Month: December 2023

Bidirectional associations between hearing difficulty and cognitive function in Chinese adults: a longitudinal study

BackgroundMiddle-aged and older adults frequently experience hearing loss and a decline in cognitive function. Although an association between hearing difficulty and cognitive function has been demonstrated, its temporal sequence remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether there are bidirectional relationships between hearing difficulty and cognitive function and explored the mediating role of depressive symptoms in this […]

Published on December 13, 2023

Can You Lose Weight on Popular Boiled Egg Diet?

Can eating an egg each day help you lose weight? According to avid TikTok fans, you can drop 25 pounds in two weeks on the boiled egg diet. Of course, there are certain catches to the plan, and chances are you’ll grow sick of eating eggs. According to the New York Post, the… Read Full […]

Published on December 13, 2023

The N400 is Elicited by Meaning Changes but not Synonym Substitutions: Evidence From Persian Phrasal Verbs

Abstract We tested two accounts of the cognitive process underlying the N400 event-related potential component: one that it reflects meaning-based processing and one that it reflects the processing of specific words. The experimental design utilized separable Persian phrasal verbs, which form a strongly probabilistic, long-distance dependency, ideal for the study of probabilistic processing. In sentences […]

Published on December 13, 2023