*Veikko Jousmaki, Nobuyuki Nishitani Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Cognitive Sciences Section, Department of Sensory & Communicative Disorders, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tokorozawa, Japan Department of Brain Pathophysiology, Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate...

The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of fa...

Drugs can influence cognitive function in several different ways. The cognitive enhancers or nootropics have become a major issue in drug development during the last decade. Nootropics are defined as drugs that generally increase neuron metabolic activity, improve cognitive and vigilance level and are said to have antidementia effect (1). These drugs are essential for the treatment of geriatric...

Objective(s): Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a widespread metabolic disorder worldwide. Clinical physicians have found diabetic patients have mild to middle cognitive dysfunction and an alteration of brain monoaminergic function. This study explored the change in various patterns of behavioral models and brain monoamine function under streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type 1 diabetes.Materials and Method...

aim and background: meta-cognitive therapy is based on the principle that meta-cognitive is very important for understanding the way of cognition function and the way of producing our conscious experience about ourselves and the world around us. in this research it has been tried to study the effectiveness of this kind of treatment in improving depression patients. methods and materials: this c...

Background: Old age is accompanied by impaired musculoskeletal and nervous system, which may result in low mobility and cognitive problems. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between Physical Activity (PA) and Cognitive Function (CF) among the elderly population. Objectives: ?? Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 200 old people who were memb...