Adaptation, Psychological - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

ERP evidence for flexible adjustment of retrieval orientation and its influence on familiarity.

29 Sep 2009 The assumption was tested that familiarity memory as indexed by a mid-frontal ERP old-new effect is modulated by retrieval orientation. A randomly cued category-based versus exemplar-specific recognition memory test, requiring flexible adjustment of ... Read more...

Conceptual representation and the making of new decisions.

22 Sep 2009 A key feature of an adaptive decision making mechanism is its ability to guide behavior even in new situations. In this issue of Neuron, Kumaran et al. report that conceptual representations, which allow generalization from one situation to another ... Read more...

Right ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices mediate adaptive decisions under ambiguity by integrating choice utility and outcome evaluation.

31 Aug 2009 The Iowa gambling task (IGT) is one of the most influential behavioral paradigms in reward-related decision making and has been, most notably, associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex function. However, performance in the IGT relies on a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Adaptation, Psychological - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ERP evidence for flexible adjustment of retrieval orientation and its influence on familiarity. 29 Sep 2009
• Conceptual representation and the making of new decisions. 22 Sep 2009
• Right ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices mediate adaptive decisions under ambiguity by integrating choice utility and outcome evaluation. 31 Aug 2009
• Adapting to dynamic stimulus-response values: differential contributions of inferior frontal, dorsomedial, and dorsolateral regions of prefrontal cortex to decision making. 31 Aug 2009
• Patterns of home leaving and subjective well-being in emerging adulthood: the role of motivational processes and parental autonomy support. 30 Aug 2009
• Developmental context effects on bicultural posttrauma self repair in chimpanzees. 30 Aug 2009
• A longitudinal analysis of cognitive dysfunction, coping, and depression in multiple sclerosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Beyond the pleistocene: using phylogeny and constraint to inform the evolutionary psychology of human mating. 30 Aug 2009
• Center-surround organization of face-space: evidence from contrast-based face-priming. 24 Aug 2009
• Physical activity in women with arthritis: examining perceived barriers and self-regulatory efficacy to cope. 13 Aug 2009
• Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality disorder: physiological and self-reported assessment of biological vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative stimuli. 30 Jul 2009
• Does it really feel the same? Changes in life satisfaction following repeated life events. 30 Jul 2009
• Exploring the existential function of religion: the effect of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on faith-based medical refusals. 30 Jul 2009
• Commitment insurance: compensating for the autonomy costs of interdependence in close relationships. 30 Jul 2009
• Mastery of the mind East and West: excellence in being and doing and everyday happiness. 30 Jul 2009
• "Subtle" psychosomatic aspects of Tibetan medicine. 30 Jul 2009
• Positive affects and the transformation of suffering into flourishing. 30 Jul 2009
• Classical mindfulness: an introduction to its theory and practice for clinical application. 30 Jul 2009
• Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres. 30 Jul 2009
• Retention time of attenuated response to diacetyl after pre-exposure to diacetyl in Caenorhabditis elegans. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Adaptation, Psychological'

Definition: A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed)

Descriptor UI: D000223

Alternative terms: Adaptation, Psychological; Psychological Adjustment; Psychological Adaptation; Adaptation, Psychologic; Psychologic Adaptation; Adjustment, Psychological; Adjustments, Psychological; Coping Behavior; Behavior, Coping; Behaviors, Coping; Coping Behaviors; Coping Skills; Coping Skill; Skill, Coping; Skills, Coping; Behavior, Adaptive; Adaptive Behavior; Adaptive Behaviors; Behaviors, Adaptive;

Related Mesh Headings: Social Adjustment;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.058;

Technical Notes: human & animal; DF: ADAPTATION PSYCHOL