COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT

Jun 12 2025HEALTH

How Brain Injuries from Sports Can Affect Teenagers

The National Institutes of Health has a set of tests. These tests are designed to measure how well the brain is working. Scientists wanted to see if these tests could help figure out how well teenagers were recovering from concussions. These concussions happened during sports. They had a guess. They thought the tests would show problems with certain brain functi...

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Mar 27 2025HEALTH

The Brain's Battle: Tracking Thought in Schizophrenia

It is well known that people who are at risk for psychosis often struggle with thinking skills. This is more common than in those who are not at risk. These thinking problems are a big clue in understanding schizophrenia. That's why a big project, called the AMP SCZ initiative, is all about measuring how people think. The project is happening in two big groups. They...

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Mar 24 2025EDUCATION

The Power of Self-Reflection in Dental Training

Dental students often receive feedback from peers. However, this feedback does not always lead to better grades. This might be because students do not always reflect on the feedback they receive. Reflection is a key skill. It helps students understand and use feedback better. Yet, many students do not learn how to reflect properly. This study looks at how a reflectio...

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Jan 25 2025SCIENCE

The Flexible Waiting Game: A New Tool for Delay Discounting

Are you impatient? Do you prefer getting things now rather than later? This tendency is called delay discounting (DD). It's how we devalue rewards based on how long we have to wait for them. DD can be messed up in various health issues and changes as we grow. Many current tests for DD are protected by copyright and mostly designed for English speakers. This makes the...

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