Sentences with phrase «cognitive scientists find»

Spurred on by the controversy over recovered memory, other cognitive scientists found that false memory is a normal phenomenon.

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Princeton scientists found that height predicted success even among three - year - olds taking tests of cognitive ability.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig found out that the new fitness technology called Jymmin makes us less sensitive to pain.

Scientists in Brazil have imaged elderly female yoga practitioners» brains and found they have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, in brain areas associated with cognitive functions like attention and memory.

Scientists are starting to learn what is going on in the human brain during these complex cognitive feats, and some of the findings are coming from unexpected sources.

Cognitive scientists have found more evidence that aging brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task, pointing to a potentially new direction for age - related cognitive care and expCognitive scientists have found more evidence that aging brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task, pointing to a potentially new direction for age - related cognitive care and expcognitive care and exploration.

The academic community quaked last August when Harvard confirmed that it had found Marc Hauser, a cognitive scientist at the university, «solely responsible» for eight cases of scientific misconduct.

Kessler Foundation scientists correlated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings with the negative impact of outdoor temperature on cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser is on year - long leave following a university investigation that found evidence of misconduct in his lab, The Boston Globe reports today.

Cognitive scientists have found that «learning only happens when you have this intense engagement,» he adds.

The Boston Globe reports today that Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser, who is on leave after a university investigation found evidence of research misconduct in his lab, will not be allowed to teach at the university next year.

The Reconsolidated Life While neuroscientists were skeptical of Nader's findings, cognitive scientists were immediately fascinated that memory might be constantly revamped.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioral, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said William D. Hopkins, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University.

We found a strong consistency in how people move their facial muscles to express 21 categories of emotions,» said Aleix Martinez, a cognitive scientist and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State.

In a study published today in the Journal of Comparative Psychology, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the Department for General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Institute of Psychology) at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, investigated this question and found evidence that dogs create a «mental representation» of the target when they track a scent trail.

Meanwhile cognitive scientist Gadi Geiger of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that people with dyslexia could attend to multiple auditory inputs at once.

«The idea is that this is the mechanism that allows you to find things when you know what they are but you don't know where they are,» says John Serences, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Irvine, and co-author of one of the new reports.

Because of poor correlation between self - reports of cognitive fatigue and tests of cognitive performance, scientists are looking at more objective measures, such as correlations with neuroimaging findings.

Daniel Ansari, a cognitive scientist at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, says that while the new findings appear to disagree, both studies suggest «that the left parietal lobe is more finely tuned to the symbolic representation of numerical magnitude.»

And scientists are already beginning to expand on the findings published in JAMA Neurology by testing an edible oil that smaller studies indicate can improve cognitive abilities in patients.

Scientists at Kessler Foundation are presenting findings of recent cognitive research studies in multiple sclerosis at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA, May 30 - June2, 2012.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioural, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said Dr. William D. Hopkins, professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University.

Kessler Foundation scientists found that the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) predicted performance of activities of daily living using Actual Reality ™ (AR).

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that higher Body Mass Index (BMI), if it begins in adolescence, can affect cognitive function in midlife.

NeuWrite San Diego, founded in 2013, is a collaborative group of scientists from the UCSD Neurosciences, Psychology, and Cognitive Science departments.

LA JOLLA — Salk scientists have found further evidence that a natural compound in strawberries reduces cognitive deficits and inflammation associated with aging in mice.

The scientists found that haloperidol patients had mildly diminished scores on cognitive tasks and a slightly increased rate of tardive dyskinesia, along with the slightly increased rates of akathisia.

This finding may help scientists better understand the causes of age - related memory loss, and why some adults aren't as prone to cognitive decline.

Scientists and researchers are constantly finding new information, and more discoveries are being made all the time with respect to preventing and treating cognitive decline and dementia.

And in a September study in the journal PLoS One, University of Oxford scientists found vitamin B12 supplements slowed the rate of brain shrinkage in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.

At least half the cast might be scientists but it's Tolan who finds them a usable vehicle for their ghostbusting and Tolan who figures out, or remembers from the first Avengers film, that possession requires «cognitive recalibration» to correct.

For the moment, though, these findings serve as a reminder that there is no such thing as a dumb question, because as cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham notes in his book Why Don't Students Like School?

While a state of agitation and distraction impairs students» cognitive learning and memory processes, scientists have found the opposite to also be true; calm, stress - free classroom environments improve cognitive function and allow students greater ability for rational thoughts, creativity, and self - control (McCraty, 2005).

Cognitive scientist David Rubin conducted an experiment with college students and found that they remembered rhyming words in a ballad more than non-rhyming words.

The American philosopher and cognitive scientist Dan Dennett once offered the following advice to those seeking to experience happiness: «Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.»