Cognitive Science

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Cognitive Function and Brain Atrophy Predict Non-pharmacological Efficacy in Dementia: The Mihama-Kiho Scan Project2

Ken-ichi Tabei, Masayuki Satoh, Jun-ichi Ogawa, Tomoko Tokita, Noriko Nakaguchi, Koji Nakao, Hirotaka Kida, Hidekazu Tomimoto 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 […]

Published on April 12, 2018

Altered Functional Connectivity of Insular Subregions in Alzheimer’s Disease

Xingyun Liu, Xiaodan Chen, Weimin Zheng, Mingrui Xia, Ying Han, Haiqing Song, Kuncheng Li, Yong He, Zhiqun 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 […]

Published on April 12, 2018

Stressful Events as Teaching Signals for the Brain

Stressful events are better remembered than mundane events. We explain this advantage by reconceptualizing stress in terms of cumulative prediction errors (PEs) that promote rapid learning of events. This proposal integrates the effects of stress on perception and memory, and provides exciting new perspectives for research on stress and cognition. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on April 12, 2018