Mental Processes

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Effects of subanesthetic doses of ketamine on sensorimotor information processing in healthy subjects.

Ketamine, an antagonist N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor, induces a broad range of anomalies in healthy subjects similar to those observed in psychosis. Previous studies have shown that information sensorimotor processing was impaired in patients with ...
Joëlle Micallef, Yves Guillermain, Sophie Tardieu, Thierry Hasbroucq, Camille Possamaï, Elisabeth Jouve, Olivier Blin (Clin Neuropharmacol, 200203-04)
effects-subanesthetic-doses-ketamine-sensorimotor-information.asp

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Functional modules of the brain.

Building on the view of massive modularity, a number of generalized assumptions lead to an entirely new concept of functional brain modules. In contrast to the nerve centers usually considered to be active in the brain, these modules, called symbions, ...
Lars Philipson (J Theor Biol, 200203)
functional-modules-brain.asp

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Effect of verbal instructions and image size on visual search strategies in basketball free throw shooting.

We assessed the effects on basketball free throw performance of two types of verbal directions with an external attentional focus. Novices (n = 16) were pre-tested on free throw performance and assigned to two groups of similar ability (n = 8 in each). ...
Saleh A Al-Abood, Simon J Bennett, Francisco Moreno Hernandez, Derek Ashford, Keith Davids (J Sports Sci, 200203)
effect-verbal-instructions-image-size-visual-search-strategies.asp

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A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of information processing in the motor cortex: relationship between the silent period and the reaction time delay.

The present study was aimed at deciphering whether the delay in choice reaction time (RT) and the silent period (SP) caused by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex in the ongoing electromyogram are due to the same physiological ...
Boris Burle, Michel Bonnet, Franck Vidal, Camille-Aime Possamaï, Thierry Hasbroucq (Psychophysiology, 200203)
transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-study-information-processing-motor.asp

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Activity in older adults: cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study on everyday activities and cognitive performance in older adults.

The impact of three types of everyday activities (i.e., social, experiential, and developmental) on four cognitive functions (i.e., immediate recall, learning, fluid intelligence, and information-processing speed) and one global indicator of cognitive ...
Marja J Aartsen, Carolien H M Smits, Theo van Tilburg, Kees C P M Knipscheer, Dorly J H Deeg (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200203)
activity-older-adults-cause-or-consequence-cognitive-functioning.asp

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Implicit memory for words played during isoflurane- or propofol-based anesthesia: the lexical decision task.

BACKGROUND: Unconscious processing of words during general anesthesia has been suggested after surgery with several tests of implicit memory. Patients can neither recall those words nor do they have explicit memories of other intraoperative events. It is ...
Sinikka Münte, Maren Schmidt, Maren Meyer, Wido Nager, Ekkehard Lüllwitz, Thomas F Münte, Siegfried Piepenbrock (Anesthesiology, 200203)
implicit-memory-words-played-isoflurane-or-propofol-based-anesthesia.asp

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What cognitive science tells us about the design of reports for consumers.

The health services literature many articles related to expanding and refining quality measures. But the rich body of empirical research on how people process information has rarely been applied to the challenge of presenting complex information about ...
Mary E Vaiana, Elizabeth A McGlynn (Med Care Res Rev, 200203)
cognitive-science-tells-us-design-reports-consumers.asp

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Carbohydrate to protein ratio in food and cognitive performance in the morning.

The effect of different carbohydrate to protein ratios in food on cognitive functions and the relation between postprandial metabolic and cognitive changes were studied in 15 healthy male students. Subjects were tested in three sessions, separated by 1 ...
Karina Fischer, Paolo C Colombani, Wolfgang Langhans, Caspar Wenk (Physiol Behav, 200203)
carbohydrate-protein-ratio-food-cognitive-performance-morning.asp

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Beyond syntax: language-related positivities reflect the revision of hierarchies.

On the basis of an experiment using event-related brain potentials (EPRs), we argue that a characterisation of language-related positivities as necessarily syntax-related is too restrictive. Our data show that, in verb-final German clauses, the ...
Ina Bornkessel, Matthias Schlesewsky, Angela D Friederici (Neuroreport, 200203)
beyond-syntax-language-related-positivities-reflect-revision.asp

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Effects of the "beauty is good" stereotype on childrens information processing.

The authors tested schematic information processing as a function of attractiveness stereotyping in two studies. An adult experimenter read children (ages 3 to 7 years) eight different stories in which a child narrator encountered two characters who ...
Jennifer L Ramsey, Judith H Langlois (J Exp Child Psychol, 200203)
effects-beauty-good-stereotype-children-s-information-processing.asp