Sentences with phrase «better executive functioning»

Both long - term and short - term meditation are linked to reduced fatigue, improved working memory, boosted attention, and better executive functioning.

The brain - boosting benefits of growth hormone therapy included better executive function and verbal memory.10 This is strong evidence suggesting that IGF - 1 both enhances performance and prevent atrophy of skeletal muscle and the brain.

«Kids and adults who have really good executive function skills might stick longer with music or might be more drawn toward music,» explains Gaab.

Studies consistently suggest that exposure to trauma or chronic early life stress may impair the development of executive function skills.6, 7,9,10,11 These skills appear to provide the foundation for school readiness through cognition and behaviour.3, 12 Children with better executive function skills may be more teachable.3 Indeed, in a high - risk sample, children with better executive function skills at the beginning of kindergarten showed greater gains in literacy and numeracy than children with poorer initial skills.12 Considering there is evidence that

Studies consistently suggest that exposure to trauma or chronic early life stress may impair the development of executive function skills.6, 7,9,10,11 These skills appear to provide the foundation for school readiness through cognition and behaviour.3, 12 Children with better executive function skills may be more teachable.3 Indeed, in a high - risk sample, children with better executive function skills at the beginning of kindergarten showed greater gains in literacy and numeracy than children with poorer initial skills.12 Considering there is evidence that the achievement gap persists and may even widen across the school years, 16,17 it is critical that high - risk children begin school with as successful of a start as possible.

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Steve has specialized in providing executive leadership and best practices in the finance function including accounting, treasury, finance, M&A, planning and procurement.

Internal control at Municipality Finance comprises financial administration that handles financial reporting, a risk management function which reports on the company's risk position and any changes to it and is independent of the business of the company, and internal audit performed by business units which produce reports that are processed by supervisors, the President and CEO assisted by the Executive Management Team, as well as the company's Board of Directors.

Public Power Corporation chief executive Manolis Panagiotakis referred on Thursday to the prospect of a considerable reduction in the utility's operating costs as well as extensive changes in its organization and function after the completion of its new business plan currently being drafted by consultant McKinsey & Company.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

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A veteran finance executive with nearly 30 years» experience, Harris will oversee all financial functions of the company, as well as the supply chain, human resource, risk management and legal teams.

Bilinguals have better cognitive and verbal skills, as well as higher executive function.

The results of a recent randomized trial of CSRP showed that children who spent their prekindergarten year in a CSRP Head Start classroom had, at the end of the school year, substantially higher attention skills, greater impulse control, and better performance on executive - function tasks than did children in a control group.

Research With the premise that science isn't perfect, but it's the best guide we've got, Zero to Five draws on scientific research and studies from experts such as Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition and brain development), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), and more.

-LCB- How new research on executive function in kids made me feel better about being a soccer mom dropout -RCB- My oldest son is 8 and is one of t...

Conclusive, evidence - based research shows that better sleep means improved performance, higher executive functioning, fewer car accidents and improved overall health in kids.

These include parent education to help parents better understand and engage with their child, behavior modification to improve behavior and achievement motivation, relaxation training and biofeedback to improve impulsivity and emotional control, simple cognitive exercises to improve executive functioning, social skills training to improve relationships with adults and peers and cognitive behavioral therapy to improve problem solving skills and build self - esteem.

The promotion of good governance requires a parliament that can effectively perform the three cardinal functions of representation, oversight regarding the executive and law making.

To call to order and adjourn regular monthly meetings; in consultation with the Executive Committee, to create new committees, working groups, and task forces of the Board including Standing Committees and to disband such committees as may exist; to appoint, suspend or remove Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Board and to establish and appoint, suspend or remove the Chairs of such special committees as may from time to time be deemed necessary for the best performance of the Board's function

A letter from Smith and the shadow welfare secretary, Debbie Abraham, to the Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, warns: «This measure is being introduced in the absence of a functioning executive in Northern Ireland... To impose such changes from Westminster, especially through the back door of a statutory instrument without scrutiny even by committee, is completely at odds with principles of the devolution settlement as agreed under the Good Friday agreement and subsequent agreements, including Fresh Start.»

«The Legislature did its best to give County Executive Bellone a balanced budget and a functioning county government when he took office but we recognize that there are great problems with the existing budget,» said William Lindsay, the Legislature's presiding officer.

Speaking further, the state chief executive emphasized that good governance in a federal arrangement is a function of equity and justice among diverse ethnic groups, saying the present arrangement is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

«The leaders of the House of Representatives will do well to focus on their primary constitutional duty of making laws for the peace, order and good government, and performing oversight role on spending of public funds rather than engaging in inherently execution functions of designing and executing projects This will enhance the operation of the sacred principle of separations of powers and the ability of the House to properly hold the executive to account for spending of public funds.»

Lent describes the «executive function» of the prefrontal cortex well.

After surgery, the obese women also performed better on a test measuring executive function — the brain's ability to connect past experience and present action — than they did before the procedures.

Following both the yoga and meditation activities, participants performed significantly better on executive function tasks compared to the reading task.

Sleep deficits reduce brain function, further disturbing areas in which even well - rested adolescents struggle: executive function, self - control and judgment.

This is suggested by the association between the composite score of autonomy support and child executive function, as well as by the fact that the clearest group differences emerged between children experiencing consistently high versus consistently low degrees of autonomy support over time.

A bigger burst of cortisol in the morning (the CAR) has been linked with better brain plasticity (the capacity to learn) and function — especially better goal - setting, decision - making and planning (what we call the executive function).

Wang: The prefrontal cortex is often thought of as being responsible for carrying out executive functions: performing the considerations that come before action, planning for the future, acting on those plans, perhaps exerting will to make a good impression on someone in a job interview or in some other kind of controlled situation.

Similarly, the team found that children with lower executive function were not at a disadvantage in Montessori schools, and performed as well as those with higher executive function.

«We know that older women who are socially engaged have better cognitive function and a lower risk of developing dementia later, but too much of a good thing just might be bad,» said NAMS Executive Director Margery Gass, MD..

As well, the study finds that a child's nurturing environment is more strongly correlated than biological factors to brain development and general intellectual ability, declarative memory, procedural memory, executive function, academic achievement, fine motor dexterity, and socio - emotional health.

Other hormone levels were unrelated to verbal memory, executive function or overall cognition, or to mood, the researchers found, with one exception: Higher progesterone levels in younger postmenopausal women were positively associated with better memory and global cognition.

«What we found was that training higher - order cognitive skills can have a positive impact on untrained key executive functions as well as lower - level, but also important, processes such as straightforward memory, which is used to remember details.

All of those regions are important for the executive function as well as for learning, motor and visual processes.

The emergence of a new field in oncology addressing cognitive deficits in cancer patients is justified by the existence of deficits in memory, concentration and attention, as well as executive functions before, during and after treatments, symptoms often referring to the «chemofog» or «cancerfog».

Executive function requires good working memory to hold several pieces of information in the brain at once.

His lab has also shown that under the influence of exercise, other regions of the brain grew as well, including the prefrontal cortex, which plays an important role in a group of processing and decision - making skills called executive function.

The behavioral and neuronal bases of executive function have been well studied in neuropsychological patients (12 ⇓ — 14) and with functional neuroimaging (9, 12, 15 ⇓ — 17), which confirm that executive function is supported by a network of brain regions, primarily involving the frontal lobes and the posterior parietal cortex (9, 12, 15 ⇓ — 17).

This leads to better cognitive processing and improved executive function.

Some findings are that regular practice may weaken the limbic systems's reactivity via lower firing rate and neuronal power, strengthen the frontal and prefrontal executive / emotional functions via better intention, attention, awareness, and concentration, and possibly improve right - left brain integration.

From the young to the well - aged, the athlete to the executive, to the injured and ill, everyone benefits from this gentle manual therapy designed to balance the body and help it function at its highest potential.

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Therapeutic groups designed to build your child's motor skills, sensory processing, social skills, executive functioning, and general well - being through nature play.

Hernandez, who leads next generation learning investments at the Charter School Growth Fund, predicts that the best new apps will push the boundaries of early childhood development and learning science in at least four areas: executive function, creativity, number sense, and phonemic awareness.

But an appeal to my child's budding science identity won't solve these daily battles, because various social - emotional issues around agency, autonomy, and executive function come strongly into play as well.

Metacognition activates the neural networks of executive function each time students consider what they did that worked well and what they would do differently.

As part of her research, Fitzpatrick is examining how executive functioning — one's ability to organize, stay organized, and manage stress, as well as one's attitude — affects the writing process, and opens up how we think about the steps of prewriting, organizing, drafting, and revising.

Overall, the musical participants performed better on several, although not all, of the executive function tests.