Sentences with phrase «best cognitive test scores»

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Studies show that people who get enough sleep are happier, eat healthier, score better on cognitive tests and are healthier overall.

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

In the California Verbal Learning Test, on a scale of 0 to 80, with 80 reflecting the best memory, the healthy participants had an average score of 55.8, whereas those with mild cognitive impairment scored an average of 40.5.

In June, researchers reported that office workers scored higher on tests of cognitive function when the room was better ventilated, but many studies have found that background noise impairs cognitive performance.

Others, however, question whether a greater reliance on video games is in students» best interests, indicating there is little proof that skillful game play translates into better test scores or broader cognitive development.

The second, published in 2015, found that participants over 60 who practiced brain games and received diet and exercise counseling scored significantly better two years later on cognitive tests compared with those who received routine care.

It's subjective because others may not have observed any difficulty and you may score very well on cognitive tests designed to screen for dementia; however, you feel that there is a decline.

These findings show that there's potential for treating cognitive fatigue in MS with noninvasive interventions that provide a goal, such as winning money (as in the current study), for example, or achieving a good score on a test.»

«Composite» cognitive scores, combining the results from several different tests, are probably the best.

Four years later, the people with the highest level of four out of five of the B12 markers also had the best scores on their cognitive tests.

The exercise group performed better in cognitive tests, including better «delayed recall» and lower Clinical Dementia Rating scores.

When older people (50 + years) had higher intakes of chocolate and wine (both being a rich source of flavanols) they had better scores on cognitive tests and slower declines in performance.

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.

The study also theorized that a person who scored well on the cognitive tests may find more in common with a mate who also scored well.

Victims of a closed head injury who have focal memory damage do poorly on this test as well as those with further cognitive damage, so potentially scoring badly on this test could actually indicate brain injury rather than malingering.

As we discuss below, one recent study found that family stability trumps family structure as it pertains to early cognitive development even after controlling for economic and parental resources.26 It has been shown that children living in stable single - parent families (that is, families that were headed by a single parent throughout childhood) do better than those living in unstable two - parent families (that is, families that had two parents present initially but then experienced a change in family structure).27 Another study finds that children living in stable cohabiting homes (that is, families where two parents cohabit throughout the child's life) do just as well as children living with cohabiting parents who eventually marry.28 But other research challenges the conclusion that it is family stability that is crucial for child wellbeing One study, for instance, found that children who experience two or more family transitions do not have worse behavioral problems or cognitive test scores than children who experience only one or no family transitions.

Children raised in families that experience multiple transitions do not consistently have higher levels of behavioral problems or lower test scores than do children in family types with one or fewer transitions, even when only child characteristics are controlled... Finally, maternal psychological well - being is shown to be an important mechanism by which family structure affects behavioral outcomes, but not cognitive ones.»