Everyday conversation frequently includes challenges to the clarity of the acoustic speech
signal, including hearing impairment, background noise, and foreign accents. Although an …

Alzheimer's disease is a severe irreversible syndrome, characterized by a slow and
progressive cognitive decline that interferes with the standard instrumental and essential …

The loss of control over drug intake that occurs in addiction was initially believed to result
from disruption of subcortical reward circuits. However, imaging studies in addictive …

Classic cognitive theory conceptualizes executive functions as involving multiple specific
domains, including initiation, inhibition, working memory, flexibility, planning, and vigilance …

It has been argued that emotion, pain and cognitive control are functionally segregated in
distinct subdivisions of the cingulate cortex. However, recent observations encourage a …

Spanning functions from the simplest reflex arc to complex cognitive processes, neural
circuits have diverse functional roles. In the cerebral cortex, functional domains such as …

This report calls on the nation—its leaders, its mental health research and service provision
agencies, its schools, its primary care medical systems, its community-based organizations …

Despite the practical implication of mild exercise, little is known about its influence on
executive function and its neural substrates. To address these issues, the present study …

The primary purpose of this study was to examine, using meta-analytical techniques, the
differential effects of differing intensities of acute exercise on speed and accuracy of …

Physical activity has been reported to improve cognitive function in humans and rodents,
possibly via a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-regulated mechanism. In this study …