) is used as a traditional Chinese herbal remedy for menopausal symptoms, as well as an ingredient in preparations for conditions affecting menopausal women, such as osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, and some ...
Jean Woo, Edith Lau, Suzanne C Ho, Francis Cheng, Cynthia Chan, Agnes S Y Chan, Christopher J Haines, Thomas Y K Chan, Martin Li, Aprille Sham (Menopause, 200307-08)
comparison-pueraria-lobata-hormone-replacement-therapy-treating.asp

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Interaction between attention demanding motor and cognitive tasks and static postural stability.

BACKGROUND: Due to the often-reported decrease in postural stability in the elderly, it is important to understand factors that may contribute to reduced postural stability. It is possible that attention-demanding focal tasks performed concurrent with ...
D L Weeks, R Forget, L Mouchnino, D Gravel, D Bourbonnais (Gerontology, 200307-08)
interaction-attention-demanding-motor-cognitive-tasks-static-postural.asp

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Differential effects on cognitive functioning in 13- to 16-year-olds prenatally exposed to cigarettes and marihuana.

Cognitive performance was examined in 145 thirteen- to sixteen-year-old adolescents for whom prenatal exposure to marihuana and cigarettes had been ascertained. The subjects were from a low-risk, predominantly middle-class sample participating in an ...
Peter A Fried, Barbara Watkinson, Robert Gray (Neurotoxicol Teratol, 200307-08)
differential-effects-cognitive-functioning--year-olds-prenatally.asp

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Predicting vigorous physical activity using social cognitive theory.

OBJECTIVE: To test Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) in predicting future vigorous physical activity among college students. METHODS: College students (n=350) completed a set of instruments measuring SCT constructs. Their vigorous physical activity was ...
R Lingyak Petosa, Rick Suminski, Brian Hortz (Am J Health Behav, 200307-08)
predicting-vigorous-physical-activity-social-cognitive-theory.asp