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Neurosciences
Courtney Glavis-Bloom, Casey R. Vanderlip, John H. Reynolds
Summary: Research on aging marmosets has shown that aged animals exhibit delayed onset of learning, slowed learning rate after onset, and decreased asymptotic working memory performance, which are not accounted for by age-related impairments in motor speed and motivation.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Gianluca Amico, Sabine Schaefer
Summary: The study found that walking during encoding and recall could negatively impact working memory performance, especially in older adults. The results indicate that embodiment may not aid in memorizing spatial information, but can create a dual-task situation instead.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Youngsun T. Cho, Flora Moujaes, Charles H. Schleifer, Martina Starc, Jie Lisa Ji, Nicole Santamauro, Brendan Adkinson, Antonija Kolobaric, Morgan Flynn, John H. Krystal, John D. Murray, Grega Repovs, Alan Anticevic
Summary: This study investigated how reward and loss impact spatial working memory precision and neural circuits in human subjects. The results showed that both reward and loss improved spatial working memory precision, with specific regions like precentral sulcus and intraparietal sulcus having increased BOLD signal related to better working memory precision. Conversely, areas straddling executive networks displayed decreased BOLD signal during incentivized working memory.
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Neurosciences
He Zhang, Yanfen Zhen, Shijing Yu, Tenghai Long, Bingqian Zhang, Xinjian Jiang, Junru Li, Wen Fang, Mariano Sigman, Stanislas Dehaene, Liping Wang
Summary: Sequence learning is an important aspect of human and animal cognition. This study found that humans have a higher precision in acquiring spatial and temporal information compared to children and monkeys. Additionally, humans are able to spontaneously extract spatial relations between consecutive items and use a chunking strategy, while monkeys do not detect these relational structures.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Psychology, Experimental
Sami R. Yousif, Monica D. Rosenberg, Frank C. Keil
Summary: The study found that task-irrelevant spatial structure can improve working memory, independent of long-term spatial associations and unique to space rather than other features. It also showed that spatial structure can be separated from spatial interference, challenging the theories of 'spatial interference' and 'visuospatial bootstrapping'.
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Psychology, Mathematical
Sami R. Yousif, Alexander D. Forrence, Samuel D. Mcdougle
Summary: This study assessed whether the mind relies on similar systems of spatial representation for perception and action. The results showed that recall errors in two spatial localization tasks were more consistent with the use of polar coordinates than Cartesian coordinates. Additionally, measures of spatial bias and performance were correlated across different modalities. A subsequent study revealed that the format of information presentation influences the flexible use of polar coordinates and the errors made as a result.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. Coutrot, E. Manley, S. Goodroe, C. Gahnstrom, G. Filomena, D. Yesiltepe, R. C. Dalton, J. M. Wiener, C. Hoelscher, M. Hornberger, H. J. Spiers
Summary: The cultural and geographical properties of the environment have a significant impact on cognition and mental health. Living near green spaces is beneficial, while urban residence is associated with a higher risk of some psychiatric disorders. Growing up outside cities influences non-verbal spatial navigation ability, with better performance observed in individuals who grew up in environments similar to the ones they navigated.
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Psychology, Mathematical
Michael J. Starrett, Andrew S. McAvan, Derek J. Huffman, Jared D. Stokes, Colin T. Kyle, Dana N. Smuda, Branden S. Kolarik, Jason Laczko, Arne D. Ekstrom
Summary: Recent advances in virtual reality technology have greatly benefited research into spatial cognition and navigation behavior, although a common limitation is the requirement for integration with video game development platforms.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2021)
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Neurosciences
W. Lawn, N. Fernandez-Vinson, C. Mokrysz, G. Hogg, R. Lees, K. Trinci, K. Petrilli, A. Borissova, S. Ofori, S. Waters, P. Michor, M. B. Wall, T. P. Freeman, H. Curran
Summary: This study investigated the association between chronic cannabis use and cognitive function in adolescent and adult users, finding that users had worse verbal episodic memory compared to controls, but no significant differences in spatial working memory or response inhibition. There was no evidence for heightened adolescent vulnerability to cannabis-related cognitive impairment.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Eli S. Bridge, Vladimir V. Pravosudov
Summary: Environmental variability promotes the evolution of learning and memory, impacting both basic associative learning and advanced cognitive abilities. Chickadees from high elevations with harsher winter conditions performed worse in a food location task compared to those from milder low elevations. Additionally, some birds at low elevations were capable of predicting future food locations after switching locations seven times.
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Oncology
Mitsutoshi Nakada, Riho Nakajima, Hirokazu Okita, Yusuke Nakade, Takeo Yuno, Shingo Tanaka, Masashi Kinoshita
Summary: The study demonstrates that awake surgery for right frontal lobe glioma can successfully preserve visuospatial cognition and spatial working memory with satisfying resection rates.
JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Pediatrics
Elisa Cainelli, Patrizia Bisiacchi
Summary: In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the prevalence and attention given to neurodevelopmental disorders. These disorders have undergone substantial redefinition since their emergence in the past and there has been a massive surge in research from the 21st century onwards. This paper provides a brief overview of their history, addresses some current management issues and their relationship with neurological pathologies, and shares insights for the future.
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Clinical Neurology
Grazia Maria Giovanna Pastorino, Francesca Felicia Operto, Chiara Padovano, Valentina Vivenzio, Chiara Scuoppo, Nazareno Pastorino, Michele Roccella, Luigi Vetri, Marco Carotenuto, Giangennaro Coppola
Summary: Children and adolescents with epilepsy, ASD, or SLD show significant deficits in emotion recognition and Theory of Mind compared to typical development controls. The ASD group had the lowest performance, with impairment also present in the SLD and epilepsy groups. The study highlights the importance of addressing social cognition difficulties in these clinical populations.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2021)
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Biology
Virginia K. Heinen, Angela M. Pitera, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Lauren M. Benedict, Carrie L. Branch, Eli S. Bridge, Vladimir V. Pravosudov
Summary: Birds ranging from 1 to 6 years old showed no signs of age-related senescence in spatial cognitive performance; older birds actually performed better on spatial learning and memory tasks. Our results suggest that cognitive senescence may be either delayed (potentially appearing after 6 years) or negligible in species with strong selection on cognitive abilities, and that food-caching species may present a useful model to investigate mechanisms associated with cognitive senescence.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
Valentina Ciullo, Federica Piras, Nerisa Banaj, Daniela Vecchio, Fabrizio Piras, Gabriele Sani, Giuseppe Ducci, Gianfranco Spalletta
Summary: This study examines timing abilities in bipolar disorder patients and finds increased variability of the internal clock, which is related to major depressive episodes and working memory functioning.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Carolyn W. Zhu, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Katherine Ornstein, Marilyn Albert, Jason Brandt, Deborah Blacker, Mary Sano, Yaakov Stern
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2015)
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Psychology, Clinical
Jason Brandt, Mark Rogerson, Haya Al-Joudi, Gila Reckess, Barnett Shpritz, Chizoba C. Umeh, Noha Aljehani, Kelly Mills, Zoltan Mari
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Neurosciences
Matthew L. Cohen, Stephen Aita, Zoltan Mari, Jason Brandt
JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
(2015)
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Psychology, Clinical
Jason Brandt, Arnold Bakker
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Clinical Neurology
Stephanie Cosentino, Laura B. Zahodne, Jason Brandt, Deborah Blacker, Marilyn Albert, Bruno Dubois, Yaakov Stern
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2014)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yian Gu, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Stephanie Cosentino, Jason Brandt, Marilyn Albert, Deborah Blacker, Bruno Dubois, Yaakov Stern
CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Alden L. Gross, Jason Brandt, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Michelle C. Carlson, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Michael Marsiske, George W. Rebok
EXPERIMENTAL AGING RESEARCH
(2014)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Matthew K. McNabney, Chiadi Onyike, Deirdre Johnston, Lawrence Mayer, Constantine Lyketsos, Jason Brandt, Adam Rosenblatt, Quincy Samus
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Neurosciences
Qolamreza R. Razlighi, Eric Stallard, Jason Brandt, Deborah Blacker, Marilyn Albert, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Bruce Kinosian, Anatoliy I. Yashin, Yaakov Stern
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2014)
Article
Neurosciences
Jason Brandt, Justin Blehar, Allan Anderson, Alden L. Gross
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2014)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Christopher A. Ross, Alex Pantelyat, Jane Kogan, Jason Brandt
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2014)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jason Brandt, Campbell Sullivan, Larry E. Burrell, Mark Rogerson, Allan Anderson
Letter
Psychiatry
Vani Rao, Una McCann, Alyssa Bergey, Dingfen Han, Jason Brandt, David J. Schretlen
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Jason Brandt
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Gerontology
Kitty S. Chan, Alden L. Gross, Liliana E. Pezzin, Jason Brandt, Judith D. Kasper
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
(2015)