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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"cognitive inhibition"”.
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The relationship between cognitive inhibition, mental illness, and creativity
… achievement, as well as the contribution of cognitive inhibition as a moderating factor between these variables. 98 participants completed a 1.5 hour battery of tests that combined measures between this study and another study. Measures pertaining to this study included self-report measures …
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Cognitive Inhibition and Impulsivity in Adult Children of Alcoholics and Controls
… 1971). Researchers have found patterns of cognitive deficits (Tartar, Jacob, Bremer, 1989) and neuropsychological differences (Gabriella & Mednick, 1983) associated with adult children of alcoholics (ACA) status. Several researchers have questioned if those deficits may be associated with a …
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SES-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN WORD LEARNING: EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE INHIBITION AND WORD LEARNING
… status (SES) influences language and cognitive development, with discrepancies particularly noticeable in vocabulary development. This study examines how SES-related differences impact the development of syntactic processing, cognitive inhibition, and word learning. 38 4-5-year-olds …
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Acute effect of three different exercise training modalities on executive function in overweight inactive men : The BrainFit study
… excluded for medical conditions known to impact cognitive functioning, and that was measured with Moca test screening cognitive. Randomized, parallel-group clinical trial among 36 adults were randomly assigned to a HIIT, RT, RT+HIIT, and a control group (n=10) until the energy expenditure of …
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The relationship between gonadal hormones and neurocognitive functioning in healthy men and women and patients with schizophrenia
… and women with schizophrenia in relation to neurocognitive functioning. The thesis also examined the role of organisational influences of gonadal hormones and gonadotropins to cognitive performance. This was investigated in three studies. Study 1 examined the differences between healthy men and …
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The Effect of Age-related Declines in Inhibitory Control on Audiovisual Speech Intelligibility
… of a sensory nature, but are also influenced by cognitive factors: e.g. Pichora-Fuller et al., 1995). In the current study, I extend an existing model of spoken-word recognition to the AV domain and refer to the new model as the Auditory-Visual Neighborhood Activation Model: AV-NAM). The primary …
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Inflexibility and Vulnerability to Depression
Although existing research has evaluated various cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and environmental risk factors for depression (Johnson, Cuellar, & Miller, 2009), previous studies have typically focused on the content of cognitive styles and coping styles when evaluating vulnerability to …
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Effects of participation in a simulated live-fire maneuver on cognitive performance of firefighters: An examination of individual differences
… responses (e.g., thermal sensation) relate to cognitive performance. Individual differences (e.g., aerobic fitness, personality) related to differing levels of cognitive performance in firefighters were also identified. METHODS: New-recruit, male firefighters (N = 85; 25.76 ± 4.06 yrs) …
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Entwicklung kognitiver Funktionen
Arbeitsgedächtnisdefizite lernbehinderter Kinder sind bisher vor allem im phonologischen Bereich nachgewiesen worden. Die eigene Studie untersucht mögliche Defizite im Bereich der zentralen Exekutive mit zwei Schwerpunkten: (a) Lassen sich bei der Steuerung selektiver Aufmerksamkeit spezifische …
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Interferenzanfälligkeit bei kognitiven Leistungen im Altersvergleich: Eine kritische Betrachtung von Modellebene und Empirie
Die Annahme defizitärer kognitiver Hemmungsfunktionen und einer daraus folgenden stärkeren Interferenzanfälligkeit hat sich als Globalmodell zur Erklärung kognitiver Leistungseinbußen im höheren Lebensalter etabliert (z.B. Hasher, Zacks & May, 1999). In der vorliegenden Dissertation werden drei …