A child faced with a mental computation problem must first decide how to transform the numbers in ways that will reduce cognitive load when computing.
Prevalence of common mental disorders, computed from an algorithm that generates ICD-10 diagnoses from CIS-R responses.
For groups 2 and 3, we assessed trajectories of onset of mental disturbances by computing cumulative incident curves according to the Kaplan-Meier method for calculating survival curves, an approach that is consistent with other studies in the literature examining cross-sectional data of this type [ 18].
Two composite variables on mental health were computed.
The clustering of participants, based on individuals who were diagnosed with mental disorders, was computed using SPSS Statistics 17.0.
In addition to the individual subscale scores, 2 component summary scores, physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) are computed through aggregation of the subscales.
A validated Dutch version of the Short Form 12 health questionnaire (SF-12) was used [ 34, 35], to compute mental and physical component summary scores ranging from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating better quality of life.
Only one study - the Kress RCT of sedation holds - specifically reported the incidence of procedures to investigate reduced consciousness level, and reported a significant reduction in diagnostic tests to assess changes in mental status (6 computed tomography (CT) scans versus 13 CT scans, 2 magnetic resonance imaging scans, and 1 lumbar puncture, P = 0.02) [ 4].
The Choudhury lab is intent on helping to improve mental wellbeing through mindless computing technologies requiring very little or no effort from the user.
Michael Rescorla (2009a,b) surveys research on cognitive maps (Tolman 1948; O'Keefe and Nadel 1978; Gallistel 1990), suggesting that some animals may navigate by computing over mental representations more similar to maps than sentences.
