Effect of Negative Emotional Content on Working Memory and Long
... Slides were presented on an iMac,G3, Macintosh computer. The 15 slides each contained the same 15 pictures, arranged in a different, random order on each slide. Pictures were arranged in a grid that was five columns by three rows in size. The order of the slides was pseudorandomized across participa ...
... Slides were presented on an iMac,G3, Macintosh computer. The 15 slides each contained the same 15 pictures, arranged in a different, random order on each slide. Pictures were arranged in a grid that was five columns by three rows in size. The order of the slides was pseudorandomized across participa ...
Matlin, Cognition, 7e, Chapter 8: General Knowledge
... 3. Every new piece of information you learn will change the strength of connections among relevant units by adjusting the connection weights. 4. Sometimes we have only partial memory for some information, rather than complete, perfect memory. The brain’s ability to provide partial memory is called g ...
... 3. Every new piece of information you learn will change the strength of connections among relevant units by adjusting the connection weights. 4. Sometimes we have only partial memory for some information, rather than complete, perfect memory. The brain’s ability to provide partial memory is called g ...
Frontal Lobes and Memory - University of California, Berkeley
... Source memory (i.e. recalling the source of learned information) has also been shown to be disproportionately impaired in patients with frontal lobe lesions. In one study, participants were asked a series of trivial questions (e.g. “What is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box?”; Janowsky et ...
... Source memory (i.e. recalling the source of learned information) has also been shown to be disproportionately impaired in patients with frontal lobe lesions. In one study, participants were asked a series of trivial questions (e.g. “What is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jacks box?”; Janowsky et ...
Sulbutiamine - Rebound Health
... Sulbutiamine is indicated for the treatment of asthenia. Asthenia is a condition of chronic fatigue that is cerebral rather than neuromuscular in origin.[20] Several studies have shown that sulbutiamine is effective at relieving the symptoms of asthenia. In a study of 1772 patients with an infectiou ...
... Sulbutiamine is indicated for the treatment of asthenia. Asthenia is a condition of chronic fatigue that is cerebral rather than neuromuscular in origin.[20] Several studies have shown that sulbutiamine is effective at relieving the symptoms of asthenia. In a study of 1772 patients with an infectiou ...
Cerebellar damage produces selective deficits in
... The cerebellum is often active in imaging studies of verbal working memory, consistent with a putative role in articulatory rehearsal. While patients with cerebellar damage occasionally exhibit a mild impairment on standard neuropsychological tests of working memory, these tests are not diagnostic f ...
... The cerebellum is often active in imaging studies of verbal working memory, consistent with a putative role in articulatory rehearsal. While patients with cerebellar damage occasionally exhibit a mild impairment on standard neuropsychological tests of working memory, these tests are not diagnostic f ...
Working memory in children with cochlear implants: Problems are in
... support from studies with elderly subjects, where it has been shown that the common view that cognitive functioning declines with age is actually explained by age-related declines in access to sensory information [10]. The current study was designed to improve our collective understanding of how sig ...
... support from studies with elderly subjects, where it has been shown that the common view that cognitive functioning declines with age is actually explained by age-related declines in access to sensory information [10]. The current study was designed to improve our collective understanding of how sig ...
The Three Amnesias - University of Florida College of Public Health
... amygdala is adjacent to the hippocampus, it differs radically from the hippocampus in structure and derivation. The amygdala is a subcortical structure, intimately related with the basal forebrain, and often classified as one of the basal ganglia. The amygdala is more closely related to limbic and n ...
... amygdala is adjacent to the hippocampus, it differs radically from the hippocampus in structure and derivation. The amygdala is a subcortical structure, intimately related with the basal forebrain, and often classified as one of the basal ganglia. The amygdala is more closely related to limbic and n ...
Visual Memory and Visual Perception Recruit
... (A) Modality-specific processing regions, demarcated in black, include visual, auditory, motor, and olfactory. It should be noted that the ventral visual pathway traverses the inferior occipital and temporal cortex (see text) but is shown in the lateral view for illustrative purposes. Unless otherwi ...
... (A) Modality-specific processing regions, demarcated in black, include visual, auditory, motor, and olfactory. It should be noted that the ventral visual pathway traverses the inferior occipital and temporal cortex (see text) but is shown in the lateral view for illustrative purposes. Unless otherwi ...
The parietal cortex and episodic memory: an
... In summary, a review of the available data indicates that parietal lobe damage in some instances causes episodic-memory impairments. It should be noted that there have only been a small number of studies on this topic and that future research might bring different evidence to bear on it. The deficit ...
... In summary, a review of the available data indicates that parietal lobe damage in some instances causes episodic-memory impairments. It should be noted that there have only been a small number of studies on this topic and that future research might bring different evidence to bear on it. The deficit ...
Lum, J.A.G., Conti-Ramsden, G., Page, D., and Ullman, M.T. (2012).
... Whereas working memory maintains information in the order of seconds, declarative and procedural memory support long-term knowledge, and can store information for years. Declarative memory underlies the encoding, storage and retrieval of knowledge about personal experiences (episodic knowledge) and ...
... Whereas working memory maintains information in the order of seconds, declarative and procedural memory support long-term knowledge, and can store information for years. Declarative memory underlies the encoding, storage and retrieval of knowledge about personal experiences (episodic knowledge) and ...
Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia, and the temporal lobe
... amnesia with acute or subacute onset, because assessment of the extent of RA is difficult when the onset of amnesia is unknown, as it often is in degenerative disorders and Korsakoffs syndrome. Finally, we included only those cases which have appeared in the past 20 years, with the exception of case ...
... amnesia with acute or subacute onset, because assessment of the extent of RA is difficult when the onset of amnesia is unknown, as it often is in degenerative disorders and Korsakoffs syndrome. Finally, we included only those cases which have appeared in the past 20 years, with the exception of case ...
Cerebellar damage produces selective deficits in verbal
... The cerebellum is often active in imaging studies of verbal working memory, consistent with a putative role in articulatory rehearsal. While patients with cerebellar damage occasionally exhibit a mild impairment on standard neuropsychological tests of working memory, these tests are not diagnostic f ...
... The cerebellum is often active in imaging studies of verbal working memory, consistent with a putative role in articulatory rehearsal. While patients with cerebellar damage occasionally exhibit a mild impairment on standard neuropsychological tests of working memory, these tests are not diagnostic f ...
MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MCI)
... expected for age, which does not significantly interfere with daily life and is not severe enough to warrant a diagnosis of dementia. People with MCI have more memory or other thinking problems than would be expected from someone at a similar age, and show some decline in their cognitive skills. Whi ...
... expected for age, which does not significantly interfere with daily life and is not severe enough to warrant a diagnosis of dementia. People with MCI have more memory or other thinking problems than would be expected from someone at a similar age, and show some decline in their cognitive skills. Whi ...
Stress effects on memory
... 2007) or impaired (Diamond et al., 2006; Elzinga et al., 2005; Kirschbaum et al., 1996). The direction of the effect of pre-learning stress is influenced by many variables such as the emotional valence of the learned material (Payne et al., 2007) or the interval between the stressful episode and the ...
... 2007) or impaired (Diamond et al., 2006; Elzinga et al., 2005; Kirschbaum et al., 1996). The direction of the effect of pre-learning stress is influenced by many variables such as the emotional valence of the learned material (Payne et al., 2007) or the interval between the stressful episode and the ...
7._Dementia
... An 86 year old lady is brought in with dehydration, apart from a raised urea her other investigations are normal. She reports having a memory problem which she is very anxious about, on testing her cognitive function is just below normal. She has trouble concentrating on the test. On the ward she is ...
... An 86 year old lady is brought in with dehydration, apart from a raised urea her other investigations are normal. She reports having a memory problem which she is very anxious about, on testing her cognitive function is just below normal. She has trouble concentrating on the test. On the ward she is ...
Alternative - ACT on Alzheimer`s
... The most common type of dementia is dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease was first identified more than 100 years ago, but research into its symptoms, causes, risk factors, and treatment has gained momentum only in the last 30 years. Although research has revealed a great deal ...
... The most common type of dementia is dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease was first identified more than 100 years ago, but research into its symptoms, causes, risk factors, and treatment has gained momentum only in the last 30 years. Although research has revealed a great deal ...
Brain oscillations and memory - Wellcome Trust Centre for
... 1 s. There was prefrontal spike-LFP synchronization at 32 Hz during the delay interval. This synchronization improved object decoding compared to spike-rate alone. Also, maximal information in spikes about the identity of the first presented object was found in an earlier phase of the 32 Hz LFP cycl ...
... 1 s. There was prefrontal spike-LFP synchronization at 32 Hz during the delay interval. This synchronization improved object decoding compared to spike-rate alone. Also, maximal information in spikes about the identity of the first presented object was found in an earlier phase of the 32 Hz LFP cycl ...
in search of memory traces
... for the storage of memories (see Shors & Matzel 1997, Wilson & Tonegawa ...
... for the storage of memories (see Shors & Matzel 1997, Wilson & Tonegawa ...
Neuropsychologia Hippocampal activation during episodic and
... and episodic retrieval, although the level of activation was greater for episodic events. Duzel et al. (1999) also matched conditions carefully in a 2 × 2 design crossing semantic living/nonliving judgments with recognition old/new judgments. In contrast to Maguire and Mummery’s (1999) results, howe ...
... and episodic retrieval, although the level of activation was greater for episodic events. Duzel et al. (1999) also matched conditions carefully in a 2 × 2 design crossing semantic living/nonliving judgments with recognition old/new judgments. In contrast to Maguire and Mummery’s (1999) results, howe ...
Modules - Emergency Nurses Association
... 3. Name three medication classifications that pose a high risk for adverse reactions in older adults. 4. List three reasons why the older adult may not be taking medications correctly. 5. Identify resources that can be accessed for additional information related to medications and the older adult ...
... 3. Name three medication classifications that pose a high risk for adverse reactions in older adults. 4. List three reasons why the older adult may not be taking medications correctly. 5. Identify resources that can be accessed for additional information related to medications and the older adult ...
Aging & Changes in Touch - School of Nursing
... • volume on television or radio • Tilting head toward person speaking • Cupping hand around one ear • Watching speaker’s lips • Speaking loudly • Not responding when spoken to ...
... • volume on television or radio • Tilting head toward person speaking • Cupping hand around one ear • Watching speaker’s lips • Speaking loudly • Not responding when spoken to ...
Ullman, 2004 - Brain and Language Lab
... temporal lobes (Hodges & Patterson, 1997; Squire, Clark, & Knowlton, 2001). Different regions of the temporal lobes may be specialized for different types of knowledge (Damasio, Grabowski, Tranel, Hichwa, & Damasio, 1996; Martin, Ungerleider, & Haxby, 2000). It has been posited that medial temporal ...
... temporal lobes (Hodges & Patterson, 1997; Squire, Clark, & Knowlton, 2001). Different regions of the temporal lobes may be specialized for different types of knowledge (Damasio, Grabowski, Tranel, Hichwa, & Damasio, 1996; Martin, Ungerleider, & Haxby, 2000). It has been posited that medial temporal ...
Executive function and speech-in-noise perception - the role of inhibition V. Stenbäck
... speech intelligibility. However, no correlations were found between speech-in-noise performance and the inhibition lists, List 2 and List 3. One possible explanation for this might be that Hayling List 1 assesses initiation and not verbal inhibition, and the noise type contains no semantic informati ...
... speech intelligibility. However, no correlations were found between speech-in-noise performance and the inhibition lists, List 2 and List 3. One possible explanation for this might be that Hayling List 1 assesses initiation and not verbal inhibition, and the noise type contains no semantic informati ...
Healthy Aging
... Chronic and Degenerative diseaseheart disease, stroke, neoplastic diseases, respiratory diseases. Gender related-females have lower mortality rates, but this decreases with age and begins to even out with some exceptions-stroke and suicide-read pages 16-21 in the Fact Book ...
... Chronic and Degenerative diseaseheart disease, stroke, neoplastic diseases, respiratory diseases. Gender related-females have lower mortality rates, but this decreases with age and begins to even out with some exceptions-stroke and suicide-read pages 16-21 in the Fact Book ...
Screening for Cognitive Impairment - College of Health Professions
... not only because they are largely undiagnosed, but also because the causes and symptoms are complex and only partially understood at this time. Finally, although Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of cognitive impairment, there are individuals suffering from other types of dementia. The ter ...
... not only because they are largely undiagnosed, but also because the causes and symptoms are complex and only partially understood at this time. Finally, although Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of cognitive impairment, there are individuals suffering from other types of dementia. The ter ...