Schlagwort: Cognition

  • Cognitive functioning and socioeconomic factors Findings from the German National Cohort (NAKO)

    Cognitive functioning and socioeconomic factors Findings from the German National Cohort (NAKO)

    To remain mentally fit for as long as possible in old age, it is important to understand which risk factors could impact cognitive functioning already early in life. Scientists led by the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Greifswald and the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health (ISAP) at Leipzig University…

  • Perception of faces in an emotional context

    Perception of faces in an emotional context

    For us humans, voices and faces are important sources of social and emotional information. Their perception is also influenced by situational factors and the content associated with them. Psychologists Dr Annika Ziereis and Prof Dr Anne Schacht from the University of Göttingen have investigated how learned emotional context stimuli influence the perception of faces at…

  • Learning without guidance

    Learning without guidance

    Self-reinforcing learning can help us to understand new things, but also to reinforce false beliefs. Neuroscientist Franziska Bröker is investigating whether people can continue to learn something on their own, i.e. develop learning independently without feedback. Tübingen, October 18. 2024 Imagine a child seeing sheep and goats on a farm for the first time. A…