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Franklin, Robert G., Jr.; Adams, Reginald B., Jr. – Brain and Cognition, 2010
We hypothesized that facial attractiveness represents a dual judgment, a combination of reward-based, sexual processes, and aesthetic, cognitive processes. Herein we describe a study that demonstrates that sexual and nonsexual processes both contribute to attractiveness judgments and that these processes can be dissociated. Female participants…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Correlation, Cognitive Processes, Interpersonal Attraction
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Huggenberger, Harriet J.; Suter, Susanne E.; Reijnen, Ester; Schachinger, Hartmut – Brain and Cognition, 2009
Women's cradling side preference has been related to contralateral hemispheric specialization of processing emotional signals; but not of processing baby's facial expression. Therefore, 46 nulliparous female volunteers were characterized as left or non-left holders (HG) during a doll holding task. During a signal detection task they were then…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Nonverbal Communication, Females, Response Style (Tests)
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Carroll, Christine A.; O'Donnell, Brian F.; Shekhar, Anantha; Hetrick, William P. – Brain and Cognition, 2009
Schizophrenia may be associated with a fundamental disturbance in the temporal coordination of information processing in the brain, leading to classic symptoms of schizophrenia such as thought disorder and disorganized and contextually inappropriate behavior. However, the majority of studies that have examined timing behavior in schizophrenia have…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Time Management, Cognitive Processes, Brain
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Sorel, Olivier; Pennequin, Valerie – Brain and Cognition, 2008
This study tested whether the aging of executive functioning is linked to the decline in planning performance. Participants were divided into three groups: group 1 composed of 15 adults with a mean age of 22.7 years, group 2 composed of 15 adults with a mean age of 68.1 years and group 3 composed of 16 adults with a mean age of 78.75 years. Each…
Descriptors: Memory, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Adults
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Perrotin, Audrey; Tournelle, Lydia; Isingrini, Michel – Brain and Cognition, 2008
The study focused on the cognitive determinants of the accuracy of feeling-of-knowing (FOK) judgments made on episodic memory information. An individual differences approach was used on a sample of healthy older adults assessed on an episodic FOK task and on several neuropsychological measures. At a global level of analysis of FOK accuracy, the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences