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Are motivational benefits of adequately challenging schoolwork related to students' need for cognition, cognitive ability, or both? Ghent University KU Leuven
Children's advertising literacy: recognition and understanding of banners and the role of need for cognition and advertising literacy classes Ghent University University of Antwerp
The aim of this study is to examine the online advertising literacy of children (10-12 years). By means of a survey administered to a total of 224 children, we investigate to what extent children are able to recognize a banner ad on a website and understand its persuasive, informational and selling intent. The banners are manipulated on two characteristics: congruence and complexity. Furthermore, the role of need for cognition and advertising ...
Study protocol: improving cognition in people with progressive multiple sclerosis: a multi-arm, randomized, blinded, sham-controlled trial of cognitive rehabilitation and aerobic exercise (COGEx) Hasselt University
Background Cognitive dysfunction affects up to 70% of people with progressive MS (PMS). It can exert a deleterious effect on activities of daily living, employment and relationships. Preliminary evidence suggests that performance can improve with cognitive rehabilitation (CR) and aerobic exercise (EX), but existing data are predominantly from people with relapsing-remitting MS without cognitive impairment. There is therefore a need to ...
Improving clarity and transparency in cognitive assessment: conversion of the Cambridge Cognition Examination to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: A variety of screening, diagnostic and assessment tools have been developed for use in dementia research and care. However, there is no consensus which tool to use and moreover there is no transparency in communication between countries and disciplines. Objective: To contribute to a more uniform assessment in dementia, the Cambridge Cognition Examination (CAMCOG) was converted to the International Classification of Functioning, ...
What should the logic formalizing human cognition look like? Psychologism as applying logic in cognitive science University of Antwerp
Contemporary logicians have expanded upon the old notions of psychologism in logic and proposed new, weakened versions of it. Those weakened versions postulate that psychologistic logic does not have to inform about the ontology or metaphysics of reasoning. Instead, logic applied in cognitive science could serve as one of many paradigms for making empirical predictions about the observable process of human reasoning. The purpose of this article ...
Seeking, mastering, and enjoying cognitive effort: Scrutinizing the role of need for cognition in academic achievement KU Leuven
The construct of Need for Cognition reflects individual differences in the tendency to seek, engage in, and enjoy effortful cognitive activities. This study scrutinized the role of Need for Cognition in academic achievement in a large sample of Flemish adolescents (n = 3409; 49.6 % boys; Mage = 12.4 years). Using CFA and linear regressions models, findings revealed that Need for Cognition was uniquely associated with student's academic ...
Need for cognition moderates the relief of avoiding cognitive effort Ghent University
When making decisions, humans aim to maximize rewards while minimizing costs. The exertion of mental or physical effort has been proposed to be one those costs, translating into avoidance of behaviors carrying effort demands. This motivational framework also predicts that people should experience positive affect when anticipating demand that is subsequently avoided (i.e., a “relief effect”), but evidence for this prediction is scarce. Here, we ...
Baseline cognition is the best predictor of 4-year cognitive change in cognitively intact older adults KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: We examined in cognitively intact older adults the relative weight of cognitive, genetic, structural and amyloid brain imaging variables for predicting cognitive change over a 4-year time course. METHODS: One hundred-eighty community-recruited cognitively intact older adults (mean age 68 years, range 52-80 years, 81 women) belonging to the Flemish Prevent Alzheimer's Disease Cohort KU Leuven (F-PACK) longitudinal observational cohort ...