While loss of insight of cognitive deficits, anosognosia, is a common symptom in Alzheimer's disease dementia, there is a lack of consensus regarding the presence of altered awareness of memory function in the preclinical and prodromal stages of the disease. Paradoxically, very early in the Alzheimer's disease process, individuals may experience heightened awareness of memory changes before any...

Introduction. The impact of self-awareness during sexual activity has been widely discussed. However, research has been largely focused on the effects of performance anxiety in male erectile functioning. It has been suggested that physical appearance concerns may have a similar influence on sexual function in women as does men’s self-awareness about erectile function. However, the role that phy...

BACKGROUND Medically unexplained somatic symptoms are common, associated with disability and strongly related to depression and anxiety disorders. One interesting, but to date rarely tested, hypothesis is that deficits in both theory of mind (ToM) and emotional awareness may undergird the phenomenon of somatization. This study sought to investigate whether or not differences in ToM functioning ...

In the past, researchers have focused mainly on the effects and consequences of self-awareness; however, they have neglected a more basic issue pertaining to the specific mechanisms that initiate and sustain self-perception. The author presents a model of self-awareness that proposes the existence of 3 sources of self-information. First, the social milieu includes early face-to-face interaction...

OBJECTIVE To identify the pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical significance of anosognosia for cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment. METHODS We stratified 468 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment into intact and impaired awareness groups, determined by the discrepancy between the patient and the informant score on the Everyday Cognition questionnaire. Voxel-based lin...

In the industrial field, user behavior has been mainly addressed in terms of rational thinking. High-level cognitive processes investigated by Cognitive Engineering are described as logical or rational. We already proposed a cognitive multi-agent model that provides a framework for the peer userartifact highlighting the roles, responsibilities and resources of each pertinent entity involved in ...

INTRODUCTION The impact of self-awareness during sexual activity has been widely discussed. However, research has been largely focused on the effects of performance anxiety in male erectile functioning. It has been suggested that physical appearance concerns may have a similar influence on sexual function in women as does men's self-awareness about erectile function. However, the role that phys...

objective: lack of exercise is the fourth cause of death in the world. there is an inverse relationship between physical activity and the risk of diabetes. the aim of this study was to determine physical activity status and its related factors among type 2 diabetic patients in hamadan, west of iran. materials and methods: this analytical-observational study was performed on320 type 2 diabetic p...