Cognition Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Cognition, including details on psychology, neuroscience, memory, brain theory.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 7 (July)

1. Cognitive control signals in visual cortex: flashes meet spotlights.
   Neuron, 51(1): 9-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The cognitive phenotype of Down syndrome: insights from intracellular network analysis.
   NeuroRx, 3(3): 396-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Does having a computerized prosthetic knee influence cognitive performance during amputee walking?
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 87(7): 989-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Teacher awareness of anxiety symptoms in children.
   Child Psychiatry Hum Dev, 36(4): 383-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Can amnesic patients learn without awareness? New evidence comparing deterministic and probabilistic sequence learning.
   Neuropsychologia, 44(10): 1629-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Balance marks cognitive changes in old age because it reflects global brain atrophy and cerebro-arterial blood-flow.
   Neuropsychologia, 44(10): 1978-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The dreaming sleep stage: a new neurobiological model of schizophrenia?
   Neuroscience, 140(4): 1105-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Neural processes underlying memory attribution on a reality-monitoring task.
   Cereb Cortex, 16(8): 1126-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. High-dose of multiple antipsychotics and cognitive function in schizophrenia: the effect of dose-reduction.
   Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 30(6): 1009-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Changes over time in cognitive and structural profiles of head injury survivors.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(10): 1995-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Induced gamma-band oscillations correlate with awareness in hemianopic patient GY.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(10): 1796-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Neuropsychological sequelae of digital mobile phone exposure in humans.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(10): 1843-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Neuropsychological performance in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 195(1): 186-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Seizure anticipation by patients with focal and generalized epilepsy: a multicentre assessment of premonitory symptoms.
    Epilepsy Res, 70(1): 83-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Are we "experienced listeners"? A review of the musical capacities that do not depend on formal musical training.
    Cognition, 100(1): 100-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Varieties of musical experience.
    Cognition, 100(1): 131-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The capacity for music: what is it, and what's special about it?
    Cognition, 100(1): 33-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Cognitive profile of neurofibromatosis type 1.
    Semin Pediatr Neurol, 13(1): 8-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Five-month-old infants know humans are solid, like inanimate objects.
    Cognition, 101(1): B1-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Enumeration versus multiple object tracking: the case of action video game players.
    Cognition, 101(1): 217-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. What does Batman think about SpongeBob? children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction.
    Cognition, 101(1): B9-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Representational and executive selection resources in 'theory of mind': evidence from compromised belief-desire reasoning in old age.
    Cognition, 101(1): 129-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Tracking the recovery of consciousness from coma.
    J Clin Invest, 116(7): 1823-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Representation of future and previous spatial goals by separate neural populations in prefrontal cortex.
    J Neurosci, 26(27): 7305-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. The neural basis of interindividual variability in inhibitory efficiency after sleep deprivation.
    J Neurosci, 26(27): 7156-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of successful cognitive ageing.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(6): 949-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Sustained and transient attention in the continuous performance task.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(6): 859-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. The Placing Test: preliminary investigations of a quick and simple memory test designed to be sensitive to pre-dementia Alzheimer's disease but not to normal ageing.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(6): 843-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Reexamining psychokinesis: comment on Bösch, Steinkamp, and Boller (2006).
    Psychol Bull, 132(4): 529-32; discussion 533-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Examining psychokinesis: the interaction of human intention with random number generators--a meta-analysis.
    Psychol Bull, 132(4): 497-523. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. (R)-3'-(3-methylbenzo[b]thiophen-5-yl)spiro[1-azabicyclo[2,2,2]octane-3,5'-oxazolidin]-2'-one, a novel and potent alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist displays cognitive enhancing properties.
    J Med Chem, 49(14): 4374-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Contraceptive awareness among men in Bangladesh.
    J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 32(2): 100-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Awareness of driving while sleepy and road traffic accidents: prospective study in GAZEL cohort.
    BMJ, 333(7558): 75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Regulation of plasma vasopressin and renin activity in conscious hindlimb-unloaded rats.
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 291(1): R46-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Insight dimensions and cognitive function in psychosis: a longitudinal study.
    BMC Psychiatry, 6: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Metalexical awareness: development, methodology or written language? A cross-linguistic comparison.
    J Psycholinguist Res, 35(4): 353-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(11): 2037-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Neural correlates of cognitive control in childhood and adolescence: disentangling the contributions of age and executive function.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(11): 2139-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. What have we learned about cognitive development from neuroimaging?
    Neuropsychologia, 44(11): 2149-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Effects of ultra-low-dose transdermal estradiol on cognition and health-related quality of life.
    Arch Neurol, 63(7): 945-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Age and apolipoprotein E*4 allele effects on cerebrospinal fluid beta-amyloid 42 in adults with normal cognition.
    Arch Neurol, 63(7): 936-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Are people with mild cognitive impairment aware of the benefits of errorless learning?
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(3): 329-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The relaxation response: reducing stress and improving cognition in healthy aging adults.
    Complement Ther Clin Pract, 12(3): 186-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Allergy medication in Japanese volunteers: treatment effect of single doses on nocturnal sleep architecture and next day residual effects.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 22(7): 1343-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Pharmacological characterization of DM232 (unifiram) and DM235 (sunifiram), new potent cognition enhancers.
    CNS Drug Rev, 12(1): 39-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. A neurocognitive model of the ethical decision-making process: implications for study and practice.
    J Appl Psychol, 91(4): 737-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. A nonparametric study of the performance of cortical lesion patients on the Cognitive Assessment System.
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 21(4): 321-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Theories and measures of consciousness: an extended framework.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(28): 10799-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Arithmetic processing in the brain shaped by cultures.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(28): 10775-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Language outside the focus of attention: the mismatch negativity as a tool for studying higher cognitive processes.
    Prog Neurobiol, 79(1): 49-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Cognitive functioning and postconcussive symptoms in trauma patients with and without mild TBI.
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 21(4): 255-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Amygdala activation during masked presentation of emotional faces predicts conscious detection of threat-related faces.
    Brain Cogn, 61(3): 243-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Can we assess students' awareness of cultural diversity? A qualitative study of stakeholders' views.
    Med Educ, 40(7): 682-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. The role of the cognitive activity context in the conservatism of unconscious visual sets.
    Neurosci Behav Physiol, 36(7): 715-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Pain, malingering, and performance on the WAIS-III Processing Speed Index.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(7): 1218-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Phonemic fluency in Portuguese-speaking subjects in Brazil: ranking of letters.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(7): 1191-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Practice effects associated with the repeated assessment of cognitive function using the CogState battery at 10-minute, one week and one month test-retest intervals.
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 28(7): 1095-112. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Fractionating the neural mechanisms of cognitive control.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 18(6): 949-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Neural representations of self versus other: visual-spatial perspective taking and agency in a virtual ball-tossing game.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 18(6): 898-910. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Orbitofrontal cortex and social behavior: integrating self-monitoring and emotion-cognition interactions.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 18(6): 871-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. An FMRI analysis of the human hippocampus: inference, context, and task awareness.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 18(7): 1156-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. The genetics and biology of DISC1--an emerging role in psychosis and cognition.
    Biol Psychiatry, 60(2): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Temperature affects longevity and age-related locomotor and cognitive decay in the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri.
    Aging Cell, 5(3): 275-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus with an unusual EEG: a fresh look at lateralities of motor control and awareness.
    Epilepsy Behav, 9(1): 204-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. The relationship of regional frontal hypometabolism to executive function: a resting fluorodeoxyglucose PET study of patients with epilepsy and healthy controls.
    Epilepsy Behav, 9(1): 58-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Role of endothelin receptor activation in secondary pulmonary hypertension in awake swine after myocardial infarction.
    J Physiol, 574: 615-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. The nature and time course of pragmatic plausibility effects.
    J Psycholinguist Res, 35(1): 79-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Catechol-o-methyltransferase, cognition, and psychosis: Val158Met and beyond.
    Biol Psychiatry, 60(2): 141-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Searching for the trace: the influence of age, lexical activation and working memory on sentence processing.
    J Psycholinguist Res, 35(1): 101-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Mobile phone effects on children's event-related oscillatory EEG during an auditory memory task.
    Int J Radiat Biol, 82(6): 443-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Reconnecting interpretation to reasoning through individual differences.
    Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester), 59(8): 1454-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Incentives improve performance on both incremental and insight problem solving.
    Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester), 59(8): 1378-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Preschoolers out of adults: discriminative learning with a cognitive load.
    Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester), 59(8): 1357-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Control over speeded actions: a common processing locus for micro- and macro-trade-offs?
    Q J Exp Psychol (Colchester), 59(8): 1329-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. The influence of aging and frontal function on the neural correlates of regulative and evaluative aspects of cognitive control.
    Neuropsychology, 20(4): 468-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Phase I/II study of weekly paclitaxel plus carboplatin and gemcitabine as first-line treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer: pathologic complete response and longitudinal assessment of impact on cognitive functioning.
    Gynecol Oncol, 102(2): 270-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Association between attitude toward medication and neurocognitive function in schizophrenia.
    Clin Neuropharmacol, 29(4): 197-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Effects of presentation method on the understanding of informed consent.
    Br J Ophthalmol, 90(8): 990-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Path integration and the neural basis of the 'cognitive map'.
    Nat Rev Neurosci, 7(8): 663-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Neuroanatomical and behavioral asymmetry in an adult compensated dyslexic.
    Brain Lang, 98(2): 169-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Inferential bridging relations reveal distinct neural mechanisms: evidence from event-related brain potentials.
    Brain Lang, 98(2): 159-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Neuroanatomically separable effects of imageability and grammatical class during single-word comprehension.
    Brain Lang, 98(2): 127-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. A meta-regression to examine the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognitive performance.
    Brain Res Brain Res Rev, 52(1): 119-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Predictors of caregiver unawareness and nontreatment of dementia among residents of assisted living facilities: the Maryland Assisted Living Study.
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 14(8): 668-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Experimental facilitation of the sensed presence is predicted by the specific patterns of the applied magnetic fields, not by suggestibility: re-analyses of 19 experiments.
    Int J Neurosci, 116(9): 1079-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Towards an understanding of cognitive function in Friedreich ataxia.
    Brain Res Bull, 70(3): 197-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Animal cognition: monkey looks contradict Hume.
    Curr Biol, 16(14): R538-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Neural correlates of self-distraction from anxiety and a process model of cognitive emotion regulation.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 18(8): 1266-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. On the functional role of human parietal cortex in number processing: How gender mediates the impact of a 'virtual lesion' induced by rTMS.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(12): 2270-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Brain correlates of discourse processing: an fMRI investigation of irony and conventional metaphor comprehension.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(12): 2348-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Cognitive processes in the development of TOL performance.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(12): 2259-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Retrieval mechanisms for autobiographical memories: insights from the frontal variant of frontotemporal dementia.
    Neuropsychologia, 44(12): 2386-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Ethical and practical considerations in the management of incidental findings in pediatric MRI studies.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 45(8): 1000-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. A review of awareness interventions in brain injury rehabilitation.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 474-500. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Awareness and knowing: implications for rehabilitation.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 456-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Approaches to the assessment of awareness: conceptual issues.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 439-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. An integrated biopsychosocial approach to understanding awareness deficits in Alzheimer's disease and brain injury.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 415-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Self-awareness after acquired and traumatic brain injury.
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 397-414. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. What do we mean by "conscious" and "aware"?
    Neuropsychol Rehabil, 16(4): 356-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Discriminative-stimulus effects of triazolam in women and men.
     Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 32(3): 329-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Stable cognition after coronary artery bypass grafting: comparisons with percutaneous intervention and normal controls.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 82(2): 597-607. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Troubling 'insight': power and possibilities in mental health care.
     J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 13(4): 416-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Do humans and baboons use the same information when categorizing human and baboon faces?
     Psychol Sci, 17(7): 599-607. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Phylo- and ontogenetic fears and the expectation of danger: differences between spider- and flight-phobic subjects in cognitive and physiological responses to disorder-specific stimuli.
     J Abnorm Psychol, 115(3): 580-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Emotion at the expense of cognition: psychopathic individuals outperform controls on an operant response task.
     J Abnorm Psychol, 115(3): 559-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Functional cognitive assessment scale (FUCAS): a new scale to assess executive cognitive function in daily life activities in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment.
     Hum Psychopharmacol, 21(5): 305-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Mapping implied body actions in the human motor system.
     J Neurosci, 26(30): 7942-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Affect consciousness or mentalization? A comparison of two concepts with regard to affect development and affect regulation.
     Scand J Psychol, 47(4): 237-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Multiple vaccine and pyridostigmine interactions: effects on cognition, muscle function and health outcomes in marmosets.
     Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 84(2): 207-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Autonomic reactivity to sensory stimulation is related to consciousness level after severe traumatic brain injury.
     Clin Neurophysiol, 117(8): 1794-807. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. The effect of transdermal nicotine patches on sleep and dreams.
     Physiol Behav, 88(4): 425-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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