Visuo-spatial attention shapes how reading declines in healthy aging
A study of 120 healthy older adults found that general cognitive functions mediate age-related reading decline, while visuo-spatial attention moderates ...
Tag: working memory
How the Brain’s Working Memory Gate Opens and Closes Across the Senses
An EEG study finds that opening the mind's working memory gate is modality-independent, but closing it depends on which senses ...
Brain Network Fingerprints Under High Working Memory Load Distinguish Multiple Sclerosis Patients
A graph theory and machine learning analysis of task-based fMRI distinguished multiple sclerosis patients from healthy controls with 95.5 percent ...
Brain Zapping Over Parietal Regions Speeds Responses on Demanding Memory Test
A randomized, double-blind crossover study in 40 healthy adults found that a single session of bilateral parietal tRNS shortened reaction ...
Combining D1 dopamine and α2A adrenergic receptor activation beat methylphenidate in rat cognition tests
In rats, combined activation of D1 dopamine and α2A adrenergic receptors improved temporal order memory and cognitive flexibility more than ...
Children Prenatally Exposed to Cannabis Show Thinner Cortex in Frontal and Parietal Regions
A small prospective study found that seven- to eight-year-old children with prenatal cannabis exposure showed reduced cortical thickness in frontal ...
Cognitive frailty affects nearly four in ten low-income older adults, with sex-specific risk patterns
A cross-sectional study of 255 Malaysian older adults from low-income households found a combined cognitive frailty prevalence of 38.4 percent, ...
Brain’s synergistic signaling may link obesity to weaker working memory
A resting-state fMRI analysis links higher BMI to poorer working memory and reduced efficiency of synergistic information processing in large-scale ...
Birth weight may shape functioning after first-episode psychosis through cognitive reserve
A longitudinal study of 117 patients with first-episode psychosis found that higher birth weight was associated with better one-year functioning ...
Attention is guided by memory, learning and flexible templates, review argues
A Nature Reviews Psychology review argues that attentional guidance relies on long-term memory, flexible templates, distractor suppression and learned experience ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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