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Spatial metaphors of the ancient world: theory and practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Group C-2 of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi Space and Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Texts is dedicated to the study of spatial metaphors and their functions in texts of different genres, languages, and epochs. This outline of the work of group C-
Breytenbach, Cilliers   +8 more
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Life satisfaction prevents decline in working memory, spatial cognition, and processing speed: Latent change score analyses across 23 years

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundWithin-person growth in life satisfaction (LS) can protect against declines in cognitive functioning, and, conversely, over time. However, most studies have been cross-sectional, thereby precluding causal inferences.
Nur Hani Zainal, Michelle G. Newman
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It wasn't me! Motor activation from irrelevant spatial information in the absence of a response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Embodied cognition postulates that perceptual and motor processes serve higher-order cognitive faculties like language. A major challenge for embodied cognition concerns the grounding of abstract concepts. Here we zoom in on abstract spatial concepts and
Abrahamse, Elger   +4 more
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The Virtual Morris Water Task in 64 Patients With Bilateral Vestibulopathy and the Impact of Hearing Status

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Previous studies have demonstrated spatial cognitive deficits in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP). However, BVP patients frequently present with a concomitant sensorineural hearing loss, which is a well-established risk factor of ...
Bieke Dobbels   +14 more
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Fine-Scale Spatial Organization of Face and Object Selectivity in the Temporal Lobe: Do Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Optical Imaging, and Electrophysiology Agree? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The spatial organization of the brain's object and face representations in the temporal lobe is critical for understanding high-level vision and cognition but is poorly understood.
DiCarlo, James J.   +6 more
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Development of a head-mounted, eye-tracking system for dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Growing interest in canine cognition and visual perception has promoted research into the allocation of visual attention during free-viewing tasks in the dog. The techniques currently available to study this (i.e.
Guo, Kun, Mills, Daniel, Williams, Fiona
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Multiple Hazard Uncertainty Visualization Challenges and Paths Forward

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Making decisions with uncertainty is challenging for the general public, policymakers, and even highly trained scientists. Nevertheless, when faced with the need to respond to a potential hazard, people must make high-risk decisions with uncertainty.
Lace Padilla   +4 more
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Value and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in the rehabilitation of neurocognitive disorders: A critical review since 2000. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
open3siNon-invasive brain stimulation techniques, including transcranial direct current stimulation (t-DCS) have been used in the rehabilitation of cognitive function in a spectrum of neurological disorders.
Davide Cappon   +2 more
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Ketamine evoked disruption of entorhinal and hippocampal spatial maps

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Ketamine, a rapid-acting anesthetic and acute antidepressant, carries undesirable spatial cognition side effects including out-of-body experiences and spatial memory impairments.
Francis Kei Masuda   +3 more
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Editors’ Introduction

open access: yesThe Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, 2015
Spatial cognition can be considered as a set of foundational and central cognitive abilities that enable a variety of conceptual processes, both non-verbal and verbal.
Michael Glanzberg, Jurģis Šķilters
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