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Cognition
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Definition of 'Cognition'Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge. Common names: Cognition |
Thursday, March 11, 2010
2 Nov 2009
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; "Ecstasy") is a popular recreational drug and brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotoxin. Neuroimaging data indicate that some human MDMA users develop persistent deficits in brain 5-HT neuronal markers. Although the ... Read more...
Two distinct subtypes of right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia.
Nov 2009
BACKGROUND: Right temporal frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an anatomic variant of FTD associated with relatively distinct behavioral and cognitive symptoms. We aimed to determine whether right temporal FTD is a homogeneous clinical, imaging, and ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009
Three distinct phenomena are currently at play in medical education: (1) the pervasive use of PowerPoint in teaching, (2) the wholesale application of competency models, and (3) the shift from paper reading to screen reading regardless of course, ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Cognition'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Sleep deprivation differentially impairs cognitive performance in abstinent methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") users.
2 Nov 2009 - Two distinct subtypes of right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia.
Nov 2009 - Perspective: A perfect storm: the convergence of bullet points, competencies, and screen reading in medical education.
30 Oct 2009 - The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
30 Oct 2009 - Rehabilitation combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunt for patients with chronic normal pressure hydrocephalus due to aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhage: a preliminary study.
30 Oct 2009 - Resolving response, decision, and strategic control: evidence for a functional topography in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex.
19 Oct 2009 - Newsmaker interview. Tonegawa rethinks Japan's premier brain research center. Interview by Dennis Normile.
14 Oct 2009 - Cycling behavior and memory formation.
12 Oct 2009 - Design and implementation of an effective telephone counseling intervention for adolescent smoking cessation.
10 Oct 2009 - What does the retrosplenial cortex do?
6 Oct 2009 - Intracranial EEG reveals a time- and frequency-specific role for the right inferior frontal gyrus and primary motor cortex in stopping initiated responses.
5 Oct 2009 - Driving under low-contrast visibility conditions in Parkinson disease.
4 Oct 2009 - Memory strategy development in children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
29 Sep 2009 - Children's reports of activity and participation after sustaining a spinal cord injury: a cognitive interviewing study.
29 Sep 2009 - Interactions between cognition and circadian rhythms: attentional demands modify circadian entrainment.
29 Sep 2009 - Operant matching as a Nash equilibrium of an intertemporal game.
29 Sep 2009 - Experience-induced neural circuits that achieve high capacity.
29 Sep 2009 - How to influence patient oral hygiene behavior effectively.
29 Sep 2009 - Longitudinal study of the transition from healthy aging to Alzheimer disease.
29 Sep 2009 - Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia.
29 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Cognition'
Definition: Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge.
Descriptor UI: D003071
Alternative terms: Cognition;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;
Tree Number: F02.463.188;