But as the Century Foundation's 2012 report, Diverse Charter Schools, notes, smart policies can incentivize socioeconomically and racially integrated schools that provide civic, social, and
cognitive benefits for all students, especially low - income and minority students.
Seeing live theater produces important social and
cognitive benefits for students that are not realized by showing them a movie instead.
If you're going to try it for
cognitive benefits for a specific test, I'd do a 4 day loading phase (4 heaping teaspoons daily of CM, spread evenly throughout the day WITH high - glycemic carbs AND some sodium to enhance absorption, or just get a pre-made loading drink which contains both).
Recent studies show only one - in - five employees take lunch breaks, despite clear
cognitive benefits for our fatigued brains.
«This study also confirms that there is
a cognitive benefit for bilingual students.»
Not exact matches
Paap also said that some studies on bilingual people found no such
cognitive benefit,
for example, studies of people who speak both Basque and Spanish, or Welsh and English.
Offering her support
for its health and holistic
benefits, Dorit Adler, the chief clinical dietician of Hadassah University Medical Center, said: «The evidence - based research proves again and again that the [low - meat] Mediterranean diet lowers the risks of most of the modern diseases from obesity through diabetes, heart disease and even
cognitive impairment.
They concluded these findings «add to a growing body of evidence to suggest that breast milk feeding may have small long - term
benefits for child
cognitive development.»
You need to also ensure that your chosen gym has good child developmental
benefits such as improvement of
cognitive skills like gripping and grappling of objects, self - awareness, optical sensitivity, and gross motor advantages
for your child.
Because preemies are at risk
for developmental delays and poor school functioning, the
cognitive benefits of breast milk are extra important
for premature babies.
These programs are designed to provide a free and appropriate education
for students who have behavioral, physical, mental or
cognitive needs that prevent a child from gaining any
benefit from a regular public education classroom.
Imaginative / pretend play is known
for its
cognitive and motor skill
benefits... and it happens to be at the core of the Tot on the Pot system.
In addition to the numerous health
benefits that exercise can have
for children, an active lifestyle is now linked to brain development and improved
cognitive abilities.
For more information about play, see my articles about educational toys and games, and my article about the
cognitive benefits of exercise.
Several studies have also attempted to understand the role of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment
for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores
for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the
benefits of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect
benefit of balancing the impact of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment
for some socioeconomic variables.
But proactive positioning can help prevent these issues AND provide valuable developmental
benefits for your baby's motor,
cognitive and sensory development.
Researchers state that, «language based bedtime routines [meaning readings books, singing songs, or story telling] may have lasting positive
benefits for children's sleep duration and
cognitive development.»
Breastfeeding has been linked to numerous
benefits for the health, growth and development of infants, including fewer infections, diseases, and possible increased
cognitive development.
These findings add to a growing body of evidence that has suggested breastfeeding may have multiple health and other
benefits for children.12 28 The particular significance of the present findings is that they show the
cognitive benefits that are associated with breastfeeding are unlikely to be short - lived and appear to persist until at least young adulthood.
There is ample justification
for the value of breastfeeding from studies of the nutritional and
cognitive advantages associated with breastfeeding, as well as the psychosocial
benefits.
Relatedly
for mothers, breastfeeding can have positive health
benefits, including anti-inflammatory effects, increased sleep, decreased stress and possibly better mood, thus potentially helping to support parent engagement and care.33 Second, it is also possible that the positive effects on child
cognitive development may play a role.
In the meantime, those with AB blood need not panic about their future
cognitive wherewithal, she says, noting that all our brains are apt to
benefit from a healthy diet, awareness of our risk factors
for heart disease and stroke, and regular exercise
for the body and brain.
Our study found no evidence of
benefit for nervous system or
cognitive function from 12 months of supplementation among older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.
Vitamin B12 supplements offer no
benefits for neurological or
cognitive function in older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Instead, quite a moderate amount of physical activity was found to be sufficient
for memory - protecting
benefits, and only the most inactive group of twins stood out with a significantly higher risk
for cognitive impairment.
A survey of the
cognitive benefits of music makes a valid case
for its educational importance.
Thus, increasing neurogenesis is a potential treatment
for a variety of disorders that would
benefit from improving
cognitive capacity.
After a concussion, a person can be left with disturbed sleep, memory deficits and other
cognitive problems
for years, but a new study led by Rebecca Spencer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that despite these abnormalities, sleep still helps them to overcome memory deficits, and the
benefit is Frontier in Human Neurosciequivalent to that seen in individuals without a history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as concussion.
One troubling finding
for the research team was that «very few studies» have examined the
benefits of volunteering on
cognitive functioning in older adults.
Participants practiced far more meditation than is feasible
for shorter - term programs that might aim to help with
cognitive aging, and despite practicing that much meditation, participants did not generally improve over years; these
benefits instead plateaued.
Those treated with EST showed a marked increase in social -
cognitive behaviors, but it took nearly nine months longer
for such
benefits to emerge compared to adults treated with CET, suggesting that the more intensive training offered in that approach may help speed improvement.
PA was most effective
for benefiting physical capacity and physical and
cognitive functional capacity.
This will be of particular
benefit to those people who have mild
cognitive impairments,
for example older people who are still physically healthy but may have early symptoms of dementia.»
To better understand the
benefits of a new, family - based
cognitive behavioral therapy and how it may work to improve sleep in children with ASD, McCrae and Micah Mazurek, associate professor of health psychology, are conducting a sleep treatment study through the Research Core at the MU Thompson Center
for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Last week, Lumosity hit the news
for a different reason, as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made it the latest target in a crackdown on companies selling products that purportedly enhance memory, provide some other
cognitive benefit, or reduce the serious side effects of dementia.
«Contrary to popular belief, we didn't see any
benefit of omega - 3 supplements
for stopping
cognitive decline,» said Emily Chew, M.D., deputy director of the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications and deputy clinical director at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of NIH.
NIH study raises doubt about any
benefits omega - 3 and dietary supplements like these may have
for cognitive decline.
«No
benefit of omega - 3 supplements
for cognitive decline, study shows.»
Since whole - brain radiation is associated with significant
cognitive effects and the use of additional radiation therapy
for progression is common in this population, the Yale researchers suspect that patients with the ALK mutation would
benefit from radiation focused on individual metastases.
«Regular physical exercise has long been shown to have heart health
benefits, and now we can say exercise also may help improve memory
for people with mild
cognitive impairment,» says Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., lead author, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging.
Previous studies showed that
cognitive remediation — or training programs to reverse
cognitive declines, offer potential
benefits for people with MS.. But, to ensure maximum
benefit, many of these programs require in - person treatment sessions in an outpatient setting multiple times a week
for at least an hour.
One study,
for instance, asserted that meth abusers might be too cognitively damaged to
benefit from rehabilitative treatments, such as
cognitive behavioral therapies.
With many studies emphasizing the
benefits of mental exercise
for cognitive health, I knew I was not alone in my quest
for a sharper mind.
Real - world testing is needed to confirm that the
benefits in the game will translate to real life, but
for now the game's designer, University of Helsinki
cognitive scientist Esko Lehtonen, says the game may be especially useful
for kids, who aren't familiar with the rules of the road and still have developing brains.
Kessler Foundation Reports
Benefits of Behavioral Technique
for Cognitive Rehabilitation in MS
Effectiveness of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
for Depression in Patients Receiving Disability
Benefits: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta - Analysis
The
benefits of
cognitive behavioral therapy — a form of talk therapy — outlasted light therapy sessions
for people suffering from SAD, according to a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Correction: Effectiveness of
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
for Depression in Patients Receiving Disability
Benefits: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta - Analysis
«So if you're not using it, there's no reason to expect the continued
benefit for a treatment that works that way, whereas
cognitive behavioral therapy teaches skills.»
Finding
cognitive benefits from even less - than - perfect adherence to the MIND diet is an encouraging development in our quest
for body and brain health.