Sentences with phrase «other cognitive functions»

No significant differences were observed on tests of other cognitive functions.

Whatever the explanation, the work has implications for understanding not just memory but other cognitive functions like perception, attention and goal maintenance.

«These functions tend to decline earlier than other cognitive functions in aging,» Zamroziewicz said.

A number of other cognitive function tests used in HD trials didn't change enough over the course of a year to be useful in a short drug trial in pre-symptomatic HD mutation carriers.

Problems with memory and other cognitive functions also interfere with daily tasks, such as remembering the way to the office or balancing a checkbook.

Wright's lab is now relying on a larger group of volunteers to examine the impact of sleep inertia on physical performance as well as other cognitive functions.

The study adds to a growing body of research highlighting other cognitive functions affected by aphasia, and indicates that the consequences of brain damage in aphasia patients may be more extensive than originally thought.

The Rice researchers found not only the positive link between inhibition and diabetes, but the absence of a link between other cognitive functions and the disease.

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have established conclusively that an activating protein, called «Rhes,» plays a pivotal role in focusing the toxicity of Huntington's in the striatum, a smallish section of the forebrain that controls body movement and is potentially involved in other cognitive functions such as working memory.

As little as 2 % water loss can cause memory loss and weaken other cognitive functions (concentration, attention, learning, processing speed, etc..)

We also found that lowering brain levels of the protein tau improves memory and other cognitive functions in mice genetically engineered to mimic Alzheimer's disease.

In terms of cognitive disability, the researchers found that in the subgroup of MS patients who underwent neuropsychological testing, those with more cerebral microbleeds had higher disability on verbal and other cognitive function tests.

Evaluations may also include tests of other cognitive functions, such as memory, language, executive functions (which refer to the ability to plan, organize, and carry out one's tasks), attention, and other functions.

The neuroscientists are now striving after their next experiment: attempting to change the rhythm of abnormal oscillations, and, if they succeed, observing the consequences of this intervention on speech and other cognitive functions, at both short - and long - terms.

Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the study probes members of the Native American Church for deficits in memory and other cognitive functions.

«We believe estradiol, a form of estrogen, is very important in normal brain function, specifically in the pre-frontal cortex, which regulates executive function — organization, recall, memory and other cognitive functions,» Epperson says.

At a press conference there today, researchers reported that there was evidence of moderately advanced CTE in several regions of Duerson's brain, including the frontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus, which play roles in impulse control, mood, memory, and other cognitive functions.

The most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, it triggers strange and inappropriate behavior, especially in social situations, as well as difficulty with decision - making, language, and other cognitive functions.

«This article makes big claims out of a single negative finding,» says Torkel Klingberg, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and founder of a company that makes computer brain - training programs to improve working memory and other cognitive functions.

Many of these programs are set up like a game, and playing along supposedly boosts memory, attention, and other cognitive functions.

Wolbers adds: «Grid cells play a central role not just in navigation but also in other cognitive functions.

Do these changes enhance learning or other cognitive functions?

Brenda Milner, a neuropsychologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, is a pioneer in the field of neuropsychology and in the study of memory and other cognitive functions in humankind.

She discovered regions of the brain specialised for memory formation and other cognitive functions.

It thus can create «pictures» of brain areas that engage in reading, language and other cognitive functions.

Treatments that mitigate symptoms and help to maintain function include drugs that help with bladder control and irregularity, muscle spasms, tremors and pain, as well as exercise and physical therapy regimens focused on overall fitness and on addressing problems with mobility, speech, swallowing, memory and other cognitive functions.

She discovered regions of the brain specialized for memory formation and other cognitive functions.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive form of dementia that destroys memories and other cognitive functions.

These disorders involve movement, hearing, sight, learning, and other cognitive functions, and may depend on which part of the brain has been injured.