International Journal of

Cognition and BehaviourISSN: 2690-3172

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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2690-3172/1710016

The Effects of Cognitive Enhancement Drug (Coluracetam) on Visual Perception, Abstract Reasoning, Pattern Recognition, Spatial Orientation, and Analytical Thinking: A Case Study

Maureen Lorence Villarino and Resti Tito Villarino

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: March 17, 2023

New medications to treat cognitive disorders may improve cognition in healthy individuals. However, limited studies were conducted on its efficacy among individuals without cognitive deficiencies. Thus, this case study aimed to explore the effects of using a cognitive enhancement drug (Coluracetam) on visual perception, abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, spatial orientation, and analytical thinking in a healthy adult male for three months....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2690-3172/1710014

Language Processing in Arabic Diglossia: Evidence for Memory-Based Automaticity

Rabab Hashem

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: April 14, 2022

Diglossia in Arabic refers to the existence of two distinct varieties: Spoken Arabic (SA), which is used orally in daily communication, and literary Arabic (LA), used in reading, writing, and for formal functions. Similarly, bilinguals often use different languages (L1, L2) for different purposes, so the question presents itself: Is Arabic diglossia a type of bilingualism? Because behavioral and fMRI studies provide contradictory answers, the current paper develops a cognitive account grounded i...

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