Mental Processes

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Inferring the mental processes of other minds.

In 4 experiments, the authors examined how several variables influence the quality and quantity of information that people use to make judgments about other people. The results showed that when possible, participants consistently responded appropriately ...
Eric R Anderson, Carol Y Yoder, Douglas J Herrmann, Thomas J Johnson, Rocco J Gennaro (J Soc Psychol, 200306)
inferring-mental-processes-other-minds.asp

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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. A brief and effective treatment for stress.

1. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative therapy that "unlocks" disturbing memories or beliefs and reprocessess them, in some way, so they are no longer as disabling. 2. EMDR can be used for any experientially based ...
Gale K Lee, Randal D Beaton, Josephine Ensign (J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv, 200306)
eye-movement-desensitization-reprocessing-brief-effective-treatment.asp

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An investigation of semantic errors in unimpaired and Alzheimers speakers of Italian.

Semantic errors are a common type of slip of the tongue for normal speakers; they are also considered to be the hallmark of progressive diseases that affect semantic memory such as Alzheimers Disease (AD) and semantic dementia. In unimpaired speakers, ...
Federica Paganelli, Gabriella Vigliocco, David Vinson, Simona Siri, Stefano Cappa (Cortex, 200306)
investigation-semantic-errors-unimpaired-alzheimer-s-speakers-italian.asp

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Event-related potentials and neuropsychological tests in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have provided evidence from event-related potentials (ERPs) and neuropsychological testing of abnormal cognitive processing in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The aim of this study was to further characterize the ...
Berna Binnur Kivircik, Görsev G Yener, Köksal Alptekin, Huriye Aydin (Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 200306)
event-related-potentials-neuropsychological-tests-obsessive.asp

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Reasoning in bioethics.

It is striking that some arguments in the bioethical literature seem implausible, counterintuitive, and even ridiculous when reported to competent moral agents. When examined, these arguments bear uncanny resemblances to the discourse of patients with ...
Grant Gillett (Bioethics, 200306)
reasoning-bioethics.asp

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Dynamic variations in affective priming.

The present study investigates the dynamics of emotional processing and awareness using an affective facial priming paradigm in conjunction with a multimodal assessment of awareness. Key facial primes are visually masked, and are presented for brief ...
P S Wong, J C Root (Conscious Cogn, 200306)
dynamic-variations-affective-priming.asp

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Competition between automatic and controlled processes.

We investigated the competition between automatic and controlled processes in a word stem completion task. Prime-display duration and the prime-target interval were manipulated. On each trial a masked prime was displayed briefly, followed either ...
Beat Meier, Vinzenz Morger, Peter Graf (Conscious Cogn, 200306)
competition-automatic-controlled-processes.asp

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The mechanism of self-recognition in humans.

Recognizing oneself as the owner of a body and the agent of actions requires specific mechanisms which have been elucidated only recently. One of these mechanisms is the monitoring of signals arising from bodily movements, i.e. the central signals which ...
Marc Jeannerod (Behav Brain Res, 200306)
mechanism-self-recognition-humans.asp

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Brain regions involved in simple and complex grammatical transformations.

Grammatical transformation is a verbal reasoning task requiring judging the veracity of statements describing the spatial order of letter sets. We studied 18 adults with FMRI while they performed grammatical transformations of varying complexity levels ...
Sean P A Drummond, Gregory G Brown, Jennifer S Salamat (Neuroreport, 200306)
brain-regions-involved-simple-complex-grammatical-transformations.asp

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Threats to the estimation of benefit: are preference elicitation methods accurate?

Stated preference methods are used to estimate the value that people place on health care. The data that emerges from these studies is used to guide health policy. However, relatively little is known about how individuals make decisions in a preference ...
Andrew J Lloyd (Health Econ, 200305)
threats-estimation-benefit-preference-elicitation-methods-accurate.asp