Month: June 2021

Association Between Visceral Fat and Brain Cortical Thickness in the Elderly: A Neuroimaging Study

BackgroundDespite emerging evidence suggesting that visceral fat may play a major role in obesity-induced neurodegeneration, little evidence exists on the association between visceral fat and brain cortical thickness in the elderly.PurposeWe aimed to examine the association between abdominal fat and brain cortical thickness in a Korean elderly population.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included elderly individuals without dementia […]

Published on June 23, 2021

Perceptual awareness negativity: a physiological correlate of sensory consciousness

Much research on the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) has focused on two evoked potentials, the P3b and the visual or auditory awareness negativity (VAN, AAN). Surveying a broad range of recent experimental evidence, we find that repeated failures to observe the P3b during conscious perception eliminate it as a putative NCC. Neither the VAN […]

Published on June 23, 2021

Miles de niños perdieron a sus padres por covid. ¿Adónde está la ayuda?

Cinco meses después de que su esposo muriera por covid-19, Valerie Villegas puede ver cómo el duelo ha marcado a sus hijos. Nicholas, el bebé, que tenía 1 año cuando murió su padre y casi desteta, ahora quiere tomar la teta a toda hora, y llama a cada hombre alto de cabello oscuro “Dada”, la […]

Published on June 23, 2021