Sentences with phrase «while cognitive tests»

While cognitive tests have a slightly closer correlation with job success, personality tests are useful both as a basis for interview questions and for subsequent development.

While the cognitive testing results could not be relied on (because of the failed effort tests), all other information consistently indicated that since the index event she had difficulty in maintaining goals and this was consistent with executive problems, also impacting on her social and interpersonal functioning.

While the cognitive test questions vary from one supervisory assessment to another, generally these topics will be covered:

Not exact matches

Then, half of the participants were given a handful of standard cognitive tests to keep them busy for ten minutes, while the other half were instructed to relax in a darkened room and do nothing.

Available from Kiko Labs, the Thinking Time app helps children to test their memory capacity while improving their cognitive skills at the same time.

In 1989, researchers tested the cognitive and motor development of 400 1 - year - olds and then compared their results to the amount of alcohol the babies» mothers had consumed while breast - feeding.

Unusual activity in the frontal lobe, observed in former National Football League (NFL) players as they carried out a cognitive test, matched records for heavy blows they had received to the head while on the field.

Gazzaley is testing a meditation - inspired activity that may help people train themselves to minimize internal distractions, while Bavelier is interested in another type of cognitive control that likely plays into supertasking: emotional regulation, or the ability to minimize interference from anxiety and other strong, distracting emotions.

While he still appreciates Canada's work, Tough feels the research indicates that ongoing success requires much more than the cognitive skills that students demonstrate on tests.

The cognitive impairments and short - term memory problems suffered by the likes of ex-Carlton midfielder Greg «Diesel» Williams and Test - level forward Ian Roberts are well - documented — both have featured prominently on national television — while, more worryingly, Pearce found that their amateur counterparts are liable to exactly the same symptoms minus the corresponding level of medical care and financial security.

Jackson said that while he «had no intention» of giving Trump a cognitive exam, the president specifically asked him to do one — and he performed «exceedingly well» on the test.

Volunteers sniffed the men's sweat samples while taking a test that measures cognitive performance.

In a typical test procedure for evaluating working memory, cognitive aging researcher Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia asked people to perform arithmetic computations while also trying to remember the last digit in each problem.

While the treatment did have some favorable effects, in the main measure of outcome — measured with a cognitive test called the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - cognitive subscale — the researchers did not observe any statistically significant benefit compared with placebo.

While heavy drinkers showed less impairment than light drinkers on a rote fine motor test over time, they did not perform better on a test involving more short - term memory, motor speed, and more complex cognitive processing.

Postdoctoral scholar Farran Briggs worked with Mangun and Professor Martin Usrey at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience to measure signaling through single nerve connections, or synapses, in monkeys while they performed a standard cognitive test for attention: pressing a joystick in response to seeing a stimulus appear in their field of view.

A biomarker that could accurately identify those at greatest risk for cognitive decline could help clinicians better evaluate and treat patients, while also accelerating the testing of drugs to treat the disease.

Researchers compared the lure of drugs, specifically cocaine, in three sets of mice: The test or «trained» mice were put through a nine - day cognitive training program based on exploration, incentives and rewards while their «yoked - to - trained» counterparts received rewards but no challenges.

While cognitive and motivational deficits were previously thought to be distinct domains of the illness, a better understanding of how the lack of motivation influences cognitive performance might mean it is the lack of motivation, not cognition on its own, that is causing people to perform poorly on tests.

To test for a mismatch between participants» ability to imagine performing a task and their ability to physically express themselves — what is called cognitive motor dissociation — participants were asked to imagine squeezing and releasing their right hand while in the fMRI scanner and while EEG readings were being taken.

PET scans demonstrated an increase in the brain's use of glucose, an indication of increased brain activity, while mental - status tests showed a slowing of the patients» rate of cognitive decline was reduced by 36 to 51 percent.

A second study conducted in Thailand found that the digit span test was effective in identifying mild cognitive impairment, while the verbal fluency test did not demonstrate that ability.

The participants went through a series of biological, physiological and cognitive tests prior to the program began so as to establish their body composition, cognitive functions, brain oxygenation while exercising, cardiovascular risk and maximal aerobic ability.

A study done in 2004 took MCTs from coconut oil and put them into a drink that was given to Alzheimer's patients while a control group took a placebo.5 They observed significant increases in levels of the ketone body beta - hydroxybutyrate (beta - OHB) 90 minutes after treatment when cognitive tests were administered.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

While these schools succeed in generating test - score gains for students of all cognitive abilities, it is still the case that students with strong fluid cognitive skills learn more.

Creative programmes can offer a counter balance to testing and while their impact on academic performance is more difficult to measure their value in terms of cognitive development and emotional literacy is tangible.

Recently, mounting evidence has suggested that measures of individual cognitive skills that incorporate dimensions of test - score performance provide much better indicators of economic outcomes — while also aligning the research with the policy deliberations.

While it's certainly true that test scores can tell us something important about a teacher, what is troubling for the test - score types is that it looks like (1) non-cognitive scores are better predictors of later life success (completing high school, taking the SAT, and going to college) and (2) that it is not the same set of teachers that is good at raising both cognitive and non-cognitive measures.

While I maintain there is value in tests that align to college and career ready standards, those tests can only be designed to test a particular set of cognitive skills.

For too long, standardized testing has been the predominant form of assessing student learning, while ignoring the deleterious effects of narrowing the curriculum, promoting teaching to the test, and emphasizing lower order cognitive skills.

While intense political pressure has prompted several states to move away from shared tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards, a set of aligned assessments for students with severe cognitive disabilities has managed to maintain support.

Although the results of the cognitive testing were not conclusive, there was abundant behavioural evidence that, while even before the index event she was disorganised and struggled with completing a training course, since the brain injury she was less socially aware (eg often making socially inappropriate comments), and she was considerably more anxious, vulnerable and dependant than she had been before the SAH.

• Assist the teacher in classroom activities while catering for emotional, psychological, social and cognitive needs of physically or mentally disabled students • Provide one to one tutoring and reinforce daily lessons in small groups • Identify weak areas of students and develop individualized lesson plans accordingly • Supervise the children during play and lunchtime • Inculcate strong moral and social values among the students to make them responsible citizens • Facilitate the teacher in conducting various classroom activities • Maintain all teaching aids in an organized manner • Devise need - based AV aids to facilitate teaching process • Assess multiple instructional strategies for effectiveness and change the teaching methodology as per requirement • Carefully record and gauge each student's progress and discuss the same regularly with teachers and parents • Encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and boost their confidence in all possible ways • Communicate home assignments clearly, mark homework and test papers • Assist students in completing classroom assignments • Maintain daily attendance and early departure records • Discuss individual cases of individual needs and interests with teachers and parents of the student • Develop and implement targeted instructional strategies to cater for particular needs of each student • Observe students» behavior at playtime and chalk out a behavioral intervention plan to address any inappropriate, violent or disruptive behavior • Operate adaptive technological equipment single - handedly • Maintain complete confidentiality of student data • Aid physical, speech and rehabilitative therapists in their sessions and encourage the student to cooperate with them