Sentences with phrase «cognitive control deficits»

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Huntington's disease (HD) is a lethal autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that leads to deficits in motor control and cognitive / psychiatric functions.

Later, at an age when untreated transgenic mice show memory deficits, the A beta - vaccinated transgenic mice showed cognitive performance superior to that of the control transgenic mice and, ultimately, performed as well as nontransgenic mice.

Attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) involve pathological changes in brain structures such as the basal ganglia, which are essential for the control of motor and cognitive behavior and impulsivity.

The modest cognitive deficits seen in the overweight players could translate into everyday slips in memory, judgment, and impulse control — such as forgetting to buy an item at the store, unwittingly saying something inappropriate, or giving in to unhealthy appetites, Amen says.

Low blood lead levels associated with clinically diagnosed attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder and mediated by weak cognitive control.

«Individuals with low levels of inhibitory control develop more cognitive and socio - emotional development issues, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD,» said study author Jeffrey Gagne in a press release, via the University of Texas Arlington.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

For example, in one study, neglected children had a smaller corpus callosum relative to control and comparison groups.8 Compared to their non-maltreated peers, children in another study who experienced emotional neglect early in life performed significantly worse on achievement testing during the first six years of schooling.9 Furthermore, although both abused and neglected children performed poorly academically, neglected children experienced greater academic deficits relative to abused children.10 These cognitive deficiencies also appear to be long lasting.

Forty - two PSD patients and 43 rheumatic / orthopaedic control patients were presented with either positive or neutral emotionally evocative verbal and non-verbal film conditions and were assessed for related cognitive and emotional processing deficits.

Expected cognitive deficits were found in the depressed compared to the control group at baseline although only a few domains (verbal learning, memory and executive functioning) were related to depressive severity.

Across multiple measures derived from the strength model of self - control (self - report, cognitive control, and emotional control), problem gamblers showed trait self - control deficits relative to non-problem gamblers.