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Bava, Sunita; Jacobus, Joanna; Mahmood, Omar; Yang, Tony T.; Tapert, Susan F. – Brain and Cognition, 2010
Background: Progressive myelination during adolescence implicates an increased vulnerability to neurotoxic substances and enduring neurocognitive consequences. This study examined the cognitive manifestations of altered white matter microstructure in chronic marijuana and alcohol-using (MJ + ALC) adolescents. Methods: Thirty-six MJ + ALC…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Short Term Memory, Memorization
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Weinberg, Anna; Klonsky, E. David; Hajcak, Greg – Brain and Cognition, 2009
Recent research suggests that emotional dysfunction in psychiatric disorders can be reflected in autonomic abnormalities. The present study examines sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous system activity in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) before, during, and following a social stressor task. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Personality, Adolescents, Anatomy
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Lum, Jarrad A. G.; Conti-Ramsden, Gina; Lindell, Annukka K. – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Rapid processing deficits have been the subject of much debate in the literature on specific language impairment (SLI). Hari and Renvall (2001) [Hari, R. & Renvall, H. (2001). Impaired processing of rapid stimulus sequences in dyslexia. "Trends in cognitive sciences", 5, 525-532.] proposed that the source of this deficit can be attributed to…
Descriptors: Intervals, Adolescents, Intelligence, Control Groups