Effect of aging on prose recall

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Personality based on affective prosody: implications for speech therapy (Abstract)

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Aging and risk taking: toward an integration of cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological perspectives

In this article, we characterize the relationship between natural aging and risky decision making through an integration of cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological theories on the effects of natural aging. Based on the existing evidence, we propose that the positivity emotional bias in elderly adults steers them away from taking high risks and toward more conservative approaches during decision making as part of their positive emotional regulatory strategies. However, aging is also associated with marked declines in cognitive functioning, such as attention and working memory, as well as impaired reinforcement-based associative learning, which arises from anatomical and functional declines in the dopaminergic transmission systems and in distinct brain regions such as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. In consequence, elderly adults may deviate from their usual conservative stance and toward more risk-taking tendencies, as observed in a subset of studies, if the demands of the risk-taking task exceed their cognitive and learning capacities. More empirical investigations are needed to determine the key factors that influence elderly individuals' decision making and behavior in risky situations. Research in this field is likely to have important practical implications for the financial and medical decision making of elderly adults, as well as promoting designated help targeting the elderly population in making important life decisions.published_or_final_versio

Facial emotion recognition after subcortical cerebrovascular diseases

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Effect of theory of mind and peer victimization on the schizotypy–aggression relationship

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Cognitive profiles and subtypes of epilepsy

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Identification and classification of facial familiarity in directed lying: an ERP Study

Recognizing familiar faces is essential to social functioning, but little is known about how people identify human faces and classify them in terms of familiarity. Face identification involves discriminating familiar faces from unfamiliar faces, whereas face classification involves making an intentional decision to classify faces as 'familiar' or 'unfamiliar.' This study used a directed-lying task to explore the differentiation between identification and classification processes involved in the recognition of familiar faces. To explore this issue, the participants in this study were shown familiar and unfamiliar faces. They responded to these faces (i.e., as familiar or unfamiliar) in accordance with the instructions they were given (i.e., to lie or to tell the truth) while their EEG activity was recorded. Familiar faces (regardless of lying vs. truth) elicited significantly less negative-going N400f in the middle and right parietal and temporal regions than unfamiliar faces. Regardless of their actual familiarity, the faces that the participants classified as 'familiar' elicited more negative-going N400f in the central and right temporal regions than those classified as 'unfamiliar.' The P600 was related primarily with the facial identification process. Familiar faces (regardless of lying vs. truth) elicited more positive-going P600f in the middle parietal and middle occipital regions. The results suggest that N400f and P600f play different roles in the processes involved in facial recognition. The N400f appears to be associated with both the identification (judgment of familiarity) and classification of faces, while it is likely that the P600f is only associated with the identification process (recollection of facial information). Future studies should use different experimental paradigms to validate the generalizability of the results of this study.published_or_final_versio

Intrinsic functional organization underlying intrinsic response inhibition network

Poster abstract: no. 126BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that widespread brain areas are engaged in successful response inhibition1 and interconnected into an integrative network2. However little is known about the functionally specific subsystems underlying the response inhibition network and the key regions integrating information within and across different functional systems. To address these questions, we explored the intrinsic functional ...postprin

Neurcognitive and psychosocial outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea in Hong Kong Chinese

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Neuroprotection in steroid therapy: a rodent model

Key Messages 1. Chronic steroid therapy causes disturbance in cell proliferation of the hippocampus and the subventricular zone. This may be the underlying cause of altered memory and cognitive function. 2. Co-administration of paroxetine (a class of antidepressants) during steroid therapy could counteract the destruction. Modification of the current steroid therapy regimen may be required.published_or_final_versio