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Anticipatory Pleasure in Current Psychosis: Cognitive and Emotional Correlates
(2020-12)
Anticipation of pleasure – a key aspect of hedonic experience - is a motivating factor for engaging in activities. Low levels of anticipatory pleasure and activity are found in individuals with psychosis. Cognitive factors ...
Longitudinal cognitive performance in patients with Bipolar Disorder
(2020-01)
Commentary: Neurocognitive impairments are a rather common occurrence in euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) patients. Understanding the degree of longitudinal stability of these deficits is vital in the management and treatment ...
Can dietary supplements maintain cognition in mid- to late-life?
(2020-12)
Cognitive health, and prevention of its decline to dementia, has risen in prominence with a corresponding exploration of modifiable risk factors to prevent a decline in cognitive health with age. This commentary discusses ...
The Oxford Cognitive Screen – Plus (OCS-Plus): a tablet based short cognitive screening tool for milder cognitive impairment.
(2020-02)
The Oxford Cognitive Screen was developed as a brief screening tool for common
post-stroke focal cognitive deficits, including language, memory, attention, praxis, and
number-processing impairments. Here, we present the ...
Linking the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale and the Severe Impairment Battery: evidence from individual participant data from five randomised clinical trials of donepezil
(2020-10)
Background The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) and the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) are widely used rating scales to assess cognition in ...
Cognitive Performance, Quality and Quantity of Movement Reflect Psychological Symptoms in Adolescents
(2020-05)
The presentation of unhealthy psychological symptoms are rising
sharply in adolescents. Detrimental lifestyle behaviours are proposed
as both possible causes and consequences. This study set
out to compare selected ...
Effect of glucose and sucrose on cognition in healthy humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies
(2020-06)
Context: Evidence suggests that plasma glucose levels may influence cognitive performance, but this has not been systematically reviewed and quantified. Objective: The aim of this review was to investigate the potential ...
Translating the promise of 5HT4 receptor agonists for the treatment of depression
(2020-02)
Animal experimental studies suggest that 5-HT4 receptor activation holds promise as a novel
target for the treatment of depression and cognitive impairment. 5-HT4 receptors are postsynaptic
receptors that are located in ...