Comprehension - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Prefrontal-subcortical pathways mediating successful emotion regulation.

23 Sep 2008 Although prefrontal cortex has been implicated in the cognitive regulation of emotion, the cortical-subcortical interactions that mediate this ability remain poorly understood. To address this issue, we identified a right ventrolateral prefrontal ... Read more...

The human thalamus processes syntactic and semantic language violations.

9 Sep 2008 Numerous linguistic operations have been assigned to cortical brain areas, but the contributions of subcortical structures to human language processing are still being discussed. Using simultaneous EEG recordings directly from deep brain structures ... Read more...

One-year change in repetitive behaviours in young children with communication disorders including autism.

30 Aug 2008 Repetitive behaviours are a relatively neglected area of study in autism. Previous research has concluded that repetitive behaviour is inversely related to ability and that it tends to increase over the preschool years. One-hundred and four ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Comprehension'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Re: The efficacy of written screening tools in an inner city hospital: literacy based limitations on patient access to appropriate care T. V. Johnson, M. Goodman and V. A. Master J Urol 2007; 178: 623-629. 29 Sep 2008
• Prefrontal-subcortical pathways mediating successful emotion regulation. 23 Sep 2008
• Progress in cancer care: the hope, the hype, and the gap between reality and perception. 13 Sep 2008
• The human thalamus processes syntactic and semantic language violations. 9 Sep 2008
• Parent of origin in multiple sclerosis: understanding inheritance in complex neurologic diseases. 7 Sep 2008
• One-year change in repetitive behaviours in young children with communication disorders including autism. 30 Aug 2008
• Role of working memory in typically developing children's complex sentence comprehension. 30 Aug 2008
• Exploring cognitive effects of self reported mild stroke in older adults: selective but robust effects on story memory. 30 Aug 2008
• Immediate effects of form-class constraints on spoken word recognition. 30 Aug 2008
• Understanding the risk of second malignant tumors in children with Hodgkin's disease. 30 Aug 2008
• Majority of emergency patients don't understand discharge instructions. 30 Aug 2008
• [Using childhood in the presence of Alzheimer disease: about return and recurrence] 30 Aug 2008
• The conjunction fallacy and the many meanings of and. 21 Aug 2008
• Individual differences in the perception of similarity and difference. 19 Aug 2008
• It's no accident: Our bias for intentional explanations. 7 Aug 2008
• Do individuals with autism process words in context? Evidence from language-mediated eye-movements. 6 Aug 2008
• An introduction to reading and appraising qualitative research. 5 Aug 2008
• Bilateral speech comprehension reflects differential sensitivity to spectral and temporal features. 4 Aug 2008
• Electrophysiological evidence for the time-course of verifying text ideas. Aug 2008
• Clinical implications of numeracy: theory and practice. 31 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Comprehension'

Definition: The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding. (American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed) Includes understanding by a patient or research subject of information disclosed orally or in writing.

Descriptor UI: D032882

Alternative terms: Comprehension; Understanding; Readability;

Related Mesh Headings: Mental Recall; Mental Competency;

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

Tree Number: F02.463.188.357;

History Note: 2003; use COGNITION 1993-2002