Cuteness and the Power of Emotion.

Background: There is an agreement among individuals from different cultures in how they judge the cuteness of a face. There are observations suggesting that some preferences may be neurobiological rather than cultural. Most of the studies conducted use adult faces with a neutral expression; however, the mechanisms involved in rating cuteness are not exactly the same as those involved in the perception of attractiveness.

Letter and category Fluency Test in Spanish-Speaking Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Introduction: Verbal fluency test is a short psychometric test, which is sensitive to verbal ability and executive control impairment. We did not find studies that analyze verbal fluency in relation to the neurodevelopmental disorders in Spanish-speaking children with letters P-M. Our objective was to analyze the verbal fluency of Spanish-speaking children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

[Transient reading disorders associated with interictal epileptiform paroxysmal discharges in invasive videocorticography].

Introduction: Epilepsy in pediatric age are frequently associated with cognitive disorders. Different studies correlated the presence of transient cognitive disorders with the presence of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs).

Case Report: A 23-year-old woman with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy was evaluated with invasive videoEEG in the context of epilepsy surgery.

[Validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in the population of Buenos Aires, Argentina].

Introduction: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test is a brief tool for neuropsychological assessment.

Objective: to validate the MoCAin the population of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to allow for the use of the test for the detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).

Methods: The sample consisted of 269 adults over 60 years old and of schooling of more than 6 years (healthy adults n = 115 and MCIn = 154).

Cognitive profile and disorders affecting higher brain functions in paediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common neurocutaneous syndrome often associated with specific cognitive deficits that are rarely monitored during follow-up of these patients.

Objective: The purpose of our study is two-fold. First, we aimed to describe the cognitive profile of patients with NF1 and detect disorders in higher brain functions associated with the disease.