Sentences with phrase «cognitive gains in»

The authors of the study also refer frequently to the prevalence of fade - out of cognitive gains in other research on the impact of preschool programs.

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Compared to a control group that stayed active in different ways, the runners «showed superior gains in their cognitive flexibility,» reports BPS.

That may seem minuscule but it represented a 14 percent gain in cognitive performance in some instances.»

Significant Evidence - Based Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2

We're slowing getting to the point of recognizing the vital importance of parents in the early childhood years, that social - emotional development affects cognitive gain, too, that spanking and physical punishments are archaic and unneeded.

Your toddler gains physical, emotional and cognitive skills when they engage in this game.

In addition, when compared to control groups, children of teen mothers who participated in a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenIn addition, when compared to control groups, children of teen mothers who participated in a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenin a home visiting program showed gains in cognitive developmenin cognitive development.

A new study shows that students who achieve the highest gains on standardized tests do not show improvements in their cognitive skills.

Enrolled children demonstrate significant gains in healthy social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development and the achievement of social competence.

Extensive research on the relationship between cognitive achievement (IQ scores, grades in school) and breastfeeding has shown the greatest gains for those children breastfed the longest.

Fathers» involvement in parenting is associated with positive cognitive, developmental, and socio - behavioural child outcomes such as improved weight gain in preterm infants, improved breastfeeding rates, higher receptive language skills, and higher academic achievement [33].

The Effect of Skin - to - Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Shortly After Birth on the Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Sari Goldstein Ferber and Imad R. Makhoul Pediatrics 2004; 113; 858 - 865 - DOI: 10.1542 / peds.113.4.858 This information is current as of March 25, 2007 The original version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/4/858 Background: The method of skin - to - skin contact (kangaroo care [KC]-RRB- has shown physiologic, cognitive, and emotional gains for preterm infants; however, KC has not been studied adequately in term newborns.

The group that received all three interventions consistently performed the best, and showed substantial gains in two of the tasks over the group that received cognitive and physical fitness training but did not receive brain stimulation.

To treat victims of terrorism, mental health practitioners have been turning to cognitive behavioral therapy, which has gained favor in recent years to treat many common mental ailments, including depression and PTSD.

Bumps and drops in testosterone levels in response to competition in a variety of species can help both winners and losers, explains researcher Steven Stanton of the Duke Center for Cognitive Neuroscience — victors may get motivated to pursue further gains, whereas also - rans are encouraged to back down so as not to press onward and potentially get injured.

We're taking them on a neuroanatomical detour that seems to go with real gains in reading ability,» says Gabrieli, the Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences, a member of MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and the senior author of the study.

Published in Springer's Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, the research evaluates the benefits that people gained after three months of full - time meditation training and whether these benefits are maintained seven years later.

Compared to those who practiced less, they maintained cognitive gains and did not show typical patterns of age - related decline in sustained attention.

Compared to those who practiced less, these participants maintained cognitive gains and did not show typical patterns of age - related decline in sustained attention.

Gains in the ability to sustain attention developed through intensive meditation training are maintained up to seven years later, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement.

ESDM, which combines applied behavioral analysis (ABA) teaching methods with developmental «relationship - based» approaches, was previously demonstrated to achieve significant gains in cognitive, language and daily living skills compared to children with ASD who received commonly available community interventions.

What makes this study unique is that it's the first to incorporate a «train for transfer» approach — essentially a training intervention designed to have participants practice performing real - world prospective memory tasks in simulated everyday settings and assess whether the cognitive gains transfer to successful performance at home.

Led by researchers at NYU Langone's Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center, the new study reports that participants with MS who used tDCS while playing the cognitive training computer games designed to improve information processing abilities showed significantly greater gains in cognitive measures than those who played the computer games alone.

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers found that seniors participating in a youth mentoring program made gains in key brain regions that support cognitive abilities important to planning and organizing one's daily life.

Cognitive and motor gaining in female chimpanzees.

Using a new MRI technique, researchers found that adults with mild cognitive impairment who exercised four times a week over a six - month period experienced an increase in brain volume in specific, or local, areas of the brain, but adults who participated in aerobic exercise experienced greater gains than those who just stretched.

Now, researchers at the Monell Center have established a collaboration with the Brain Health Registry (BHR) to gain better insight into how changes in a person's sense of smell may relate to their health status and cognitive function.

Antidepressants have been shown in scientific studies to increase our risk of liver damage, bleeding, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, and reduced cognitive function.

This is further compounded by elevations in metabolic efficiency (whereby energy expenditure declines beyond that predicted from the change in metabolic mass) and appetite which accompany weight - loss, and may ultimately predispose to weight re - gain.82 Moreover, changes in neural activity within brain regions known to be involved in regulatory, emotional and cognitive control of food intake have also been observed following weight - loss.83

After 90 days though everyone pretty much evened out in cognitive improvement which does not show any real gain.

[7] Exposure to arsenic can result in insulin resistance, immune system suppression, slowed cognitive development, cardiovascular damage, and weight gain / loss.

As it happens, both young men and women experience a growth spurt in adolescence that is second only to the rapid growth that occurs in the first year of life.2 With the onset of puberty come increases in height, weight and bone mass; cognitive changes; and reproductive maturation.3 Adolescent boys gain more in bone size and mass than adolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other life stage.

Understand the physical, social - emotional and cognitive developmental issues specific to students in grades preK through 5, gain experience in creating age - appropriate yoga exercises that meet children's diverse needs, and design and develop lesson plans appropriate for this age group.

According to a study from 2013 published in Scientific Reports, daily exercise increases grey matter in the brain, produces cognitive gains, and fights dementia.

The result of an imbalance in cortisol, otherwise termed Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis dysregulation is weight gain, fatigue and brain fog, inflammation and immune system activation, digestive issues, restlessness, impaired sleep, decreased cognitive function, and mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression.

Gains in the ability to sustain attention developed through intensive meditation training are maintained up to seven years later, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement.

Evaluating data from the 40 - year follow - up to the High / Scope Perry Preschool Program Study, Belfield and his colleagues show how preschool participation by low income children relates to significant economic benefits both to the children by the time they are in their 40s and to society more generally (Belfield et al. 2006).1 Summarizing over 160 studies conducted from 1960 through 2000, Camilli et al. found that preschool had a range of shorter and longer term positive relationships to cognitive gains, progression through school, and social - emotional development (Camilli et al. 2010).

The researchers theorize that sustaining pre-k gains, optimizing learning in K — 3 (regardless of pre-k experiences), and acquiring excellent academic, cognitive, and social - emotional skills by the end of third grade will depend on which skills have been targeted and how.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

To gain a better understanding of these difficulties, the Suárez - Orozcos conducted a study looking at three different levels of engagement including behavioral, cognitive, and relational to assess changes in immigrant children's performance over five years.

While these schools succeed in generating test - score gains for students of all cognitive abilities, it is still the case that students with strong fluid cognitive skills learn more.

In fact, it may be accurate to say that schools like the most effective schools in our study may be the first to produce students for whom these two types of cognitive ability are consistently decoupled, providing an opportunity to study just which kinds of outcomes are enabled by gains in crystallized knowledge alonIn fact, it may be accurate to say that schools like the most effective schools in our study may be the first to produce students for whom these two types of cognitive ability are consistently decoupled, providing an opportunity to study just which kinds of outcomes are enabled by gains in crystallized knowledge alonin our study may be the first to produce students for whom these two types of cognitive ability are consistently decoupled, providing an opportunity to study just which kinds of outcomes are enabled by gains in crystallized knowledge alonin crystallized knowledge alone.

The correlations between our summary measure of fluid cognitive ability and test - score gains in math and reading were 0.32 and 0.18, respectively.

Both the Perry Preschool Project and later the Abecedarian Project [see Figure 1] reported substantial initial gains in cognitive indicators followed by significant long - term improvements in later school performance, rates of teenage and nonmarital births, and employment and earnings.

He directs a cross-national effort to advance the improvement of public education towards greater relevance in supporting students to gain the cognitive and socio - emotional competencies essential to thrive in the 21st century Global Education Innovation Initiative.

The fade - out effect for cognitive gains raises the important question of continuity in educational experience.

Applying metacognition to both the emotional and cognitive aspects of learning can help students steer their minds to make steady gains in developing their knowledge and skills.

Preliminary results of a government - sponsored assessment of Head Start programs appear to confirm the view of their proponents that they produce «substantial gains» in children's cognitive and language development.

Although there is considerable support in cognitive science for personalizing along certain dimensions, there is also evidence that personalizing along others doesn't produce the gains educators think it might.

Whether studying behavioral, cognitive, or social - emotional development in children or the design of learning technologies to maximize understanding, you will gain a strong background in human development, the science of learning, and sociocultural factors that explain variation in learning and developmental pathways.