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Evolving structure-function mappings in cognitive neuroscience using genetic programming [PDF]
, 2005 A challenging goal of psychology and neuroscience is to map cognitive functions onto neuroanatomical structures. This paper shows how computational methods based upon evolutionary algorithms can facilitate the search for satisfactory mappings by ...
Gobet, F, Parker, A
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Masticatory function and cognitive function
Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica, 2010 Recent studies have suggest that masticatory (chewing) function is useful for maintaining neurocognitive function in the elderly. For example, a reduced ability to masticate, such as that resulting from toothlessness or soft-diet feeding, causes learning and memory deficits in aged animals and pathologic changes in the hippocampus.
Kin-Ya, Kubo +8 more
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Switching to the rubber hand [PDF]
, 2017 Inducing the rubber hand illusion (RHI) requires that participants look at an imitation hand while it is stroked in synchrony with their occluded biological hand.
Lane, Timothy Joseph, Yeh, S. L.
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Sex and cognition: gender and cognitive functions [PDF]
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2016 Gender stereotypes hold that males outperform females in mathematics and spatial tests, and females outperform males on verbal tests. According to meta-analyses, however, among both children and adults, females perform equally to males on mathematics assessments.
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Phelan-McDermid syndrome: a classification system after 30 years of experience
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022 Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) was initially called the 22q13 deletion syndrome based on its etiology as a deletion of the distal long arm of chromosome 22.
Katy Phelan +13 more
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Study of cognitive impairment in depression
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Cognitive impairment is frequently observed in patients suffering from depression. Cognitive dysfunction play a critical role in increasing the individual’s vulnerability for the first onset, maintenance and future recurrence of depressive
R. Sharma, J. Khattri, P. Thapa
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Biology Open, 2013 Summary The neural cell-adhesion molecules contactin 4, contactin 5 and contactin 6 are involved in brain development, and disruptions in contactin genes may confer increased risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Oriane Mercati +10 more
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The Benefits of Ramadan Fasting on the Cognitive Function of Medical Students [PDF]
Journal of Fasting and Health, 2021 Adult Muslims have a religious obligation to fast every day for 29-30 days in Ramadan. In fasting individuals, the level of cognition may be affected, which in turn influences the performance of individuals. The present study aimed to assess the possible
Hajar Rachid +3 more
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Behavioral and electrophysiological correlates of cognitive control in ex-obese adults [PDF]
, 2017 Impaired cognitive control functions have been documented in obesity. It remains unclear whether these functions normalize after weight reduction. We compared ex-obese individuals, who successfully underwent substantial weight loss after bariatric ...
Bassetto, Franco +4 more
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Lycopene and cognitive function [PDF]
Journal of Nutritional Science, 2019 AbstractDecreases in cognitive function related to increases in oxidative stress and inflammation occur with ageing. Acknowledging the free radical-quenching activity and anti-inflammatory action of the carotenoid lycopene, the aim of the present review was to assess if there is evidence for a protective relationship between lycopene and maintained ...
Kristi M. Crowe-White +2 more
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