Sentences with phrase «against cognitive thinking»

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We start to think more clearly, feel better about ourselves, and even build buffers against age - related cognitive decline.

He or she takes the Watson - Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, a popular and well - validated cognitive - ability test, and the Devine Inventory, which measures the applicant's traits and tendencies against those of existing Capital H consultants.

He writes: «My criticism, then, is principally directed against the attempt to explain the historical identity of Christianity by means of speculative thought (idealism), without regard to the constitutive function of Christian praxis, the cognitive equivalent of which is narrative and memory.

But in the book I do argue against the intense national focus on standardized tests, which measure a fairly narrow range of cognitive skills and turn out to be not very effective predictors of the educational goals that I think we should care about, especially college - graduation rates.

«Cognitive reserve is thought to be a protective factor against memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.

The thought is that vitex protects against «menopause - related cognitive decline» with fewer side effects (read: cancer risk) than other forms of estrogen replacement.