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Cognitive variability
Throughout psychological literature there are many, and ever increasing, references to a variable, usually presumed to be related to certain personality phenomena, which has~ been described as flexibility, fluidity, rigidity, perseveration, variability, and other similar terms. Generally, all these …
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Cognitive Networks
… networks, this research proposes the idea of the cognitive network. A cognitive network is a network composed of elements that, through learning and reasoning, dynamically adapt to varying network conditions in order to optimize end-to-end performance. In a cognitive network, decisions are made to …
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Cognitive writing strategies
… of this study is to examine the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction in teaching writing. Writing is a process that results in a product. The learning that takes place will be continually developing and changing. Our goal as teachers of writing is to have our students produce quality …
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Implementing Cognitive Semantics
… and processed. It is based on the findings in cognitive linguistics over the last decade, where thorough studies have been made about how concepts function. Concepts appear as image schemata, a spatial form of representation with very powerful properties. It embodies prototypicality, …
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The Prediction of Artistic Performance From Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Measures
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Identifying Cognitive Profiles and Determinants of Cognitive Superaging Among Older Adults
Cognitive aging among older adults is heterogeneous and does not follow a single trajectory. This study used a person-centered approach to identify cognitive profiles, specifically cognitive superagers, among United States adults aged 75 and older and to quantify transitions between cognitive …
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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
… tasks that efficiently and accurately assess cognitive function during pre-clinical trials would be useful in developing novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. The Bussey-Saksida touchscreens employ various tasks similar to those used in humans to effectively evaluate …
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Cognitive Ability and Cognitive Style in the Comprehension and Expression of Emotion
… appeared to be a skill that can be studied with cognitive research methods.</p>
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Relationships of cognitive appraisal
Cognitive appraisal is a pivotal construct that has been identified in determining the stress response and coping response. Researchers have shown specific physiological outcomes of initial cognitive appraisals that are taken more as a threat or a challenge. Cognitive appraisal is known to …
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Cognitive Bias Modification & Exercise
… complex relationship between mental well-being, cognitive bias and physical exercise. The introduction of this thesis begins with a perspective of the relationship between cognitive interpretation bias, physical exercise and mental well-being, specifically anxiety. The thesis begins with two …
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Cognitive mediators of aggression
A large amount of research suggests that aggressive children differ from their nonaggressive peers in the way they process social information in conflict situations. Using Crick & Dodge's (1994) Social Information Processing following Provocation Model as a theoretical framework, this investigation …
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Dynamic Cellular Cognitive System
Dynamic Cellular Cognitive System (DCCS) serves as a cognitive network for white space devices in TV white space. It is also designed to provide quality communications for first responders in area with damaged wireless communication infrastructure. In DCCS network, diverse types of communication …
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An Examination of Experimentally-Manipulated Enacted Support Upon Cognitive Performance and Cognitive Interference
… neutral, and positive support and gender on cognitive performance, cognitive interference, and task attribution. An experimenter explained to participants how to perform the anagram task, gave a stress-arousal statement and a statement of negative, neutral, or positive enacted support. A …
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Disentangling the neural correlates of attention decrement: from Cognitive Neuroscience to Cognitive Engineering
Focused attention represents a high-level cognitive function enabling humans to selectively facilitate specific actions and perceptions. In a world full of choices of action, and of perceptual possibilities, focused attention appears to be a vital component of human cognition. One observation …
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Baseline Cognitive Ability and Cognitive Response to Topiramate
<p>Although much research has focused on cognitive ability and the genetic and environmental factors that might influence it, this aspect of human nature is still far from being well understood. It has been well-established that certain factors such as age and education have significant impacts on …
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How do occupational sedentary behavior and occupational cognitive complexity relate to cognitive function?
BACKGROUND: Lower occupational cognitive complexity (OCC) and physical inactivity have been associated with advanced brain aging and cognitive decline in older adulthood. However, sedentary behavior may have a more complex relationship with cognitive function due to cognitively complex occupations …
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The Use Of The Cognitive Status Examination In Detecting Cognitive Impairment In Elderly People
… is sensitive and specific to the detection of cognitive impairment in the elderly may prove to be of significant benefit to clinicians and assist care-givers and family members in treatment decisions, accommodation requirements and the timely provision of a range of support services. This study …
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Cognitive mechanisms underlying emotion regulation
… of an emotional response or modulate it via cognitive reappraisal. Antecedent strategies involve avoidance behaviour i. e. avoiding situations in which the emotional response is likely to occur. Recent evidence has now demonstrated, however, that the cognitive and emotional systems are highly …
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Stress, Monoamines, and Cognitive Flexibility
… CRF actions on these systems may underlie cognitive symptoms of stress-related disorders. The age at which stress occurs can determine its impact, and adolescent stress has been linked to adult psychopathology. This dissertation explores the role of CRF in stress-induced modulation of the …
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