Not exact matches
Because the SAC only takes approximately 5 to 7 minutes to administer and was designed for use by clinicians with no neurocognitive testing experience, it is considered a «practical sideline assessment tool» (2) which can «detect changes across multiple domains of
cognitive functioning that are susceptible to the
acute effects of concussion.»
The assistant professor of physical therapy and physician assistant studies teamed up with colleagues at the University of Georgia to examine the «
acute effects of brewed cocoa consumption on attention, motivation to perform
cognitive work and feelings of anxiety, energy and fatigue.»
It has to be noted though, that the
effects depended on the length and mental load of the used
cognitive tests to measure the
effect of
acute cocoa consumption.
Although randomized controlled trials investigating the
acute effect of cocoa flavanols are sparse, most of them point towards a beneficial
effect on
cognitive performance.
In their recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Italian researchers examined the available literature for the
effects of
acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different
cognitive domains.
Co-author Julia C. Basso, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow, Center for Neural Science at New York University, commented, «The studies presented in this review clearly demonstrate that
acute exercise has profound
effects on brain chemistry and physiology, which has important implications for
cognitive enhancements in healthy populations and symptom remediation in clinical populations.»
The disease, which in its most typical form is characterized by irregular remissions and
acute attacks can create a state of increased anxiety in patients, and, according to scientists, can have negative
cognitive / emotional
effects as well, even influencing moral cognition in patients, as was observed in the recent study.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation / transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can induce
acute and short - duration beneficial
effects on
cognitive function, but the therapeutic clinical significance in AD is unclear.
In the present studies, we assessed the
effects of
acute and subchronic PCP in a range of assays relevant to the
cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia and the negative symptoms of schizophrenia in rats.
«The studies presented in this review clearly demonstrate that
acute exercise has profound
effects on brain chemistry and physiology, which has important implications for
cognitive enhancements in healthy populations and symptom remediation in clinical populations,» noted co-author Julia C. Basso in a press release.
In humans, a crossover study looked to examine the
effects of
acute elevation of the ketone body, BHB, on the
cognitive function of 20 AD patients (2).
Persistent
effects of
cognitive - behavioral stress management on cortisol responses to
acute stress in healthy subjects — A randomized controlled trial
Randomized controlled evaluation of the
effects of
cognitive — behavioral stress management on cortisol responses to
acute stress in healthy subjects
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the
effects of both
acute and maintenance
cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) for depressed adolescents.