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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Memory functioning"”.
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Memory functioning in children exposed to domestic violence trauma
<p>This thesis describes the memory functioning in children exposed to domestic violence trauma. Research findings suggest that adult participants with a clinical diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as defined by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV (American Psychiatric Association, …
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The impact of acute psychological stress on declarative and working memory functioning
… that stress affects processing in many different memory systems. This study aimed to investigate the effects of acute psychosocial stress on declarative memory (DM) and working memory (WM) performance, and to explore whether sex differences exist under stress in these two memory systems. DM was …
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An Investigation of Short-Term Memory Functioning in a Neurodevelopmental Rat Model of Schizophrenia
… Cognitive deficits affect one’s learning and memory due to a dysfunction in the brain, inhibiting a normal functioning life. The self-medicating hypothesis states that ninety percent of people with schizophrenia smoke, because nicotine use improves these cognitive deficits. The cytokine …
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Individual Differences and Memory Aging Concerns of Older Adults
… two issues with respect to the self-reported memory functioning of older adults. The first issue concerns older adults’ practical memory concerns, defined as self-appraisals of one’s own memory that include worries, apprehension, and fears about aging that relate to memory. We used a mixed …
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Probabilistic category learning and memory systems functioning in those at-risk for alcohol abuse.
… drinking may be related to neuropsychological functioning, especially difficulties in memory functioning. The goal of this study was to examine declarative and non-declarative memory functioning in high-risk drinking college students using the Weather Prediction Task (WPT). We recruited 20 …
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Production of Australian normative data for an alternate scoring system for the Visual Reproduction subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised
Accurate assessment of memory functioning is integral in the framework of comprehensive neuropsychological examination. Knowledge of the integrity of memory functioning contributes to decisions regarding diagnoses, competency, rehabilitation and surgery. The Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised is a …
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Age Differences in Judging the Frequency of Events.
… recognized by layman and scientist alike that memory functioning decreases to some extent due to aging. Most of the available literature focuses on age changes in memory with respect to storage and retrieval deficits. However, a lack of evidence exists related to some of the more basic …
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The association of working memory and anxiety with skill acquisition and transfer in young and older adults
… could be related to age differences in working memory functioning and anxiety. In both experiments, working memory functioning was measured using the Digit Span task (Wechsler, 1997) und the Reading Span tusk (Daneman & Carpenter, 1980), while anxiety levels were measured using the State Trait …
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The Effect of Frontal Lobe Stress on Gambling Task Performance: Implications for Understanding Addictive Behavior
… to cognitive deficits resulting from impaired functioning of the frontal lobes. Previous research suggests that two important cognitive processes regarding decision making are reversal learning (e.g. Fellows and Farah, 2005) and working memory (e.g. Hinson, Jameson, and Whitney, 2002; Jameson, …
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Metamemory and frontal lobe function in the elderly.
… were used to investigate age differences in metamemory, and to examine the relation between metamemory and frontal lobe function in the elderly. Three age groups were included in the study to address these issues: a Young Control group (18-30 yrs); a Young-Old group (60-75 yrs); and an Old-Old …
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Cognitive strategy intervention for elders living in a residential care facility.
… activities. These individuals may experience memory dysfunction which can negatively impact their confidence and well being. Through the implementation of an intervention focusing on teaching elders strategies to improve everyday memory functioning, older adults’ knowledge of memory …
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A Comparative Study of Working Memory in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
… provided conflicting reports with regards to the functioning of the various components of working memory in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, and in particular in those with autism. This research was initiated to answer some of the questions raised by these research studies and to …
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Neuropsychological Symptoms Associated with Multiple Shunts
… with additional deficits in intellectual functioning. However, previous research has failed to address the neuropsychological ramifications of shunt infections and shunt replacements. Given the high prevalence of hydrocephalus in patients with spina bifida, this patient population was …
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Memory Matters II: Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
… and associated hypoglycemia can result in verbal memory difficulties, yet the role of memory in daily diabetes self-care has not been evaluated for young adults. Subtests from two well-standardized memory measures were administered to 34 young adults with type 1 diabetes, aged 18-29, in this pilot …
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Working Memory Processes in the Encoding of Intentions
… interest of this investigation concerned working memory functioning and cue/act discrimination during encoding of intentions. The study included manipulations of working memory and intention load to investigate the encoding processes related to prospective memory (PM). Three experiments are …
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The impact of attachment anxiety on susceptibility to false memories
… shows that people's attachment styles predict memory functioning. For example, people with relatively insecure attachment styles tend to forget relationship-relevant information, as well as negatively bias their emotional evaluations of interpersonal experiences over time. An emerging body of …
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Exploring the Effect of Caregiver Burden among Alzheimer's Caregivers: A Test of The Stress Process Model
… (FCG). As the disease progresses, the patient's memory, functioning status, and behavioral problems get worse, and the needs of the patient that must be addressed by family caregivers increase dramatically. This research examines the impact of the subjective burden with the objective stressors on …
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Laboratory-based tasks in the diagnosis of ADHD in adults: a theoretical and empirical analysis
… measures of attention, vigilance, working memory, and sustained mental effort in clinic-referred adults with and without ADHD. Moreover, the study was conducted in order to obtain additional evidence in ongoing efforts to clarify the classification and phenomenological status of ADHD in …
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Assessment Of Memory Function And Effort Using The Wechsler Memory Scale - 4th Edition
… intent. This is especially true for measures of memory functioning that are a common target of negative response bias and withholding effort. The aim of the present study was to develop methods for detecting these behaviors for the current edition of the Wechsler Memory Scale, 4th Edition …
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Daily stressors and memory failures in a naturalistic setting: Findings from the normative aging study
The role of stress in memory functioning has typically been examined in the laboratory with biological indicators of stress (i.e., stress hormones) and cognitive tests. These studies have generally found a negative association between stress and cognitive performance; that is, people who have …
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