Sentences with phrase «finding cognitive benefits»

Finding cognitive benefits from even less - than - perfect adherence to the MIND diet is an encouraging development in our quest for body and brain health.

Not exact matches

Overall, the study found «no evidence that personal brain training benefited the participants in terms of improving cognitive performance, working memory, on attention, cognitive flexibility, or inhibitory control,» says Lerman.

Paap also said that some studies on bilingual people found no such cognitive benefit, for example, studies of people who speak both Basque and Spanish, or Welsh and English.

This finding, Bak said, inspired him to investigate the cognitive benefits of learning a second language during adulthood.

They concluded these findings «add to a growing body of evidence to suggest that breast milk feeding may have small long - term benefits for child cognitive development.»

Significant Evidence - Based Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2

The benefits continued years later; researchers ran cognitive tests in the older children and found «increased language performance, visual reception and motor control performance.»

These findings add to a growing body of evidence that has suggested breastfeeding may have multiple health and other benefits for children.12 28 The particular significance of the present findings is that they show the cognitive benefits that are associated with breastfeeding are unlikely to be short - lived and appear to persist until at least young adulthood.

Our study found no evidence of benefit for nervous system or cognitive function from 12 months of supplementation among older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.

Instead, quite a moderate amount of physical activity was found to be sufficient for memory - protecting benefits, and only the most inactive group of twins stood out with a significantly higher risk for cognitive impairment.

One troubling finding for the research team was that «very few studies» have examined the benefits of volunteering on cognitive functioning in older adults.

«The remote delivery of an at - home test and findings of cognitive benefit may also be generalizable to other neurological conditions in which cognitive function is compromised.»

The commission also found that nonpharmacologic interventions like group cognitive stimulation therapy and exercise conferred some benefit in cognition as well.

It's probably an empty promise, according to the largest study to date of brain - training software, which finds no evidence of general cognitive benefits.

Among recent findings are the benefits of cognitive reserve and aerobic exercise; correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures; efficacy of short - term cognitive rehabilitation using modified story technique; and the correlation between memory improvement and cerebral activation on fMRI.

Research findings include the benefits of cognitive reserve and aerobic exercise; correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures; efficacy of short - term cognitive rehabilitation using modified story technique; and the correlation between memory improvement and cerebral activation on fMRI.

In an editorial in the same issue, Edeltraut Kroger and Dr. Robert Laforce of Laval University in Quebec, Canada, said the finding suggests «that seafood can be consumed without substantial concern of mercury contamination diminishing its possible cognitive [mental] benefit in older adults.»

«We might be seeing the cognitive benefits of exercise in men» in the study findings, Rockwood says.

I stuck to substances that seemed to meet the actual definition of «nootropics,» offering benefits and cognitive protection without the negative side effects and I found several that seemed to be very effective.

«The idea is that this helps build cognitive reserve,» says Dr. Verghese, whose study also found benefits to playing board games like Monopoly.

Numerous studies have shown that industrial pollutants such as flame retardant chemicals and mercury found in fish (such as tuna) may impair a baby's cognitive development, and is associated with reduced cerebellum size in newborns; methylmercury contamination in fish generally outweighs DHA benefits on brain development measured as children IQ.

In a study published in American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, researchers found that, although all berries imparted health benefits, strawberries and blueberries were the most effective in reducing cognitive decline.

Besides, «unlike medication, which was found to have no significant effect on mild cognitive impairment, «the exercise program has numerous other benefits (of which we're all aware).

Another interesting molecule that safely magnifies caffeine's mood - enhancing and cognitive benefits is the amino acid theanine, which is found primarily in tea.

Evaluating data from the 40 - year follow - up to the High / Scope Perry Preschool Program Study, Belfield and his colleagues show how preschool participation by low income children relates to significant economic benefits both to the children by the time they are in their 40s and to society more generally (Belfield et al. 2006).1 Summarizing over 160 studies conducted from 1960 through 2000, Camilli et al. found that preschool had a range of shorter and longer term positive relationships to cognitive gains, progression through school, and social - emotional development (Camilli et al. 2010).

A new study conducted by Ed.D. candidate Samuel Mehr, working in the lab of FAS professor Elizabeth Spelke and funded by The Dana Foundation, finds no evidence for cognitive benefits of music education.

The evaluation also found that benefits to the teachers, in turn, positively impacted their students» cognitive, emotional, and social capacities.

And studies have found that language immersion confers other cognitive benefits as well, such as enhanced problem - solving abilities.

It wasn't just that the swipes themselves were inconsistently registered — more than a few times a left swipe to go back would be registered as a tap to go home — but that I just found the benefits of extra screen space don't nearly outweigh the additional cognitive load.

These programs include the Nurse Family Partnership, 16,17 Healthy Families America, 18,19 Healthy Start, 20,21 Early Head Start, 22,23 the Comprehensive Child Development Program, 24 — 26 and Early Start.27, 28 All of these programs have been evaluated by using randomized control designs but findings from these trials have been mixed, with some programs showing benefits and others failing to show benefits.29, 30 In a recent review, Howard and Brooks - Gunn30 found that home - visiting programs had reported benefits for a number of outcomes, including child abuse, child health care, quality of home environment, parenting, parental depression, and childhood cognitive skills.

They found a benefit for child attachment and cognitive development.

Fact: A 2012 study examining non-resident fathers» involvement, mothers» parenting and stress, and children's behavioural and cognitive development in low - income single - mother families found «indirect» benefits from fathers» payment of child support and good quality parenting because these influenced the mothers» parenting, which had a direct effect.

It is based on the hypothesis that inaccurate and unhelpful beliefs, ineffective coping behaviour, negative mood states, social problems, and pathophysiological processes all interact to perpetuate the illness.8 9 Treatment aims at helping patients to re-evaluate their understanding of the illness and to adopt more effective coping behaviours.7 8 9 An early uncontrolled evaluation of this type of treatment produced promising results in many patients but was unacceptable to some.10 Two subsequent controlled trials found cognitive behaviour therapy to offer no benefit over non-specific management.11 12 However, the form of cognitive behaviour therapy evaluated may have been inadequate.

A study of individual cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the benefits were reduced over time, suggesting the need for booster sessions to sustain the gains.19 As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patients.

The study found that compared with a control group, children who received home visits had higher birth weights; better home environments, including more positive parenting attitudes, by age 2; and cognitive benefits by age 6.

Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Reduces Serum Cortisol by Enhancing Benefit Finding Among Women Being Treated for Early Stage Breast Cancer.

Specifically, we found benefits of the intellectual environment, cognitive stimulation and parental aspiration and costs of coercive discipline.