INTRODUCTION This study investigated the frequency of forgetfulness in elderly individuals over 55 years of age and examined the association of subjective memory complaints (SMCs) with objective cognitive functions,, depression and other risk factors. METHODS We recruited 405 patients over 55 years of age who were referred to Neurology, Cardiology, or Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpa...

We present a model to investigate the behavior of forgetful players in infinitely repeated games. We assume that each player may forget the entire history of the play with a fixed probability. Our modeling specifications make a clear distinction between absentminded and forgetful players. We consider two extreme cases regarding the correlation of forgetfulness of the players. In the first case,...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Climacteric symptoms may vary between different countries and cultures. Socioeconomic factors and climate may be implicated. The aim of this study was to identify climacteric symptomatology among very low-income Brazilian women, living in a hot and humid region. DESIGN AND SETTING This cross-sectional population-based study was conducted in Cuiabá, at Júlio Müller Univer...

Lewis signaling games illustrate how language might evolve from random behavior. The probability of evolving an optimal signaling language is, in part, a function of what learning strategy the agents use. Here we investigate three learning strategies, each of which allows agents to forget old experience. In each case, we find that forgetting increases the probability of evolving an optimal lang...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether hot flashes, depressed mood, sleep, cognitive and sexual symptoms correlate with urinary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estrone (E(1)G), and testosterone (T) and with each other during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause (PM). METHODS Forty-one women who transitioned from middle or late transition stage to PM rated symptoms and provided monthl...