Cognitive Science

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Age affects ability to distinguish weight during observation task

Imagine you’re at a party, watching someone effortlessly lift a heavy box and move it around. You can’t help but wonder, how heavy is that thing? Well, it turns out that as we age, our ability to accurately evaluate the weight of objects just by observing others diminishes. This study aimed to understand how aging […]

Published on August 7, 2023

A New Tool to Predict Stroke Risk: The Stroke Nomogram

Imagine you’re a detective trying to predict who will commit a crime. You gather clues like age, education level, and family income. Using these clues, you create a special tool called a nomogram that helps you calculate the probability of someone being a criminal. In a similar way, scientists have developed and validated a new […]

Published on August 7, 2023

Multiple cross-frequency coupling analysis of resting-state EEG in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

IntroductionElectroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities are seen in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) with characteristic features of cognitive impairment. The most common findings of EEG features in AD and MCI patients are increased relative power of slow oscillations (delta and theta rhythms) and decreased relative power of fast oscillations (alpha, beta and […]

Published on August 4, 2023