Cognitive Science

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Eye Movements and Comprehension Are Important to Reading

In a recent opinion article, Snell and Grainger (S&G) [1] argued that the debate over serial versus parallel processing (SvP) in reading was due for a paradigm shift. S&G cover several SvP issues in language processing broadly, but in doing so have lost scope of the crux of this debate as it pertains to reading: […]

Published on August 31, 2019

Distinct Mechanism of Audiovisual Integration With Informative and Uninformative Sound in a Visual Detection Task: A DCM Study

Previous studies have shown that task-irrelevant auditory information can provide temporal clues for the detection of visual targets and improve visual perception; such sounds are called informative sounds. The neural mechanism of the integration of informative sound and visual stimulus has been investigated extensively, using behavioral measurement or neuroimaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance […]

Published on August 30, 2019

Dietary Intake of Riboflavin and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Can Improve the Multi-Domain Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Elderly Populations: A 2-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Objective: This study was aimed to explore the effects of dietary nutrients on cognitive function among the middle-aged and elderly populations. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 1385 middle-aged and elderly people was conducted from January 2014 to December 2017. Dietary nutrients were assessed according to the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and China Food Composition […]

Published on August 30, 2019