By shutting down certain mental functions -- the capacity to think conceptually, categorically, contextually -- did this impairment allow other mental functions to flourish?
Dementia is an umbrella term describing a progressive impairment of the brain's higher mental functions.
Some patients may not be aware of a subtle lingering slowing of mental functions.
This has caused concern that it may also result in long-term problems with mental functions like learning and memory.
Using signals devised by Dr. Goodman, Dr. Smith answered questions with eye blinks to check his mental functions.
One by one we are outsourcing our mental functions to the global prosthetic brain.
Stretched flat, the human neocortex -- the center of our higher mental functions -- is about the size and thickness of a formal dinner napkin.
Alzheimer's is an irreversible brain disease that destroys memory, and it is one form of dementia, a disorder marked by the loss of mental functions.
The drugs may help with problems in memory, decision-making and other mental functions that can keep schizophrenia patients from working, but this is still debated.
The cortex is the seat of higher mental functions such as language and decision-making, and contains dozens of distinct, specialised areas.
Psychologists commonly refer to these activities as higher mental functions; human-factors engineers generally refer to them as information processing.
