Cognitive Science

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Cerebrovascular Resistance in Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Cerebrovascular Resistance in Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment David F. Tang-Wai2,4, Kevin Sam7, Adrian P. Crawley1, Lashmi Venkatraghavan8, Joseph A. Fisher1,6,8 and David J. Mikulis1,2,6* 1Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON, Canada 2Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON, Canada 3Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, […]

Published on April 13, 2019

Human Leukocyte Antigen as a Key Factor in Preventing Dementia and Associated Apolipoprotein E4 Risk

Human Leukocyte Antigen as a Key Factor in Preventing Dementia and Associated Apolipoprotein E4 Risk Lisa M. James1,2,3* and Apostolos P. Georgopoulos1,2,3,4 1Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Brain Sciences Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States2Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States3Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, […]

Published on April 12, 2019

The Benefit of Seeing in Company

A new study by Ward and colleagues (Curr. Biol. 2019;29:874–880) finds that participants use mental rotation to calculate an avatar’s perspective on a scene without any prompt to do so. This often enables them to make faster judgments about the appearance of the scene than they could make if they viewed it on their own. […]

Published on April 12, 2019