Brain Barrier and Glial Changes Link to Early Mood Symptoms in AD Mice
A study in Acta Neuropathologica Communications finds that early blood-brain barrier and glial changes in 3xTg-AD mice correlate with anxio-depressive-like ...
Tag: Cognitive flexibility
Rule shifts slow reactions in OCD and treatment-resistant depression on card sorting test
A retrospective study of 181 people found greater pre-to-post reaction-time changes around rule shifts on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ...
Study Links Body Mass Index Variations to Executive Function in Female Students
A cross-sectional study of female paramedical students revealed that executive function correlated negatively with overweight status and positively with underweight ...
Combining D1 dopamine and α2A adrenergic receptor activation beat methylphenidate in rat cognition tests
In rats, combined activation of D1 dopamine and α2A adrenergic receptors improved temporal order memory and cognitive flexibility more than ...
Personality functioning severity tracks mentalizing and memory problems in BPD
A new study finds that personality functioning severity in borderline personality disorder is most closely linked to self-reported mentalizing difficulties ...
QEEG-Guided Low-Intensity Magnetic Stimulation Shows Preliminary Brain and Cognitive Changes in One Athlete With Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
A single-case study reports that individualized, QEEG-guided low-intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation was associated with altered brain wave patterns and improved ...
Exercise May Sharpen Teen Executive Function, But Evidence Remains Weak
A meta-analysis of 22 randomized trials finds exercise programs of at least four weeks associated with better executive function task ...
Shifting Mazes Slow Human Problem-Solvers, Virtual Experiment Shows
A virtual maze that reconfigures itself after every trial revealed that unstable environments impose measurable costs on spatial problem-solving efficiency, ...
Twelve Minutes of Sprint Intervals a Session May Outperform Longer Moderate Workouts for the Teenage Brain
A 12-week trial found that high-intensity interval training, but not moderate continuous exercise, significantly raised resting plasma BDNF and improved ...
Hippocampal GluN2A Knockdown Differentially Alters Spatial Exploration and Behavioral Performance in Male and Female Rats
A new study shows that selectively reducing the GluN2A subunit of NMDA receptors in the adult hippocampus disrupts spatial exploration ...
Twelve Weeks of Art Could Sharpen Attention in Autistic Children, Trial Finds
A randomized controlled trial found that a 12-week multimodal art intervention significantly improved attention and executive function in children with ...
Mice Use Visual Discrimination in Distractor Elimination Study
In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Animal Cognition, researchers Y. Hataji and K. Goto explore the cognitive behaviors ...
How Animals Balance Conflicting Rewards Over Time
In an intriguing exploration of animal cognition, the work of researchers Van Allsburg and Shahan sheds light on how non-human ...
Gender Stereotypes and Diverse Cognitive Patterns Explored
In a groundbreaking study published in 2025, researchers Guérin, Saulnier, Cartier, and colleagues delve into the complex interplay between explicit ...
Gender Identity: Breaking Down Stereotypes and Cognition
In a groundbreaking study published in 2025, researchers Guérin, Saulnier, and Cartier, among others, address the intricate relationship between explicit ...
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