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As this training was focused on cognitive functions required while driving, the second hypothesis was that the driving simulator experience would allow the transfer of the training benefits to the road, by improving driving performance.
A team of psychologists at Goldsmiths, University of London have been focusing on cognitive functions – the ability to think about things that may not be in front of you.
We need an easy-to understand taxonomy to help consumers and professionals evaluate claims focusing on cognitive functions, not on mental health diagnoses.
A promising psychological treatment termed cognitive remediation (CR) specifically focuses on cognitive functioning and has turned to be an evidence-based treatment in patients with schizophrenia (Wykes et al. 2011).
The design seeks to overcome two important methodological limitations of previous investigation: the heterogeneity of depressed patients samples and the lack of longitudinal studies focusing on cognitive functioning changes from the acute phase of depression to clinical remission.
Moreover, given the dearth of longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) structural association studies focusing on higher cognitive functions in average adults engaged in truly naturalistic behaviors, taxi drivers could contribute new information to the wider debate about whether key aspects of cognition are fixed or malleable.
The memory-training program in this study focused on enhancing selective cognitive functions of participants, including attention, registration, and recall, verbal fluency/word generation, perception, and problem solving.
This finding is particularly relevant because, to date, few studies have focused on the cognitive functioning of siblings of BD patients.
Until now, most epidemiologic studies have focused on impaired cognitive function as a measure of neurotoxicity in children exposed to As.
The approach of our project differs considerably from other studies on neuropsychological factors in COPD by its predominant focus on cognitive functioning in specific domains.
