Post-Mortem diagnosis of dementia by informant interview. [PDF]
The diagnosis of normal cognition or dementia in the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Aging Brain Study Group (BBBABSG) has relied on postmortem interview with an informant. Objectives:To ascertain the sensitivity and specificity of postmortem diagnosis based
Balbino, Érika Silvério+19 more
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Inflammation and immunity in schizophrenia: implications for pathophysiology and treatment. [PDF]
Complex interactions between the immune system and the brain might have important aetiological and therapeutic implications for neuropsychiatric brain disorders.
Cousins, Lesley+5 more
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Cognitive disorders: A question of misattribution [PDF]
A recent study indicates that schizophrenia patients are prone to auditory hallucinations because they have difficulty recognising their 'inner speech' as their own, and consequently tend to misattribute it to an external source.
Alexandra J. Richardson, John F. Stein
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Six month durability of targeted cognitive training supplemented with social cognition exercises in schizophrenia. [PDF]
Background:Deficits in cognition, social cognition, and motivation are significant predictors of poor functional outcomes in schizophrenia. Evidence of durable benefit following social cognitive training is limited.
Biagianti, Bruno+10 more
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Defining the cognitive phenotype of autism [PDF]
Although much progress has been made in determining the cognitive profile of strengths and weaknesses that characterise individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), there remain a number of outstanding questions.
A. Pickles+77 more
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Levels of Structural Integration Mediate the Impact of Metacognition on Functioning in Non-affective Psychosis: Adding a Psychodynamic Perspective to the Metacognitive Approach [PDF]
Synthetic metacognition is defined by integrative and contextualizing processes of discrete reflexive moments. These processes are supposed to be needed to meet intrapsychic as well as interpersonal challenges and to meaningfully include psychotic ...
Bayer, Samuel+9 more
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Cognitive enhancers for anxiety disorders [PDF]
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an effective intervention for anxiety disorders. However, a significant number of people do not respond or only show partial response even after an adequate course of the treatment. Recent research has shown that the efficacy of the intervention can be improved by the use of cognitive enhancers that augment the core ...
Hofmann, S.G.+4 more
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The NMDA receptor GluN2C subunit controls cortical excitatoryinhibitory balance, neuronal oscillations and cognitive function [PDF]
Despite strong evidence for NMDA receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction as an underlying factor for cognitive disorders, the precise roles of various NMDAR subtypes remains unknown.
Dravid, Shashank M.+11 more
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Mapping dynamic interactions among cognitive biases in depression [PDF]
Depression is theorized to be caused in part by biased cognitive processing of emotional information. Yet, prior research has adopted a reductionist approach that does not characterize how biases in cognitive processes such as attention and memory work ...
Bernstein, Amit+3 more
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2008 Progress Report on Brain Research [PDF]
Highlights new research on various disorders, nervous system injuries, neuroethics, neuroimmunology, pain, sense and body function, stem cells and neurogenesis, and thought and memory.
Eve Marder+3 more
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