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Executive Functions in Alzheimer Disease: A Systematic Review

Angela Guarino, Francesca Favieri, Ilaria Boncompagni, Francesca Agostini, Micaela Cantone, Maria Casagrande Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in […]

Published on January 15, 2019

Increased DJ-1 and α-Synuclein in Plasma Neural-Derived Exosomes as Potential Markers for Parkinson’s Disease

Zhen-Hua Zhao, Zhi-Ting Chen, Rui-Ling Zhou, Xu Zhang, Qin-Yong Ye, Yin-Zhou Wang Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in […]

Published on January 14, 2019

What Are You Waiting For? Real‐Time Integration of Cues for Fricatives Suggests Encapsulated Auditory Memory

Abstract Speech unfolds over time, and the cues for even a single phoneme are rarely available simultaneously. Consequently, to recognize a single phoneme, listeners must integrate material over several hundred milliseconds. Prior work contrasts two accounts: (a) a memory buffer account in which listeners accumulate auditory information in memory and only access higher level representations […]

Published on January 11, 2019