Journal of Neural Transmission

Research Hotspot & Journal Scope - Cognitive

Semantics is one of the core issues in the framework of cognitive linguistics, which posits that the meaning of a linguistic expression is concerned with the encyclopedic knowledge the expression exerts, meaning consists in conceptualization, and meaning is dynamic and uncertain rather than crystallized.

This allows capturing relations among the variables and, thus, finding whether (a) developmental cognitive changes follow cortical structure maturation, (b) cortical structure maturation follows cognitive changes, or (c) both processes influence each other over time.

This study draws on research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience on the cognitive underpinnings of self-transformation in order to reconstruct from the literary sources of Near Eastern monasticism the strategies and training methods that late antique monks employed in order to facilitate and sustain the transformation implicated in conversion.

Objectives: Problems in subjective executive function, the perceived cognitive control of mental processes for goal-directed behavior, may indicate cognitive impairment in older adulthood.

Purpose of ReviewThis review describes (a) key features of the metacognitive model as they relate to anxiety and related disorders, (b) central components of metacognitive therapy (MCT), (c) the current empirical status of MCT, (d) recent developments, (e) controversies and (f) future research directions.