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    Older Women's Cognitive Function Influenced By Neighborhood Status

    Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The study, published online by the American Journal of Public Health, is the...
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    Mild Cognitive Impairment A Risk Factor For Retired NFL Players

    Retired NFL football players are at higher risk for mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, a Loyola University Health System study has found. A screening survey of 513 retired players and their wives found that 35 percent of the players had scores suggesting...
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    Prenatal Exposure To Common Insecticide Linked To Decreases In Cognitive Functioning

    Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the...
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    Prenatal Exposure To Common Insecticide Linked To Decreases In Cognitive Functioning

    Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the...
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    Neuroscience, religion, cognitive dissonance, and your opinion?

    Will is merely the drive to reduce dissonance between each of our active neural circuits. Evolution can be see as the same process, where nature tries to adapt or 'resonate' with its environment. By doing so, it evolved to a point, where it became self-aware and began to ponder its own...
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    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Appears Beneficial For Adults With ADHD

    Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who received medication and individual sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) showed greater improvement in symptoms through 12 months compared to patients who did not receive CBT, according to a study in the August 25 issue of...
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    Series Of Cognitive Tests That May Aid In Better Understanding And Treating Of Down

    Neuroscientists in the Down Syndrome Research Group at the University of Arizona have created a battery of tests that quickly aid in the assessment of the cognitive abilities of persons with Down syndrome. The UA collaborated on the development of the tests with colleagues at Johns Hopkins...
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    What are some topics in cognitive science that are interesting to do a...

    ...research paper on? Can someone give me a few ideas regarding cognitive science that is broad enough to do a research paper but specific to discuss in great detail. I was thinking of artificial intelligence but not sure what exactlly in that field. I also thought about image schemas but I am...
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    Link Between Brain Chemical And Cognitive Decline In Schizophrenia

    In one of the first such studies involving human patients with schizophrenia, researchers at UC Davis have provided evidence that deficits in a brain chemical may be responsible for some of the debilitating cognitive deficits - poor attention, memory and problem-solving abilities - that...
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    Multiple Human Cognitive Disorders Linked By A Common Thread

    A new study reveals that a common underlying mechanism is shared by a group of previously unrelated disorders which all cause complex defects in brain development and function. Rett syndrome (RTT), Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Alpha-Thalassemia mental Retardation, X-linked syndrome...
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    Multiple Human Cognitive Disorders Linked By A Common Thread

    A new study reveals that a common underlying mechanism is shared by a group of previously unrelated disorders which all cause complex defects in brain development and function. Rett syndrome (RTT), Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Alpha-Thalassemia mental Retardation, X-linked syndrome...
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    Moms Influence How Children Develop Advanced Cognitive Functions

    Executive functioning is a set of advanced cognitive functions - such as the ability to control impulses, remember things, and show mental flexibility - that help us plan and monitor what we do to reach goals. Although executive functioning develops speedily between ages 1 and 6, children vary...
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    OMG, Cognitive Daily is No More!

    Cognitive Daily, the blog, is one of the blogs that made science blogs (both in general and at scienceblogs.com) a legitimate, valid enterprise instead of a bunch of random jackasses screwing around on the Internet. Like a nice hat on a man who could be part scoundrel or a great pair of shoes...
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    Help with PSY quiz. Thanks.....Children who are skilled at cognitive inhibition?

    Children who are skilled at cognitive inhibition A. produce a variety of strategies when faced with a novel task. B. can control internal and external distracting stimuli. C. continuously monitor progress toward a goal, checking outcomes, and redirecting unsuccessful efforts. D. think out a...
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    What happens in CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?

    I have emetophobia so I have 4 questions: 1) What exactly is CBT? Is it painful? 2) Does CBT have a high success rate? 3) Can CBT help with phobias? 4) What happens in CBT?
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    Cognitive threshold: How many glasses of absinthe before you "find religion"?

    Cognitive threshold: How many glasses of absinthe before you "find religion"? or whatever
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    What other mental health treatments than Cognitive behavioral therapy should...

    ...I personally seek? I developed anxiety, depression and agoraphobia 2 years ago because I have bullied for being underweight and my acne for a long time, I told my doctor I am depressed and suffer anxiety but never fully explained it is due to my weight and acne. If I tell my doctor this what...
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