"Attention skills" refers to the ability to focus and pay attention to something specific. It means being able to concentrate and stay focused on a task or information without being easily distracted.
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Research shows that multitasking is associated with
poor attention skills, depression, anxiety, and a decrease in gray matter density in the brain.
With these appointments we work on polite leash walking and
attention skills while your pet gets the exercise that he or she needs.
Some of the skills your dog will leave this course with include sit, down, come, as well
as attention skills, loose leash walking, and much more.
«Both the reasoning training and the speed - of - reaction training would
improve attention skills, which are both important in driving,» he says.
He recommends a slate of activities for each — for example, compelling stories, theater arts and fine - motor tasks all
build attention skills, he says.
Results support the hypothesis that teaching joint
attention skills leads to improvement in a variety of related skills and have implications for the treatment of young children with autism.
Theory of mind and
joint attention skills can develop simultaneously and continue to mature with increasing complexity throughout childhood and into adulthood.
Build great team work, communication and
attention skills while having fun sending your dog up, over, around, and through a variety of obstacles.
There is some evidence to suggest that the jumping around from screen to screen, «multitasking,» negatively affects a boy's brain more, which tends to lag behind the girl's brain in organizational and
attention skills during the teen years.
Does neurofeedback training produce greater improvements in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared with
attention skills training?
This hypothesis was examined in a longitudinal study of attachment and joint
attention skill development in a sample of infants at risk for developmental — behavioral morbidity.
In three new, unpublished studies, Anderson and colleagues found that playing action video games is associated with better
visuospatial attention skills, but also with reduced proactive cognitive control.
Pupils with better
attention skills at age 13 had a total value - added GCSE score equivalent to more than one extra GCSE at grade A * (63.38 points higher).
Therapists have long been aware of mindfulness as a
powerful attention skill that can help us live with greater clarity and awareness - but mindfulness alone is not enough to completely change the way a brain works.
Morales, M., 2005, Individual differences in
infant attention skills, joint attention, and emotion regulation behavior, International Journal of Behavioral Development 29: 259 ~ 263
Surprisingly, the present study found no associations between ECE and receptive language implying that ECE did not facilitate receptive language and
attention skills contrary to previous research (Dickinson & McCAbe, 2001) were strong associations between ECE and receptive language have been found.
«This really offers a new way to understand and teach
joint attention skills,» said co-author Linda Smith, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
To determine whether infection with Candida affected any neurological responses, all participants in the new study took a 30 - minute assessment of cognitive tasks to measure immediate memory, delayed memory,
attention skills, use of language and visual - spatial skills.
Explanations for ennui are even more plentiful, ranging from Freud's theories of repressed emotions to individual differences in personality traits, the need for excitement, and
attention skills.
Poor receptive joint
attention skills are associated with atypical gray matter asymmetry in the posterior superior temporal gyrus of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
Researchers then measured the participants» cognitive abilities — mostly on their memory and
attention skills.
But whether or not you or your child has ADHD, there are ways to help nurture and improve his or her learning and
attention skills.
When the children in the program were evaluated a year and a half after the program ended, they maintained the behavior and
attention skills they gained during the program, Mendelsohn said.
Includes focus and
attention skills, kindness strategies and emotional regulation for youth and adults using the Growing Minds Curriculum.
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ECE significantly correlated positively with fine motor skills, problem solving skills and
attention skills.
Attention skills were not found to correlate significantly with any variable except for the ECE.
Joint attention: focused on teaching joint
attention skills (coordinated joint look, showing, giving to share, and pointing) and incorporated imitation and engineered play routines.
OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q Does teaching joint
attention skills or symbolic play improve developmental problems in autistic children?
Competencies were rated on a 7 - point scale from 1 = definite strength to 7 = definite problem and included these items: compliance;
attention skills; empathy; persistence / enjoyment of challenging activities; imitation / pretend play; prosocial peer interactions; and awareness of others» emotions.
In addition to this obstacle,
the attention skills of hearing and deaf peers may differ.
Additionally, Liz provides executive function tutoring for students who benefit from strategies that boost their organization, planning, memory, time management, flexible thinking, and
attention skills.