Differences in background and medical factors between adherent and non-adherent patients are presented in table 3. Non-adherent patients were more often men, not treated in stroke units, dependent on the help and support from relatives, had a history of stroke and more often self-reported memory difficulties compared to adherent patients.
Verbal intelligence and working memory difficulty were assessed prior to administering the experimental battery.
In relation to memory, difficulty in accessing positive memories has been understood in terms of the differential activation hypothesis (Teasdale, 1988; Werner-Seidler & Moulds, 2011), and there is some evidence that a ruminative, verbal style of processing may reduce the potential beneficial impact of recalling positive memories (Werner-Seidler & Moulds, in press).
The relationship between conscientiousness and awareness of deficits is uncertain, with a recent study [ 18] reporting that higher levels of conscientiousness were related to greater awareness of memory difficulties, in contrast to an earlier report [ 16].
This naive approach suffers from low efficiency, large memory usage, difficulties to handle resource updates, and it is not scalable.
Considering the capacity of the human's working memory, having difficulties to capture more than 6 to 9 information units at the same time [ 37], it makes sense to limit the number of factors included in the vignettes.
His short-term memory difficulties, which persist to this day -- he often jots details on a piece of paper or on his hand -- caused him to be unfairly labeled.
My research testing people's cognitive performance during this period of complete darkness also demonstrates slowness in the mind, memory difficulties and inability to concentrate – not a good combination when operating life support systems in deep space or in temperatures of -80C (-112F).
Of the participants who reported taking a daytime nap at least once per day, participants who typically napped for longer than 30 minutes were younger in age, with children living in the household and had significantly higher levels of depression and memory difficulties, in comparison to participants who napped for shorter periods of time (Table 3).
cognitive ability - including reduced short-term memory, difficulty concentrating, and being easily distracted, making it difficult to follow navigation and complete online tasks.
