Sentences with phrase «by cognitive scientist»

New research, led by cognitive scientist Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, could shed light onto the dubious effects of advertising on the human psyche.

This has been brilliantly and devastatingly explicated by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, as well as by organizations such as Common Core, education thinkers like E.D. Hirsch and Diane Ravitch, and veteran education watchers such as Jay Mathews.

But a new awareness of digital artistry is emerging, thanks to research by cognitive scientists that shows the extent to which aesthetically rich experiences enhance our mental faculties.

Today, the question has been taken up by cognitive scientists who want to link facial expressions to emotions in order to track the genes, chemicals, and neural pathways that govern emotion in the brain.

Positron - emission tomography images taken by cognitive scientists at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, for example, have shown that even when doing basic recognition or memorization exercises, seniors exploit the left and right brain more extensively than men and women who are decades younger.

That's because the Core Knowledge Sequence is built on the principle, firmly established by cognitive scientists, that we learn new knowledge by building on what we already know.

The core innovation they have introduced has been to add a quantitative dimension based on the latest research by cognitive scientists and the work of coding engineers who have helped them develop proprietary algorithms which can quantify meaningful metrics of expertise.

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(what they term the «bias blind spot») Only by acknowledging such cognitive biases, they argue, can both scientists and journalists entertain and reconcile the empirical evidence about SRC in its entirety.

Her new book Choke, which is based on her own studies as well as research by other cognitive scientists around the globe, explains why stress causes us to screw up.

It is important for physicians and scientists to understand the unique pathology of HS - AGING, and to be able to differentiate it from other diseases, as it is only by making an accurate diagnosis that clinicians can hope to treat people who present with signs of cognitive decline.

A new alternative to painkillers or heat therapy could be Jymmin, a mixture of working out on gym machines and free musical improvisation, jamming, developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig.

It's published by neuroscientist Vaughan Bell and cognitive scientists Tom Stafford.

Scientists have assumed these tunes are hardwired in their tiny mouse brains and doubted that rodents modify their songs after hearing others — a cognitive feat similar to vocalizations by birds and some mammals, including dolphins, bats and humans.

Cognitive scientist Matthew Schulkind knows «earworms» inside and out — especially those spawned by the Wiggles.

«For over 10 years, language scientists and neuroscientists have been guided by a high impact study published in Nature Neuroscience showing that these predictions by the brain are very detailed and can even include the first sound of an upcoming word,» explains Mante Nieuwland, cognitive neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) and the University of Edinburgh.

Previous research conducted by other scientists suggests that beetroot juice can improve oxygen flow to the aging brain and possibly improve cognitive performance.

A 2010 study by William Jarrold, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Davis, suggests that an automated system that analyzes speech patterns on phone calls can potentially pick up on cognitive impairment and clinical depression or determine if someone is in the very early stages of Alzheimer's.

Results of a new study by cognitive psychologist and speech scientist Alexandra Jesse and her linguistics undergraduate student Michael Bartoli at the University of Massachusetts Amherst should help to settle a long - standing disagreement among cognitive psychologists about the information we use to recognize people speaking to us.

Together with colleagues at IBM led by Scott Spangler, principal data scientist at IBM, the team initiated a research project to develop a knowledge integration tool that took advantage of existing text mining capabilities, such as those used by IBM's Watson technology (cognitive technology that processes information more like a human than a computer.)

Spurred on by the controversy over recovered memory, other cognitive scientists found that false memory is a normal phenomenon.

Cognitive scientists suspected that some of these memories were bogus, the unwitting product of suggestion by the therapist.

A new study by Kessler Foundation scientists sheds light on the mechanisms underlying cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

By creating a virtual problem landscape, IU cognitive scientists explored the dynamics, advantages and disadvantages of «social learning» — the act of learning about the world by observing or imitating otherBy creating a virtual problem landscape, IU cognitive scientists explored the dynamics, advantages and disadvantages of «social learning» — the act of learning about the world by observing or imitating otherby observing or imitating others.

New research by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh provides an unprecedented level of resolution and insight into disturbances in cortical GABAergic microcircuits, which are thought to underlie cognitive impairments in schizophrenia.

«Thinking outside the box might be facilitated by having a somewhat less intact box,» writes lead author Fredrik Ulln, a cognitive scientist at Karolinska.

Investigating further, Wieman learned what cognitive scientists have proven repeatedly in recent years: Humans don't learn concepts very well by having someone blab on about them.

In defense, Chopra sent me a 2008 paper published in Mind and Matter by University of California, Irvine, cognitive scientist Donald D. Hoffman: Conscious Realism and the Mind - Body Problem.

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.

A second study, led by scientists at the University of Manchester in England and published online this past May, looked at vitamin D levels and cognitive performance in more than 3,100 men aged 40 to 79 in eight different countries across Europe.

The Critical Care Recovery Center (CCRC) care model developed by the Regenstrief Institute and IU Center for Aging Research scientists is the nation's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical, and psychological recovery needs of intensive care unit survivors and decreasing the likelihood of serious illness after discharge from an ICU.

And scientists are already beginning to expand on the findings published in JAMA Neurology by testing an edible oil that smaller studies indicate can improve cognitive abilities in patients.

«The level of hostility and ignorance about evolution that was unabashedly expressed by eminent cognitive scientists on that occasion shocked me,» he recalls.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig discovered what happens when two crucial brain regions of our linguistic comprehension are inactive: They observed that failure of some regions can be compensated by the commitment of other areas, whereas others can not.

Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical» epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.

Scientists at Prothena had confirmed that several of their candidate antibodies were able to clear AS pathology out of the brains and spinal cords of mouse models of PD and related disorders, substantially shielding them against the PD - like motor and cognitive impairments suffered by their untreated cousins.

Because Alzheimer's disease is associated with similar neuronal and cognitive problems, the scientists wondered whether the problems might be mediated by depletion of BRCA1.

A group of academic researchers, led by cognitive and computer scientists from Brown University, is teaming up with a cross-functional team from global play and entertainment leader Hasbro to design a smart robotic companion capable of assisting older people with simple but sometimes challenging tasks of everyday living.

«Our scientists made significant progress by uncovering the important role of apoE4 in neuron loss and cognitive decline.

Studies carried out by a team of scientists concluded that the new blood tests were able to predict, with an 87 percent accuracy rate, whether patients suffering from MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) would develop Alzheimer's disease within a year.

Renowned cognitive scientist from Kessler Foundation recognized by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers

A cognitive scientist and linguist by training, I'm interested in how people use and understand language.

«I was struck by the exceptional magnitude of similarity among friends,» Carolyn Parkinson, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, adding, «our results suggest that friends might be similar in how they pay attention to and process the world around them... that shared processing could make people click more easily and have the sort of seamless social interaction that can feel so rewarding.»

A cognitive scientist and educational psychologist by training, Emiliano has pioneered and influenced the convergence of technology and education.

Social learning is an age - old learning and teaching strategy, backed by many cognitive scientists.

I was first introduced to Dan Willinghama's writing through the «Ask the Cognitive Scientist» column sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers.

Developed through decades of research by leading language and cognitive scientists, Pearson's automated scoring engines provide consistent, accurate, and timely feedback on automated tests.

To explain this further, we are focusing on the latest dog study on canine cognitive abilities, compiled by scientists and dog owners alike.

This video and sound installation were created by an artist and cognitive scientist to explore the communication of dolphins, featuring spoken - word interpretations of dolphins» interactions with each other.

Despite Nye's assertions that skeptics have «cognitive dissonance», many scientists are «underwhelmed» by the evidence for man - made climate change.

An interesting post by lawyer and cognitive scientist Peter Macmillan, was captured in part by comments in the LinkedIn Legal Innovation and Technology group, caught my attention last week.