This is the first attempt of empirical investigation of language mediated concept activation (LMCA) in bilingual memory as a cognitive mechanism facilitating divergent thinking. Russian-English bilingual and Russian monolingual college students were tested on a battery of tests including among others Abbreviated Torrance Tests for Adults assessing divergent thinking traits and translingual prim...

Cognitive flexibility is a central component of executive functions that allow us to behave meaningful in an ever changing environment. Here, we support a distinction between two different types of cognitive flexibility, shifting flexibility and spreading flexibility, based on independent underlying mechanisms commonly subsumed under the ability to shift cognitive sets. We use a homonym related...

Neuroscience has made remarkable progress in understanding the architecture of human intelligence, identifying a distributed network of brain structures that support goal-directed, intelligent behavior. However, the neural foundations of cognitive flexibility and adaptive aspects of intellectual function remain to be well characterized. Here, we report a human lesion study (n=149) that investig...

In this study, it was aimed to reveal the predictive power of demographic characteristics, cognitive flexibility and social appearance anxiety individuals in emerging adulthood on preoccupation with thought eating loss control over eating, which are sub-dimensions food craving. The design research structured according relational screening model. study group consists 551 participants, 395 (71.7%...

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between preschool teachers' cognitive flexibility levels, mindfulness self-efficacy perceptions, and determine whether teachers predict teachers. study, which a correlational survey, consists 230 working in spring term 2020-2021 academic year. Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Conscious Awareness Scale, Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy Belie...

The negative relationship between fear of COVID-19 and well-being has been revealed over the last years. However, potential variables that affect this need to be studied. This study examines sequential mediating role cognitive flexibility psychological resilience in subjective well-being. Six hundred eight participants (339 females 269 males, aged 18-79 years) completed Fear Scale, Brief Resili...

anxiety disorders, especially panic disorder, are the prevalent psychiatric disorders. given the high prevalence of this disorder (1.5 to 5 percent of the population), significant impact on quality of life and dysfunctional cognitions during panic attacks and cognitive functions, the present study examined the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy on improvement of cognitive functions patien...