Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01200-5
Xinchi Yu, Ernst Pöppel, Weidong Zhan, Yan Bao
{"title":"Cognitive entailments among \"the true, the good, the beautiful\": a mainland Chinese sample.","authors":"Xinchi Yu, Ernst Pöppel, Weidong Zhan, Yan Bao","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01200-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01200-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Philosophers and cognitive scientists have long debated about the entailments among \"the true, the good, the beautiful\" (TGB hereafter). In the current article, we directly probed mainland Chinese subjects' cognitive entailment among TGB. Using 1-7 (Experiment 1) and 1-6 (Experiment 2) Likert scales, we convergently observed that mainland Chinese subjects tend to think that the beautiful is not the true, and that the good is the beautiful. Additionally, Experiment 1 also revealed that mainland Chinese subjects tend to think that the true is not the beautiful. Some of these results may reflect anthropological universals, and some others may reflect cultural specifics. Experiment 3 revealed that the most popular translation of TGB in Chinese into English is rather \"the true, the kind, the beautiful\", suggesting that the three concepts mapped to TGB in Chinese is not one-to-one mapped to the three concepts mapped to TGB in English. Therefore, caution should be exercised when making cross-linguistic or cross-cultural comparisons about TGB in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"647-654"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141176655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcos Felipe Rodrigues de Lima, Luciano Grüdtner Buratto
{"title":"Testing the dual-memory framework: individual differences in the magnitude of the retrieval practice effect and fluid intelligence","authors":"Marcos Felipe Rodrigues de Lima, Luciano Grüdtner Buratto","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01228-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-024-01228-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Retrieving information from memory enhances long-term retention. In this manuscript, we describe the dual-memory framework, which makes interval-scale predictions of the magnitude of this <i>retrieval practice effect</i>. After outlining the framework, we use data from our laboratory—both at the group level and at the distribution level—to fit the equations from the dual-memory framework. Overall, we successfully fitted the model predictions to the observed average data. In addition, we compared the predicted and the observed distributions of performance in the retrieval practice condition. More importantly, we introduce a useful approach to simulate empirical scenarios and test the relationship between individual-difference variables and the retrieval practice effect. We illustrate the application of this approach using data from a study that measured fluid intelligence. Future studies may benefit from contrasting different strength-based frameworks.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142252649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of cognitive intervention program on intelligence scores in preschool","authors":"Hatice Kübra Koçak","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01224-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-024-01224-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Dynamic assessment is an approach that aims to improve student performance through interventions. One of the important application areas of dynamic assessment is the assessment of intelligence. Within the scope of the study, after a Cognitive intervention program (CIP) was developed, its effects on intelligence scores were examined with a quasi-experimental research method. The CIP was prepared by adopting a dynamic assessment approach to improve the performance of students with expert support. This improvement would be provided by the clues and feedback given during the intervention within the scope of the CIP. The sample of the study included 173 students in the 5–6 age group (83 experimental group, 90 control group). The CIP developed by the researcher consisted of 54 worksheets and was applied to the experimental group for 9 weeks. The implementation of the worksheets was supervised by classroom teachers. The digital application of the Anadolu-Sak Intelligence Scale (d-ASIS) and Raven’s colored progressive matrices (RCPM) were applied to both the experimental and control groups as pretests and posttests. The increases in the intelligence scores of the experimental and control groups were analyzed by MANOVA. The analysis showed that the intelligence levels of the experimental group increased significantly more than the control group in terms of both d-ASIS and RCPM total gain scores (posttest to pretest). This result indicated that the CIP, which was developed by adopting a dynamic assessment approach, supported cognitive development.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142178728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts and authors of the 9th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Segmentation and Binding in Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2024).","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01218-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01218-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"3-47"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-10DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01214-z
Christoph von der Malsburg
{"title":"How are segmentation and binding computed and represented in the brain?","authors":"Christoph von der Malsburg","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01214-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01214-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A programmatically described solution to the segmentation problem is taken as opportunity to dicuss the neural architecture problem of vision. At the center of this problem is the formation of holistic entities (the Gestalt phenomenon) out of masses of neurons (the binding problem). As formulated in the Dynamic Net Architecture (DNA), neurons can become part of a (short-term) stable state only if supported inside a coherent network ('net'). Integration into nets is the basis for global treatment of structures, such as recognition as rigid body or projection to an invariant model.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-10DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01211-2
Tina Iachini
{"title":"Spatial memory and frames of reference: How deeply do we rely on the body and the environment?","authors":"Tina Iachini","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01211-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01211-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>How do we mentally represent the world out there? Psychology, philosophy and neuroscience have given two classical answers: as a living space where we act and perceive, dependent on our bodies; as an enduring physical space with its feature, independent of our bodily interactions. The first would be based on egocentric frames of reference anchored to the body, while the second on allocentric frames of reference centred on the environment itself or on objects. This raises some questions concerning how deep the reliance on the body and the environment is when using these reference frames, and whether they are affected differently by the duration of time and the scale (small or large) of space. To answer these questions, I have brought empirical evidence of the effect of motor interference, blindness, environmental characteristics and temporal factors on egocentric and allocentric spatial representational capacity. The results suggest that egocentric representations are deeply rooted in the body, with its sensory and motor properties, and are closely linked to acting now in small-scale or peripersonal space. Allocentric representations are more influenced by environmental than by bodily characteristics, by visual than by motor properties, and seem particularly related to large-scale or extrapersonal space. In line with neurophysiological evidence and a Kantian perspective, it appears that we are endowed with an internal spatial representation system ready to structure environmental information for our purposes. To what extent this system is innate and pervasive in cognition and what is its relationship to the neural 'positioning' substrate discovered by O'Keefe and colleagues requires further scientific investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"79-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11364679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01197-x
S Sivaranjini, C M Sujatha
{"title":"Analysis of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease using voxel based morphometry and radiomics.","authors":"S Sivaranjini, C M Sujatha","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01197-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01197-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with changes in the brain anatomical structures. The objective of this study, is to identify the atrophy patterns based on the severity of cognitive decline and evaluate the disease progression. In this study, gray matter alterations are analysed in 135 PD subjects under 3 cognitive domains (91 Cognitively normal PD (NC-PD), 25 PD with Mild Cognitive Impairment (PD-MCI) and 19 PD with Dementia (PD-D)) by comparing them with 58 Healthy Control (HC) subjects. Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) is used to segment the gray matter regions in magnetic resonance images and analyse the atrophy patterns statistically. Significant patterns of gray matter variations observed in the middle temporal and medial frontal region differentiate between HC and PD subject groups based on the severity of cognitive decline. Abnormalities in gray matter is substantiated through radiomic features extracted from the significant gray matter clusters. Significant radiomic features of the clusters are able to differentiate between the HC and PD-D subjects with an accuracy of 81.82%. Higher atrophy levels identified in PD-D subjects compared to NC-PD and PD-MCI group enables early diagnosis and treatment procedures. The combined and comprehensive analysis of gray matter alterations through VBM and radiomic features gives better assessment of cognitive impairment in PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"521-532"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140877583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-10DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01212-1
Barbara Landau
{"title":"Are spatial terms rooted in geometry or force-dynamics? Yes.","authors":"Barbara Landau","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01212-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01212-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Theories of spatial term meanings often focus on geometric properties of objects and locations as the key to understanding meaning. For example, in English, \"The cat is on the mat\" might engage geometric properties characterizing the figure ('cat', a point) and the ground ('mat', a plane) as well as the geometric relationship between the two objects ('on', + vertical, 0 distance from ground object). However, substantial literature suggests that geometric properties are far from sufficient to capture the meanings of many spatial expressions, and that instead, force-dynamic properties of objects that afford containment or support relationships may be crucial to the meanings of those expressions. I will argue that both approaches are needed to understand the variety of spatial terms that appear in language and further, that spatial terms fall into two distinct sets, one represented by geometric properties of figure and ground and their spatial relationships, and the other by the force-dynamic properties of objects and their relationships. This division of labor within spatial terms has many consequences, with the two types differing in the nature of the acquisition problem and likely learning mechanisms, the extent and kind of cross-linguistic variation that has been observed, and the application of pragmatic principles to spatial terms. Speculatively, the two types may also be rooted in different cognitive systems and their neural substrates.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cognitive ProcessingPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01182-4
Francisco Molins, Nour Ben-Hassen Jemni, Dolores Garrote-Petisco, Miguel Ángel Serrano
{"title":"Highly logical and non-emotional decisions in both risky and social contexts: understanding decision making in autism spectrum disorder through computational modeling.","authors":"Francisco Molins, Nour Ben-Hassen Jemni, Dolores Garrote-Petisco, Miguel Ángel Serrano","doi":"10.1007/s10339-024-01182-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10339-024-01182-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In risky contexts, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) individuals exhibit more logical consistency and non-emotional decisions than do typical adults (TAs). This way of deciding could be also prevailing in social contexts, leading to maladaptive decisions. This evidence is scarce and inconsistent, and further research is needed. Recent developments in computational modeling allow analysis of decisional subcomponents that could provide valuable information to understand the decision-making and help address inconsistencies. Twenty-seven individuals with ASD and 25 TAs were submitted to a framing-task and the ultimatum game (UG). The Rescorla-Wagner computational model was used to analyze UG decisions. Results showed that in the UG, the ASD group exhibited a higher utilitarianism, characterized by lower aversion to unfairness and higher acceptance of offers. Moreover, this way of deciding was predicted by the higher economic rationality found in the framing task, where people with ASD did not manifest emotional biases such as framing effect. These results could suggest an atypical decision making, highly logical and non-emotional, as a robust feature of ASD.</p>","PeriodicalId":47638,"journal":{"name":"Cognitive Processing","volume":" ","pages":"503-512"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11269346/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140289238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}