Landmark Distance Impacts the Overshadowing Effect in Spatial Learning Using a Virtual Water Maze Task with Healthy Adults

Cue competition is a key element of many associative theories of learning.Overshadowing, an important aspect of cue competition, is a phenomenon in which learning about a cue is reduced when it is accompanied by a second cue.Overshadowing has been observed across many domains, but there has been limited investigation of overshadowing in human spati

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No change in electrocortical measures of performance monitoring in high trait anxious individuals following multi-session attention bias modification training

Heightened attentional bias to threat and enhanced performance monitoring have been linked to higher levels of anxiety.Attentional bias modification (ABM) was developed to reduce attentional Frame Light Box bias to threat and thus reduce anxiety.Previous studies have shown that ABM can change the activity in brain regions that are involved in cogni

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Is Early Conversion to mTOR Inhibitors Represent a Suitable Choice in Renal Transplant Recipients? A Systemic Review of Medium-term Outcomes

Background: Immunosuppressive therapies are important parts of renal transplantation.Objective: To assess the present literature on the effectiveness of early introduction of mTOR inhibitors with or without calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) in Porch Swings renal transplant recipients in terms of renal functioning and graft survival.Methods: The current

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