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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"cognitive improvement"”.
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Educated guesses that affect access to educational resources beyond early childhood
<p>Misconceptions about cognitive development cause damaging assumptions that affect access to academic intervention after middle childhood, especially for older students who also have significant disabilities (Aos, Lieb, Mayfield, Miller, & Pennucci, 2005). In this study, possible sources for …
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Determining clinically relevant neuropsychological change in an epilepsy sample
Accurate interpretation of pre- and post-surgical cognitive assessments is essential for patients undergoing surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, potentially confounding issues such as practice effects and low test-retest reliability may influence a person’s test score when they are …
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The short-term effects of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on cognitive performance
… research evidence suggests that post-operative cognitive impairment is a common complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. This study evaluated the short-term effects of CABG surgery on cognitive performance one to two days prior to surgery (baseline) and one-month post-surgery …
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Effect of high-beta versus gamma binaural beat exposure on immediate and delayed recall
… Gamma binaural beats only showed a significant improvement in memory performance when participants recalled information from the auditory memory tasks. These results have important implications for research and clinical work focused on cognitive improvement.
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Training endogenous task shifting using neurologic music therapy
… Research studies using music therapy for cognitive improvement in this population are limited. Scientific research regarding the proposed neural correlates of executive functions abound. Additionally, scientific music research is gaining momentum. The presence of shared neural correlates …
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PPARγ-pERK interaction restores memory consolidation in an Alzheimer’s disease model
Cognitive impairment is a quintessential feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD mouse models. We and others have previously reported the peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist rosiglitazone improves hippocampus-dependent cognitive deficits in some AD patients and …
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Cortisol and inflammation in delirium and long-term cognitive decline after hip fracture
… of delirium, persistent delirium and cognitive decline following delirium. It investigated whether levels of cortisol in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are elevated in delirium, with elevated pro-inflammatory and reduced anti-inflammatory cytokines. It also investigated whether …
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Potential benefits and neural correlates of acupuncture treatment with or without physiotherapy on resting state functional connectivity in ischemic stroke patients with unilateral limb dysfunction
… Stroke patients often have lasting physical and cognitive impairments, leading to functional dependence even after discharge from hospital. Acupuncture has been recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an adjunctive treatment for stroke. Physiotherapy serves as the primary …
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Verbesserung kognitiver Leistungen bei chronischer Schizophrenie durch rekombinantes humanes Erythropoietin (rhEPO)
Schizophrenie wird zunehmend als Erkrankung der Gehirnentwicklung mit zusätzlicher degenerativer Komponente anerkannt, die mit einem kognitiven Abbau und Verlust kortikaler grauer Masse einhergeht. Die vorgestellte Hypothese lautet, dass rekombinantes humanes Erythropoietin (rhEPO) als …