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What is the importance of executing rituals ‘correctly’ and why do people continue to engage in them?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of cause and effect. From a cognitive point of view, two kinds of religious rituals can be identified: special agent rituals, where superhuman agents act on
Hennie Viviers
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive Contagion: Thinking with and through Theatre

open access: yesGestalt Theory, 2019
Theatre offers an opportunity for communities to think with and through fiction. We come together to hear and tell stories because it is moving, both in the literal and the figurative sense: it changes us.
Cook Amy
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

The redness of red [PDF]

open access: yesAvant, 2012
An overview of: "Why Red Doesn't Sound Like a Bell. Understanding the feel of consciousness".
Dawid Lubiszewski
doaj  

Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Connectivity Linked to Cognitive Recovery After Minor Stroke

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Patients with minor stroke exhibit slowed processing speed and generalized alterations in functional connectivity involving frontoparietal cortex (FPC). The pattern of connectivity evolves over time. In this study, we examine the relationship of functional connectivity patterns to cognitive performance, to determine ...
Vrishab Commuri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

DISTURBANCES OF PERSONALITY, EMOTIONS AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES – A NEUROLOGIST’S VIEW

open access: yesZdravniški Vestnik, 2002
Background. Brain damage and disorders of brain function may lead to changes in how patients experience reality and how they behave. The mental disturbances may be conceptualised as changes in personality, disorders of emotions and mood, and cognitive ...
David B. Vodušek
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Interessante Zeichen für Sprache

open access: yesRecherches Germaniques, 2019
The article discusses several theories of poetry and constructs a new one which reflects upon theories of literary genres, is well informed about the psychology of reception, empirically grounded and epistemically reliable. Thus poetry is (mostly graphic
Rüdiger Zymner
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