Abnormal Response to Negative Feedback or General Vulnerability to Stress in Alcohol-Dependent Patients Under Cognitive ExaminationAbstract: Alcohol-dependent patients have been tested under stressful conditions. Research question: Do alcohol dependent ...
Abstract. The assessment of executive functions (EF) often yields conflicting results between standardized tests and self-ratings (e. g., in depression or adult ADHD). For the present investigation, standardized EF-tasks were enriched in order to better ...
Objective: To examine the association between physical activity and cognitive performance in a longitudinal study. Methods: We analyzed data from 17.333 noninstitutionalized persons aged 50 years or older in 11 European countries who participated in Wave ...
Using data from two randomized, placebo-controlled trials involving 806 outpatients, we performed linear regression analyses to evaluate how cognitive abilities in patients with dementia assessed by the SKT (Syndrom-Kurztest – Short Cognitive Performance ...
Objective: To examine gender differences in level and change of cognitive performance in the oldest old while accounting for gender differences in longevity. Method: 574 individuals, aged 80 years and older, from the OCTO Twin Study. Five cognitive ...
Abstract. Research on cognitive aging demonstrates age-related cognitive decline. Education is a protective factor against cognitive decline, but few studies have examined the cognitive development of highly educated individuals. This ...
Abstract. Previous studies related subjective cognitive impairment (SCI) in the absence of objectifiable cognitive deficits to a prodromal stage of neurodegenerative diseases. However, there is also evidence that the expression of SCI in older people is ...
Zusammenfassung. In längeren psychometrischen Untersuchungen, die sich mit kognitiven Leistungen von Personen befassen, ist es denkbar, daß sowohl motivationale Aspekte als auch Ermüdungs- und Belastungseffekte einen Einfluß auf die Resultate der Studien ...
Assessment of Mental Rotation Performance at Primary School Age. A Computer-Based Test Procedure for First to Third Grades (cMR)Abstract: Mental rotation performance as a part of visuospatial skills is closely related to mathematical ...
Zusammenfassung. In einer Längsschnittstudie wurden die Entwicklung der Händigkeit bei Kindergartenkindern (153 Jungen und 170 Mädchen) und deren Zusammenhänge mit motorischen und kognitiven Leistungen analysiert. Die Händigkeit wurde aufgrund der ...
Zusammenfassung. Diese Arbeit bietet einen Überblick über die zentralen Studien zum Einfluss von Musik auf die kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit. Unter dem “Mozart-Effekt“ wird die Annahme verstanden, dass die visuell-räumliche Leistungsfähigkeit durch zuvor ...
Cognitive Abilities and Literacy: The Role of Intelligence in Reading SkillsAbstract. The present study aims to explore the relationship between cognitive abilities and reading skills in children and adolescents. Significant correlations have been found ...
Akute körperliche Belastung im mittleren Intensitätsbereich kann kognitive Leistungen verbessern. Dies ist ein weiteres Argument, Sport und Bewegung vermehrt in den Schulalltag zu integrieren. Wenig ist jedoch über den zugrunde liegenden Wirkmechanismus ...
The specifity of cognitive performance of depressive children and adolescents in WISC-III resultsAbstract.Background: Distinctive performance features are central symptoms of depressive children and adolescents. So far a specific and conclusive mapping ...
Abstract. Caffeine placebo expectation seems to improve vigilance and cognitive performance. This study investigated the effect of caffeine and placebo expectation on vigilance and cognitive performance during 28 h sleep deprivation. Ten healthy males ...
The purpose of the present study is to analyse the effects of task complexity on the EEG spectral parameters and the extent to which age modulates this relationship. Subjects were divided into a junior and a senior group and engaged in a simple and a ...
Abstract: Performance efficiency in cognitive tasks is a combination of effectiveness, that is, accuracy, and cognitive effort. Resting-state and task-related autonomic and cortical activity, together with psychological variables, may represent effective ...
Abstract. The intriguing interplay between acute stress physiology and cognitive processes has long been noted. However, while stress-induced release of glucocorticoids has repeatedly been shown to impact brain ...
It has often been shown that the amount of media use is negatively related to cognitive outcomes. The more time spent on media the poorer cognitive performance is. This association has mainly been found for general-audience, violent, and action-loaded ...