Exploring Brain Size Asymmetry and Its Relationship with Predation Risk Among Chinese Anurans by Chuan Chen, Ying Jiang, Yiming Wu, Lingsen Cao, Wenbo Liao

“…The subtle structural, functional, or size differences between the two brain sides are associated with processing specific cognitive tasks. To evaluate the differences between the sizes of the left and right sides of the whole brain and brain regions and the effect of predation risk (i.e., snake density) on brain size asymmetry among Chinese anurans, we compared the differences between the left and right hemisphere sizes of the whole brain and brain regions among anuran species and analyzed the correlations between the predation risk and size asymmetry index of the brain and brain regions. …”
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Efficacy of an Intrathecal Multidrug Infusion for Pain Control in Older Adults and in End-Stage Malignancies: A Report of Three Cases by Sadegh Abdolmohammadi, Pierre-Olivier Hétu, Andrée Néron, Gilbert Blaise

“…Major side effects, such as hypotension, constipation, muscle weakness, sphincter dysfunction, and cognitive or mood deterioration, were not observed with this approach. …”
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Diversity and inclusion for the All of Us research program: A scoping review. by Brandy M Mapes, Christopher S Foster, Sheila V Kusnoor, Marcia I Epelbaum, Mona AuYoung, Gwynne Jenkins, Maria Lopez-Class, Dara Richardson-Heron, Ahmed Elmi, Karl Surkan, Robert M Cronin, Consuelo H Wilkins, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Eric Dishman, Joshua C Denny, Joni L Rutter, All of Us Research Program

“…Based on these efforts, All of Us emphasizes enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities, and has formally designated the following additional groups as historically underrepresented: individuals-with inadequate access to medical care; under the age of 18 or over 65; with an annual household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; who have a cognitive or physical disability; have less than a high school education or equivalent; are intersex; identify as a sexual or gender minority; or live in rural or non-metropolitan areas. …”
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HIV-Associated Vacuolar Myelopathy and HIV-Associated Dementia as the Initial Manifestation of HIV/AIDS by Natalia Wuliji, Matthew J. Mandell, Jason M. Lunt, Adam Merando

“…This case highlights the importance of considering HIV testing in a patient with a sensory neuropathy and/or progressive cognitive impairment.…”
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Optimizing feedback reception: a scoping review of skills and strategies for medical learners by Jennifer Rowe, Diane Bouchard Lamothe, Teagan Haggerty, Jake Engel, Cole Etherington, Manvinder Kaur, Etienne Vincent, Nibras Ghanmi, Preet Gujral, Valentina Ly, Sylvain Boet

“…Delivery of education was via workshops (n = 5 studies) that proposed cognitive, reflective and experiential learning activities, all reporting learners’ self-perceived improvement of feedback behaviour. …”
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Prospective evaluation through questionnaires of the emotional status of cancer patients in the waiting rooms of a department of oncology by Roberta Resega, Sheila Piva, Annalisa Bramati, Christian Lurati, Nicla La Verde, Marco Riva, Marina Chiara Garassino, Anna Moretti, Claudio Mencacci, Valter Torri, Gabriella Farina, Maria Chiara Dazzani

“…Conclusions: A prevalent emotional and cognitive state while waiting is anxiety, followed by positive thoughts. …”
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Associations of personality traits with actigraphic sleep in middle-aged and older adults by Jill A. Rabinowitz, Yijun Zhou, Diefei Chen, Yiwei Yue, Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Yang An, Sarah Wanigatunga, Jennifer A. Schrack, Vadim Zipunnikov, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Antonio Terracciano, Paul T. Costa, Luigi Ferrucci, Adam P. Spira

“…We investigated associations of personality with actigraphic sleep parameters and changes in sleep in 398 cognitively normal adults aged 40–95 years (M ± SD = 70.1 ± 12.0) in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. …”
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GENDER INFLUENCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES SYSTEM: A STUDY OF BABCOCK UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS by VICTOR A. ADESIYAN, BABAJIDE JACOB, SEIGHA SONIA GESIERE, WOLE-TAIWO OLAYINKA

“…The concept of gender has impacted every segment of societal interactions including students’ academic performance which encompasses acquisition of information across cognitive, emotional, and psychomotor domains encountered in formal educational environment. …”
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Autoantibodies to NR2A Peptide of the Glutamate/NMDA Receptor in Patients with Seizure Disorders in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yan Yang, Chao Yuan, Shu-qun Shen, Xue-er Wang, Qing-hua Mei, Wen-qing Jiang, Qin Huang

“…Furthermore, the levels of NPSLE in patients with seizure disorders were shown to be higher than in those with cognitive dysfunction and other CNS symptoms, however, without significance. …”
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Ayurvedic Management of Huntington’s Chorea (Tandava Roga): A Case of Rare Genetic Condition by Mrunal Sunil Bole, Sourabh Deshmukh, Trupti Thakre

“…It is an inherited disease that manifests as motor, cognitive, and psychiatric abnormalities. The disease is caused by a genetic mutation involving Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine (CAG) repeat expansion on chromosome 4. …”
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Staff development for generative artificial intelligence and collaborative learning using Iterationism as a theoretical framework by Nicholas Bowskill, David Hall, Melody Harrogate, Ebere Eziefuna, Ben Marler

“…Interestingly, AI prompts emerged as a way of making cognitive effort visible, and the article responds to this finding with Iterationism as an emergent theory for learning with generative AI. …”
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Fatigue State Evaluation of Urban Railway Transit Drivers Using Psychological, Biological, and Physical Response Signals by Hao Wu, Yubo Jiao, Chaozhe Jiang, Tong Wang, Jiangbo Yu

“…The results show that fatigue reduced the participants’ reaction time and cognitive ability and led professional drivers to make more conservative decisions. …”
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Longitudinal Assessment of Abnormal Cortical Folding in Fetuses and Neonates With Isolated Non‐Severe Ventriculomegaly by Andrea Urru, Oualid Benkarim, Gerard Martí‐Juan, Nadine Hahner, Gemma Piella, Elisenda Eixarch, Miguel A. González Ballester

“…VM has been associated with higher risks of attention‐deficit and hyperactivity disorders, as well as cognitive, language, and behavior deficits. Some studies have also shown a relationship between VM and cortical overgrowth, along with reduced cortical folding, both in fetuses and neonates. …”
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Efficacy of identifying Treatment-Resistant and non-Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia using niacin skin flushing response combined with clinical feature by Jizhi Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Siyuan Wang, Yu Gu, Kai Liang, Yingxu Li, Zheng Zhang, Yan Li, Xiaoping Wang, Huijuan Guo, Jiansong Zhou

“…Positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS), repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS) and insight and treatment attitudes questionnaires (ITAQ) were used to assess the patients’ psychiatric symptoms, cognitive function, and attitude towards illness and treatment, respectively. …”
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Mitigating overconfidence bias: A cross-sectional pilot study of male maintenance workers in the engineering sector by Luca DI GIAMPAOLO, Federica MARINO, Claudia GIURGOLA, Piergiorgio ASTOLFI, Luca COPPETA, Simone DE SIO, Paola BORRELLI, Teresa GALANTI, Laura FORCELLA, Maria Elisa MAIOLO, Kavita BATRA, Murat YILDIRIM, Hicham KHABBACHE, Amelia RIZZO, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Hiroo WADA, Qiao NIU, Hector NIETO, Francesco CHIRICO

“…Introduction: Overconfidence is understood as the susceptibility to cognitive error caused by overconfidence in one’s own means and a lack of awareness of one’s own limits. …”
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Frameworks for the design and reporting of anaesthesia interventions in perioperative clinical trials by Karen D. Coulman, Lucy Elliott, Natalie S. Blencowe, Joyce Yeung, Leila Rooshenas, Robert J. Hinchliffe, Ronelle Mouton, Eric Albrecht, David Bosanquet, Kariem El-Boghdadly, Gudrun Kunst, Mandeep Phull, Helen Galley, Ben Gibbison, Suzanne Harrogate, Anna Simpson, Jasmeet Soar, Michael Gillies, Mr James Glasbey, Sina Grape, David Hewson, Simon Howell, Louise Savic, Alan MacFarlane, Brendan McGrath, Ciara O'Donnell, Jon Silversides, Katrina Pirie, Andrew Toner

“…Methods: This study comprised three phases: (1) initial framework development—text describing the delivery of anaesthetic interventions was coded and categorised into components using thematic analysis; (2) refinement of frameworks—facilitated structured group discussions were conducted with perioperative clinicians, researchers, and journal editors to elicit additional framework categories and consider clarity and feasibility; (3) framework testing and further refinement—cognitive interviews with professionals undertaking trials evaluating anaesthesia interventions to test the feasibility of using the frameworks in contemporary perioperative trials. …”
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I’ve really struggled but it does not seem to work: adolescents’ experiences of living with ADHD – a thematic analysis by Vendela Zetterqvist, Caisa Öster, Anna Oremark, Lotta Myllys, Jenny Meyer, Mia Ramklint, Johan Isaksson

“…Conclusion Adolescents with ADHD experience problems with self-regulation with regards to cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes. They describe being either on or off. …”
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Targeting natural antioxidant polyphenols to protect neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases: a comprehensive review by Maroua Jalouli, Md Ataur Rahman, Partha Biswas, Hasanur Rahman, Abdel Halim Harrath, In-Seon Lee, In-Seon Lee, Sojin Kang, Jinwon Choi, Moon Nyeo Park, Bonglee Kim, Bonglee Kim

“…Additionally, polyphenols have shown promise in modulating various cellular signaling pathways associated with neuronal viability, synaptic plasticity, and cognitive function. Epidemiological and clinical studies highlight the potential of polyphenol-rich diets to decrease the risk and alleviate symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders and neuroinflammation. …”
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A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling amon... by Laurencia BONSU, Sidath KAPUKOTUWA, Anita CHATTERJEE, Asma AWAN, Manoj SHARMA

“…The multi- theory approach also gives a comprehensive view of the dynamic interaction of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components in gambling habit modification. …”
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Unraveling the power of sense of coherence: a key predictor of symptom severity among depressive disorders clients by Samah Mohamed Taha, Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Azza Ibrahim Abdelraof, Hassan Mohammed Sonbol, Manal Mohammed Hawash, Eman Sameh Abd Elhay

“…Conclusion Psychiatric nurses should consider implementing interventions to enhance SOC, such as Life Skills Training (LST), psychoeducation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness practices, particularly for depressive disorder clients with a poor sense of coherence.…”
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