Sentence examples for cognitive inflexibility from inspiring English sources

Perseverative cognition was associated with higher levels of cognitive inflexibility (slower reaction times, highest intrusiveness, efforts to inhibit), autonomic rigidity (low heart rate variability), and mood worsening compared to being focused on task or MW.

Cognitive inflexibility has been reported in the acute state of FEM (Fleck et al. 2008).

This finding provides direct evidence showing the involvement of OFC dopaminergic dysfunction in the development of cognitive inflexibility during the normal aging process.

These findings suggest that prefrontal dysfunction associated with cognitive inflexibility, but not response inhibition, may be a trait factor of bipolar disorder that arises from the first acute episode (Soares 2003; Lyoo et al. 2004; Morice 1990).

Each of these disorders exhibit varying aspects of cognitive inflexibility.

These processes require fast, flexible striatal-reactions, which are our study shows are temporally lagged and sometimes prolonged in PD during decision making and may be a basis for cognitive inflexibility [25].

For this individual, mild short-term memory problems and slight mental inflexibility were the only cognitive symptoms during the first 6 years of disease, with disequilibrium being the most pressing complaint.

Dehumanization, the act of depriving an individual of human qualities, is reportedly accompanied by negative cognitive and emotional responses which include absence of meaningful thought, inflexibility, anger and guilt.

The PIPS is a 12-item questionnaire that aims at measuring psychological inflexibility with two subscales, Avoidance of Pain (Avoidance) and Cognitive Fusion with Pain (Fusion).

The reason seems to be that although items in CPAQ are clearly related to avoidance and cognitive fusion, PIPS constitutes an attempt to refine the assessment of these specific subcomponents of psychological inflexibility and to produce a measure with clearly discernible factors of avoidance and cognitive fusion.

Factor analysis of the main tool for measuring Psychological Inflexibility – the Psychological Inflexibility in Pain Scale (PIPS) – revealed 38 initial items and four components: avoidance, acceptance, cognitive fusion and values orientation.