cognition

The quest to understand intelligence and unravel the workings of the mind has always been considered the holy grail of natural sciences. While we're still…

3.1. Formal DetailsThe Environment: There are N ≥ 1 profit-maximizing firms that each provide a finite menu of products to a consumer. A product is a bundle x ≡ ( q , t ) , where q ≥ 0 denotes the quality or level of…

Introduction Dementia leads to a loss of independence thereby affecting families and the economy. In global terms, China has the largest population of individuals with dementia (Jia et al., 2020). In populations aged ≥65 years, the…

Introduction Olfactory dysfunction is both a precursor and a predictor of motor or non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) (Fullard et al., 2017). According to Braak et al. (2003), Lewy pathology emerges in the olfactory…

Genetic correlations of vocabulary size with cognition-, development-, and health-related outcomes. Genetic correlations were estimated with HDL (62Ning Z. Pawitan…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The impact of abdominal fat on brain health and cognition is generally more pronounced in middle-aged…

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment, especially of the “amnestic subtype” (aMCI), are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease relative to cognitively healthy older adults. Now, a study…

Introduction Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) encompasses a spectrum of cognitive alterations with underlying vascular pathology, and negatively affects quality of life in affected individuals (Iadecola et al., 2019).…

We model the interaction between a borrower’s information-suppressing behavior and a lender’s pre-lending cognitive effort. The lender’s potential unawareness of some certain features of the application is the motivation for us to…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 101: Social Cognition and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Mid-Stage Parkinson’s Disease Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs14020101 Authors: Roberto Fernández-Fernández Guillermo Lahera…

1 Introduction The human brain undergoes complex processes of development, maintenance and reorganization throughout the lifespan, which are essential for human cognition and behavior. Cognition relies on the hierarchical organization…

1. IntroductionWhen individuals acquire a severe chronic disease, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), they are faced with life-long physical health consequences. In addition, life satisfaction is reduced and mental health problems are…

Switching cost at time point 1 and at time point 2. Credit: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (2023). DOI: 10.3389/frai.2023.1253940…

Students who were exposed to the highest level of outdoor noise pollution while at school showed slower improvements in memory and…

Genes lost during vampire bats’ evolution may have helped them to adapt to their exclusive blood diet which is high in iron and fluid…

Captive orangutans that had never seen stone tools could work out how to use them to hit or cut things – but they couldn’t get the…