This randomized clinical trial replicated the efficacy of the ePREP preventive intervention for mental health and relationship relevant outcomes in a sample of 77 college students. It extended previous research by demonstrating efficacy at a 10-month follow up. Participants in the ePREP condition experienced improved mental health and relationship relevant outcomes relative to those who receive...

The current study investigated behavioral and neural effects of motor, mental, and combined motor and mental training on a finger tapping task. The motor or mental training groups trained on a finger-sequence for a total of 72 min over 6 weeks. The motor and mental training group received 72 min motor training and in addition 72 min mental training. Results showed that all groups increased thei...

Although there are several studies on the effects of mental fatigue on task performance, still much is unknown about the cognitive processes that underlie performance deficits under fatigue. In the current study we test the idea that behavioral manifestations of mental fatigue may be linked to compromised executive control. Executive control refers to the ability to regulate perceptual and moto...

Computational Conceptual Change: An Explanation-Based Approach Scott Friedman The process of conceptual change – whereby new knowledge is adopted in the presence of prior, conflicting knowledge – is pervasive in human cognitive development, and contributes to our cognitive flexibility. At present, Artificial Intelligence systems lack the flexibility of human conceptual change. This is due in pa...

This study examined the effects of work schedule flexibility and the spillover of work stress to family life on the health of parents of adult children with serious mental illness (SMI). We compared 100 parents of adult children with SMI to 500 parents with nondisabled adult children using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The detrimental impact on health of a lack of work flexibility...

This study investigated the link between meditation, self-reported mindfulness and cognitive flexibility as well as other attentional functions. It compared a group of meditators experienced in mindfulness meditation with a meditation-naïve control group on measures of Stroop interference and the "d2-concentration and endurance test". Overall the results suggest that attentional performance and...