Brain games to test memory@AlvaroF, 4/25/11 1:51 PM

Alvaro Fernandez (@AlvaroF) 4/25/11 1:51 PM Brain Games to Test Your Memory: Ready to see how well you can remember random words or, more difficult, names? ... bit.ly/egrB4Y

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Cup-o-Joe favors extraverts working memory--give me an extra shot! You can sleep when you are dead

Smillie, L. D., & Gokcen, E. (2010). Caffeine enhances working memory for extraverts. Biological Psychology, 85(3), 496-498

Using a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled design we examined the effects of caffeine on working memory (WM) as a function of extraverted personality. Participants (N = 59) received 200 mg of caffeine and placebo in counterbalanced-order over two sessions prior to completing a ‘N-Back’ WM paradigm. Findings revealed that caffeine administration relative to the placebo condition resulted in heightened WM performance, but only for extraverted participants. We suggest based on previous theory and research that dopamine function (DA) may be the most plausible mechanism underlying this finding


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FYiPOST: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden explains that biology of pleasure, The Baltimore Sun In The Popular Press: APOE genomics gets personal, Neuroethics at the Core Grand delusions: Why we're determined to be free, New Scientist...

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Re: FYiPost: Good heart beat perception = good temporal processing?

Excellent but long read.  I have made a blog post and tweeted about it just now

http://ticktockbraintalk.blogspot.com/2011/04/mysteries-of-time-and-brain.html

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On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Rob Ryan <rryan@interactivemetronome.com> wrote:

Interesting article in this week's New Yorker about a neuroscientist at Baylor focused on uncovering the mysteries of the brain and its relationship with time (it's a big one -- takes awhile to get through):

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger


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What underlies our sense of time? A popular account claims an internal pacemaker emits regular pulses, which are detected by an accumulator. The amount of accumulated pulses represents the amount of time that's passed.

Trouble is, this is all very theoretical and no-one really knows how or where in the brain these functions are enacted. One suggestion is that the pulses are based on bodily feedback and in particular the heart-beat. Consistent with this is a recent brain imaging study that showed activity in the insular (a brain region associated with representing internal bodily states) rose linearly as people paid attention to time intervals (pdf). Now a behavioural study by Karin Meissner and Marc Wittmann has built on these findings by showing that people who are more sensitive to their own heart-beat are also better at judging time intervals.

<snip> .... go to link below for complete post.


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Meissner, K., and Wittmann, M. (2011). Body signals, cardiac awareness, and the perception of time. Biological Psychology, 86 (3), 289-297 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.01.001

    



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The mysteries of time and the brain

A most interesting essay on the mysteries of brain timing in the New Yorker.





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RE: FYiPost: Good heart beat perception = good temporal processing?

Interesting article in this week's New Yorker about a neuroscientist at Baylor focused on uncovering the mysteries of the brain and its relationship with time (it's a big one -- takes awhile to get through):

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger


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From: iapsych [mailto:iapsych@me.com]
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To: Blog Time Posts; Amy Vega; Matthew Wukasch; Rob Ryan; Bricole Reincke
Subject: FYiPost: Good heart beat perception = good temporal processing?

What underlies our sense of time? A popular account claims an internal pacemaker emits regular pulses, which are detected by an accumulator. The amount of accumulated pulses represents the amount of time that's passed.

Trouble is, this is all very theoretical and no-one really knows how or where in the brain these functions are enacted. One suggestion is that the pulses are based on bodily feedback and in particular the heart-beat. Consistent with this is a recent brain imaging study that showed activity in the insular (a brain region associated with representing internal bodily states) rose linearly as people paid attention to time intervals (pdf). Now a behavioural study by Karin Meissner and Marc Wittmann has built on these findings by showing that people who are more sensitive to their own heart-beat are also better at judging time intervals.

<snip> .... go to link below for complete post.


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Meissner, K., and Wittmann, M. (2011). Body signals, cardiac awareness, and the perception of time. Biological Psychology, 86 (3), 289-297 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.01.001

    



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Time perception and happiness. Time expanders happier than futurists, reminiscers, and time restricters

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Brain clutter filters@Brain_Gym, 4/20/11 4:46 AM

Brain Gym (@Brain_Gym) 4/20/11 4:46 AM Filters That Reduce 'brain Clutter' Identified bit.ly/e4usKW

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FYiPOST: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volume 1, Issue 2 now available for FREE on ScienceDirect.

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New psychobabble@BrainCosmos, 4/12/11 7:10 AM

Brain (@BrainCosmos) 4/12/11 7:10 AM Coverage of Neuroscience in the Popular Media – The New Psychobabble bit.ly/ggNka4

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More on mapping the brain@TheNeuroScience, 4/10/11 12:35 PM

Neuro Science (@TheNeuroScience) 4/10/11 12:35 PM Mapping the brain: New technique poised to untangle the complexity of the brain sns.mx/qDdVy7

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FYiPOST: PEBS Neuroethics Roundup from JHU Guest Blogger

Last Edition's Most Popular Article: Podcast: From a Neuroscience of Pain to a Neuroethics of Care, The Bioethics Channel In The Popular Press: Brain scans suggest psychopaths could be treated, NewScientist Exploring the History of Medicine: Mental Health & Illness...

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Psychology of musical processing@psypress, 4/8/11 6:17 AM

Psychology Press (@psypress) 4/8/11 6:17 AM Here's a good one: 2009 Experimental Psychology Society's prize winning lecture is now an article you can read in full: goo.gl/N8a39

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FYiPOST: Neuropsychology - Online First Publications

APA Journal alert for:
Neuropsychology

• Online First Publications

The following articles have been published online this week before they appear in a final print and online issue of Neuropsychology:

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus selectively improves learning of weakly associated cue combinations during probabilistic classification learning in Parkinson's disease.

Wilkinson, Leonora; Beigi, Mazda; Lagnado, David A.; Jahanshahi, Marjan

doi: 10.1037/a0021753

Meta-analysis of facial affect recognition difficulties after traumatic brain injury.

Babbage, Duncan R.; Yim, Jackki; Zupan, Barbra; Neumann, Dawn; Tomita, Machiko R.; Willer, Barry

doi: 10.1037/a0021908

Executive functions, information sampling, and decision making in narcolepsy with cataplexy.

Delazer, Margarete; Högl, Birgit; Zamarian, Laura; Wenter, Johanna; Gschliesser, Viola; Ehrmann, Laura; Brandauer, Elisabeth; Cevikkol, Zehra; Frauscher, Birgit

doi: 10.1037/a0022357

Language production strategies and disfluencies in multi-clause network descriptions: A study of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Engelhardt, Paul E.; Ferreira, Fernanda; Nigg, Joel T.

doi: 10.1037/a0022436

Executive functions and social competence in young children 6 months following traumatic brain injury.

Ganesalingam, Kalaichelvi; Yeates, Keith Owen; Taylor, H. Gerry; Walz, Nicolay Chertkoff; Stancin, Terry; Wade, Shari

doi: 10.1037/a0022768

The relation between instrumental musical activity and cognitive aging.

Hanna-Pladdy, Brenda; MacKay, Alicia

doi: 10.1037/a0021895

Evidence for higher reaction time variability for children with adhd on a range of cognitive tasks including reward and event rate manipulations.

Epstein, Jeffery N.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Rosen, Paul J.; Graham, Amanda; Narad, Megan E.; Antonini, Tanya N.; Brinkman, William B.; Froehlich, Tanya; Simon, John O.; Altaye, Mekibib

doi: 10.1037/a0022155

Genetic architecture of learning and delayed recall: A twin study of episodic memory.

Panizzon, Matthew S.; Lyons, Michael J.; Jacobson, Kristen C.; Franz, Carol E.; Grant, Michael D.; Eisen, Seth A.; Xian, Hong; Kremen, William S.

doi: 10.1037/a0022569

Sex differences in neuropsychological performance and social functioning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Vaskinn, Anja; Sundet, Kjetil; Simonsen, Carmen; Hellvin, Tone; Melle, Ingrid; Andreassen, Ole A.

doi: 10.1037/a0022677

The prosthetics of vigilant attention: Random cuing cuts processing demands.

O'Connor, Charlene; Robertson, Ian H.; Levine, Brian

doi: 10.1037/a0022767

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FYiPOST: New Neuropsychology books

New in Neuropsychology Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion By Yana Suchy Published by Guilford Press: UK and Europe US and Canada Barkley Adult ADHD Rating Scale-IV (BAARS-IV) By Russell A. Barkley Published by Guilford Press: UK and Europe US and Canada Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale By Russell A. Barkley Published by Guilford Press: UK and Europe US and Canada Related journal from Psychology Press: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Impact Factor: 1.885* Editors Wilfred G. van Gorp, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, USA Daniel Tranel, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, USA One of the oldest and most distinguished journals in neuropsychology, the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology has a targeted emphasis on merging clinical issues with research rigor, focusing on both clinical and experimental issues in neuropsychology. Free Sample Articles Visit our Special Offer page to read free sample articles from the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology and all our Neuropsychology journals. *Impact Factor ©2010 Thomson Reuters, 2009 Journal Citation Reports® New Books from Psychology Press & Routledge January-March 2011 This online catalog contains details of all our new behavioral science books published January-March 2011. This catalog can be downloaded as a PDF or viewed online: UK/European version US/Canadian version Asia/Pacific version News and updates on Twitter & Facebook You can get Psychology Press news and updates on Twitter. You can also now get Psychology Press news and updates on Facebook.

Washington U brain mapping program@CereSmith, 4/6/11 10:08 AM

Joshua D. Smith (@CereSmith) 4/6/11 10:08 AM Washington University's Brain Mapping Program - ow.ly/4upil

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FYiPOST: Call for Papers: Education and Neuroscience Special Issue

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Call for Papers   Dear Dr KS MCGREW, As a recent published author in Neuroscience, you will be interested to know the new journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is calling for papers for the special issue: Education and Neuroscience Edited by: Silvia Bunge and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Volume 2, Issue 1, 2012 We believe the special issue will make a significant impact on rapidly-evolving methodologies and body of findings. The editors hope you will join them and they would be delighted to consider a paper submitted by you and your team. Contribute to the Special Issue The goal of this special issue is to collect a series of papers that address key aspects of Education and Neuroscience. Topics for the Special Issue may include: • Sensitive periods and environmental influences on brain development; implications for educational practice and policy • Neuroscience of language comprehension and reading: development, individual differences, disorders, implications for education • Neuroscience of numeracy and mathematical abilities: development, individual differences, disorders, implications for education • Neuroscience of emotion, social cognition, motivational and affective processes: development, individual differences, disorders, implications for education • Development of neurocognitive functions that support scholastic achievement: working memory, long-term memory, cognitive control, reasoning • Training of cognitive processes relevant to educational attainment: underlying neural processes and implications for education Submit your article via our online submission system Submission Deadline: 30th May 2011 The special issue will contain papers that report new empirical data acquired using neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques. The editors will consider papers that report data which may not be strictly developmental, but which have relevance to development and implications for educational neuroscience and learning in an educational setting. Please note that papers reporting purely behavioural data do not fall within the remit of DCN and will not be considered. Thanks in advance for considering this.   Submit your article Editors Sarah-Jayne Blakemore University College London Ronald Dahl University of California, Berkeley Uta Frith University College London Daniel Pine NIMH For more information: www.elsevier.com/locate/dcn

FYiPOST: Special Issue - Executive Function

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 108, Issue 3, March 2011 Edited by Stephanie M. Carlson

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Research byte: Why working memory training programs work

Excellent overview article on the different types of working memory training programs and why some (core training programs) produce positive effects across different human performance domains and why the effects generalize. The core training programs appear to improve the domain-general mechanisms involving in working memory, such as controlled executive attention and disinhibition (ability to focus and screen out distractors). The focus on the frontal-parietal network (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, posterior parietal cortex, the striatum, and the basal ganglia) has been a constant thread thru recent working memory theoretical and applied training research.

Morrison, A. B., & Chein, J. M. (2011). Does working memory training work? The promise and challenges of enhancing cognition by training working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18(1), 46-60


Abstract

A growing body of literature shows that one’s working memory (WM) capacity can be expanded through targeted training. Given the established relationship between WM and higher cognition, these successful training studies have led to speculation that WM training may yield broad cognitive benefits. This review considers the current state of the emerging WM training literature, and details both its successes and limitations. We identify two distinct approaches to WM training, strategy training and core training, and highlight both the theoretical and practical motivations that guide each approach. Training-related increases in WM capacity have been successfully demonstrated across a wide range of subject populations, but different training techniques seem to produce differential impacts upon the broader landscape of cognitive abilities. In particular, core WM training studies seem to produce more far-reaching transfer effects, likely because they target domain-general mechanisms of WM. The results of individual studies encourage optimism regarding the value of WM training as a tool for general cognitive enhancement. However, we discuss several limitations that should be addressed before the field endorses the value of this approach.


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