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Problem Solving (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Problem Solving'
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An fMRI study of the Tower of London: a look at problem structure differences.
16 Jun 2009 
The aim of the current study was to explore the effects of problem structure, namely goal hierarchy and number of optimal solution paths, on the neural architecture that supports problem-solving and planning. Here, six-move problems with both an ...
rec_pub_19540214-an-fmri-study-tower-london-look-problem-structure-differences.htm
'If' and the problems of conditional reasoning.
16 Jun 2009 'If' is a puzzle. No consensus has existed about its meaning for over two thousand years. Here, we show how the main psychological theories deal with the seven crucial problems that it raises. These competing explanations treat 'if' as though it was ...
rec_pub_19540792-if-problems-conditional-reasoning.htm
15 Jun 2009 We attempted to formulate a model of quality of life (QoL) in chronic stage of schizophrenia with 72 patients by including key variables, i.e., psychopathology, insight, executive functioning, and side effects, proposed to be its significant ...
rec_pub_19539682-the-model-relationships-predictors-quality-life-chronic-stage.htm
15 Jun 2009 
BACKGROUND: Individual differences in human cognitive abilities show consistently positive correlations across diverse domains, providing the basis for the trait of "general intelligence" (g). At present, little is known about the evolution of g, in ...
rec_pub_19536274-general-intelligence-primate-individual-differences-cognitive-task.htm
Involvement of medial prefrontal cortex in emotion during feedback presentation.
15 Jun 2009 It has been suggested that the posterior medial prefrontal cortex (pMPFC) implements cognitive functions involved during negative feedback processing. It has also been suggested that the presentation of the feedback elicits emotional processes. This ...
rec_pub_19436227-involvement-medial-prefrontal-cortex-emotion-feedback-presentation.htm
A new touchscreen test of pattern separation: effect of hippocampal lesions.
15 Jun 2009 Researchers are becoming increasingly interested in the role of the hippocampus in pattern separation, a process which keeps items distinct in memory. In this study, we develop and test a new automated touchscreen-based method for studying pattern ...
rec_pub_19421077-a-new-touchscreen-test-pattern-separation-effect-hippocampal-lesions.htm
Does age matter? Effects of cognitive rehabilitation across the age span.
10 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Cognitive remediation (CR) therapy in its various disguises can be helpful for people with schizophrenia but it is not clear if patient characteristics are likely to interfere with its effectiveness. METHODOLOGY: This paper describes the ...
rec_pub_19524409-does-age-matter-effects-cognitive-rehabilitation-age-span.htm
10 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that mood-disorder-related personality traits predict depressive mood changes (DMC) in nonclinical populations. SAMPLING AND METHODS: In this study we examined the predictability of DMC in a nonclinical sample ...
rec_pub_19521141-temperament-melancholic-type-path-analysis-prospective-study.htm
9 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Studies of experts' problem-solving abilities have shown that experts can attend to the deep structure of a problem whereas novices attend to the surface structure. Although this effect has been replicated in many domains, there has been ...
rec_pub_19516910-categorizing-patients-forced-choice-triad-task-integration-context.htm
8 Jun 2009 This study aims to investigate the types of difficulty encountered by children with nonverbal (visuospatial) learning disabilities (NLD) during the processing of spatial information derived from descriptions. Two spatial descriptions--one in survey, ...
rec_pub_19520476-representation-survey-route-spatial-descriptions-children-nonverbal.htm
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