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Particulate matter exposure diminishes cognitive functioning

by lonelyasacloud on 2/6/25, 6:43 PM with 2 comments

• by hkwerf on 2/6/25, 9:23 PM

  > The primary metric of interest in this task is cognitive control, measured using ΔRT (the difference in response time between repeat sequences and change sequences).

  Can someone elaborate on the naming of that parameter? I would have guessed that a parameter named "cognitive control" yields better cognitive function for larger values. Is there a reason for that name?