Psychological function

Caffeine Effects on Psychological Functioning and Performance Barry D. Smith and Kenneth Tola... 

The increasing scientific attention devoted to caffeine in recent years9 reflects not only its popularity and widespread use, but also concern that it may have detrimental physiological effects and interest in its impact on psychological functioning and behavior. Health concerns have focused primarily on cardiovascular function.4-10 Early studies suggested that caffeine consumption may increase the risk of some cardiovascular problems.11-12 However, more recent studies provide little support for this concern, with the possible exception of blood pressure.13 Lipid profiles appear to be unaffected by habitual caffeine consumption.1417 Moreover,... 

Individual differences in arousal or arousability (susceptibility) interact with strength of exposure to affect mental performance, psychological functioning, and physiology. 

The individual s average habitual exposure to caffeine moderates the effect of acute exposure on both physiological and psychological functioning. 

Environmental lead and children s National Institute of Child psychologic function Health and Human... 

This biogenic amine transmitter contributes to the regulation of a variety of psychological functions which include mood, arousal, attention, impulsivity. 

Murry, V. M., Brown, R, Adama, B., Gene, H., Cutrona, C. E., Simons, R. L. (November, 2001). Racial discrimination as a moderator of the links among stress, maternal psychological functioning, and family relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 915—926. 

Although limited by dose-response information, impairment of both neurophysiological and psychological functions (including slowing of reaction time, balance dysfunction, reductions in cognitive function, and deficits of recall) has been associated with chronic chlordane exposure. ... 

Gamberale E Annwall G, Hultengren M Exposure to white spirit II. Psychological functions. ScandJ Work Environ Health 1 31-39. 1975... 

MANDLER, George Consciousness Recovered. Psychological functions and origins of conscious thought, n.y.p. 

Advantages include less sedation (preferable in elderly), less effect on psychomotor and psychological function, minimal propensity to interact with ethanol and other CNS depressants... 

Penland, J.G. 1998. The importance of boron nutrition for brain and psychological function. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 66 299-317. 

Covi L, Hess JM, Kreiter NA Haertzen CA (1995). Effects of combined fluoxetine and counselling in the outpatient treatment of cocaine abusers. American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse, 21, 327-44 Craig RJ, Olson R Shalton G (1990). Improvement in psychological functioning among drug abusers inpatient treatment compared to outpatient methadone maintenance. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 1, 11-19... 

Gamberale, F., Annwall, G. Hultengren, M. (1975) Exposure to methylene chloride. II. Psychological functions. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health, 1, 95-103... 

Awareness is the ghost in the machine, the part of us that is not an obvious, persistent structure instead, it takes in information from all these other subsystems. It is a quality that inherently defies clear verbal definition because a verbal definition calls for the use of learned language structures, and awareness is more basic than any such structure. We seldom experience pure awareness rather, we experience awareness as it is focused on and mixed with various activities of structures, the learned categories of recognizing and thinking. Thus, in Figure 5-1 awareness is shown as a dotted box to indicate that its quality is quite different from the more concrete structures that correspond to other psychological functions. 

Dalziel SR, Lim VK, Lambert A, McCarthy D, Parag V, Rodgers A, Harding JE. Antenatal exposure to betamethasone psychological functioning and health related quality of life 31 years after inclusion in randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2005 331(7518) 665. 

The mind, from which consciousness arises, consists of myriad structures. A psychological structure refers to a relatively stable organization of component parts that perform one or more related psychological functions. 

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