cognition (cognitive activity)

The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) is soliciting proposals in the area of Intelligent Cognitive Assistants (ICA). The ICA program will provide supplemental funding* to the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Advancing Cognitive and Physical Capabilities (FW-HTF) program ...

An Alberta man with cognitive impairments racked up $8,000 in credit card debt, leaving his friend and advocate to ask how he was given the card in the first place. Henry Herbst, who goes by the nickname Tigger, has an IQ of below 70. He lives independently in Whitecourt, Alta., with some supports from a ...

The findings of a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that the presence of certain symptoms in a cluster referred to as “sluggish cognitive tempo” may predict the efficacy of methylphenidate, the most commonly prescribed medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the ...

But for struggling learners, weak cognitive skills can be a barrier. LearningRx Chattanooga Brain Training Center wants to partner with schools and parents to help students overcome their learning struggles, strengthen those weak cognitive skills and increase their chances for academic success. The local ...

At the Hanover Trade Fair from April 23 – 27, 2018, Fraunhofer will demonstrate the prototype of a new cognitive system for the predictive maintenance of production facilities. Intelligent battery-powered acoustic sensors process audio signals from machines and systems on the spot. From the information ...

Reducing the dose of the antipsychotic medications olanzapine and risperidone during the maintenance treatment of stable patients with schizophrenia improves cognitive function and decreases negative symptoms without increasing the rate of relapse, according to a study published in the Journal of ...

HealthDay News — Taking menopausal hormone therapy may have long-term effects on the brain, according to a study published online March 21 in Neurology. Kejal Kantarci, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues assessed the effects of two frequently used formulations of ...

Dr Morein-Zamir added, “There are plenty of potentially positive implications for some people, especially patients or those [with] impairment in their lives such as a disorder that influences their cognition directly or indirectly. There is no black or white.” Indeed, there are many questions to consider in this ...

Schriefer's Plano-based company offers a managed phone service for seniors with cognitive issues allowing them to stay connected and giving caregivers peace of mind. It entered the local startup scene as part of the May 2016 Tech Wildcatters class. It's now at Level 4 of the Tech Wildcatter Gauntlet ...

Cognitive impairment is a considerable health concern due to the exponentially increase of old population and is dictated by a large range of variables, some due to environmental factors, such as diet, and others due to genetics, such as the polymorphisms of methylentetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) ...

The education industry is set to be transformed through digitisation and the application of cognitive computing. Briefly, digitisation is leading to the creation of enormous data sets, whose volume, velocity and variety are rapidly outpacing the human ability to analyse or make sense of it. Educational ...

Thus, students and faculty can be found studying cognition throughout many departments at the University. Richard Lewis, director of the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science, echoed Chi's sentiment, saying events such as the Colloquium bring together faculty and students at a large university.

Two commonly used menopausal hormone therapy drugs may affect brain volume or cognitive function in older women after years of exposure, according to ... researchers analyzed the effects of two types of common menopausal hormone therapy (mHT) on the brain structure and cognition of menopausal ...

Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in Parkinson's disease, with approximately 80 percent of patients eventually developing dementia during the course of their illness. It is one of the most clinically relevant symptoms of the disease, and causes an increased risk of mortality and significant reduction in ...

Closing out this round of guest bloggers is my research assistant, Amy Cummings. Before joining AEI, Amy taught high school social studies and completed a master's degree in cognitive science at Columbia's Teachers College. This week, she'll share some reflections on what she's learned about ...

Intracerebral gene therapy was well-tolerated in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease but produced no cognitive benefit, according to ... factor to the nucleus basalis of Meynert, which the investigators hoped would improve cholinergic neuronal function in this region leading to better cognition.

Despite advancements in neonatal health care over the last 2 decades, children born extremely preterm or very preterm between 1990 and 2008 did not demonstrate improvements in cognitive outcomes and continued to show large deficits in intelligence, according to the results of a meta-analysis and ...

... on cognition, music is disappearing from general education curricula," says Dr Artur Jaschke, from VU University of Amsterdam, who led the study with Dr Henkjan Honing and Dr Erik Scherder. "This inspired us to initiate a long-term study on the possible effects of music education on cognitive skills that ...