Cognitive Science

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Commentary: Cerebellar atrophy and its contribution to cognition in frontotemporal dementias

Agustín Ibáñez, Adolfo M. García 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 exploring the untapped potential of the human […]

Published on October 1, 2018

Jigsaw Puzzling Taps Multiple Cognitive Abilities and Is a Potential Protective Factor for Cognitive Aging

Patrick Fissler, Olivia Caroline Küster, Daria Laptinskaya, Laura Sophia Loy, Christine A. F. von Arnim, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa 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. […]

Published on October 1, 2018

Decoding Cognitive Processes from Neural Ensembles

An intrinsic difficulty in studying cognitive processes is that they are unobservable states that exist in between observable responses to the sensory environment. Cognitive states must be inferred from indirect behavioral measures. Neuroscience potentially provides the tools necessary to measure cognitive processes directly, but it is challenged on two fronts. First, neuroscientific measures often lack […]

Published on September 30, 2018