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Neural implementation of psychological spaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Psychological spaces give natural framework for construction of mental representations. Neural model of psychological spaces provides a link between neuroscience and psychology. Categorization performed in high-dimensional spaces by dynamical associative
Duch, Wlodzislaw
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Recurrent Hypothermia and Autonomic Dysfunction Secondary to Shapiro Syndrome

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 44‐year‐old man presented with recurrent hypothermia, diaphoresis and hypertension. Extensive investigation for infectious, inflammatory, metabolic and endocrine aetiologies was negative. MR scan of the brain demonstrated no lesions but revealed callosal dysgenesis, consistent with Shapiro syndrome.
Naveen Kumar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Approach to Discover Students’ Conceptions in Online Computing Education: A Case Study of Students’ Understanding of Virtual Memory

open access: yesIEEE Access
This study presents a new approach for discovering conceptions among online computer science students. The research objectives were 1) to discover students’ conceptions of virtual memory, an important concept in operating systems, and 2) to ...
Sonia Pamplona   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Understanding Capacity and Information Dynamics in the Human Brain

open access: yesEntropy, 2019
This article proposes a theory of neuronal processes underlying cognition, focusing on the mechanisms of understanding in the human brain. Understanding is a product of mental modeling.
Yan M. Yufik
doaj   +1 more source

Expert and Lay Mental Models of Ecosystems: Inferences for Risk Communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The authors evaluate a mental modeling approach to studying differences between lay and expert comprehension of ...
Bussa, Toby   +4 more
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Impact of Plasma p‐tau181 on Cognition, Motor Phenotypes, and Disease Course in ALS

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Phosphorylated tau181 (p‐tau181), an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, was recently evaluated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We investigated plasma p‐tau181 in 202 ALS/ALS‐FTD patients and 94 healthy controls, assessing cognitive performance, motor function, and longitudinal dynamics.
Elisabeth Kasper   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mental Models Approach to Assessing Public Understanding of Zika Virus, Guatemala

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Mental models are cognitive representations of phenomena that can constrain efforts to reduce infectious disease. In a study of Zika virus awareness in Guatemala, many participants referred to experiences with other mosquitoborne diseases during ...
Brian G. Southwell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex‐Stratified Association of Regional Dopamine Transporter Binding With Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the clinical relevance of dopamine transporter single‐photon emission computed tomography (DAT‐SPECT) abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a prespecified focus on sex‐stratified associations with disease progression and short‐term prognosis.
Tomoya Kawazoe   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where Are the Months? Mental Images of Circular Time in a Large Online Sample

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
People may think about time by mentally imaging it in some spatial form, or as “spacetime.” In an online survey, 76,922 Norwegian individuals positioned two dots corresponding to the months of December and March on what they imagined to be their ...
Bruno Laeng, Bruno Laeng, Anders Hofseth
doaj   +1 more source

Collective frames of reference, recognition, and managers' mental models of competition: a test in two industries

open access: yes, 1995
This work was supported by ESRC grant no. R000232883.Managers draw upon sources of collective knowledge to cognitively represent strategic issues. It has also be argued that cognition is embedded in social interaction, enabling managers to recognize of
Daniels, Kevin   +2 more
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