Sentences with phrase «cognitive improvement which»

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

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Finally, neurodevelopmental research has suggested that the factors in breast milk that may be responsible for the improved cognitive abilities of breastfed children may involve long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and, particularly, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 10 with some clinical studies in which infant formula was supplemented with DHA suggesting possible improvements in visual acuity and cognitive ability in preterm infants given the DHA - supplemented formula.13

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigated the extent to which improvements in living conditions and educational opportunities over a person's life affect cognitive abilities and their implications for men and women.

In the study, MBSR participants reported significantly greater improvement in the ability to pay attention, and also made fewer mistakes on difficult cognitive tasks than those in the control group, which received patient education materials and supportive counseling.

«Future studies will look at which patients with MS might respond most to cognitive remediation, and whether these improvements can be enhanced or sustained over longer periods of time.»

The original, randomized, open label study, which enrolled 20 outpatient men with cirrhosis and recurrent HE receiving standard - of - care (SOC) treatment, had previously reported that a single FMT enema after antibiotic pretreatment improved cognitive function at Day 20 and reduced HE episodes and hospitalizations over the following 5 months compared with SOC.1 The long - term outcomes of this study, which were presented today at The International Liver Congress ™ 2018 in Paris, France, demonstrated sustained and statistically significant reductions in the number of HE episodes and hospitalizations as well as improvements in cognitive function over 1 year in the men who received FMT compared with the control group.

A dialogue has only recently been re-initiated, opening the door to a deeper exploration of the most advantageous ways and manner in which to deliver estrogen supplementation for the improvement and prevention of cognitive and mood disorders.

90 days later, those receiving the drug showed marked cognitive improvement compared to placebo, which was correlated with the level of ketones in the blood.

In a clinical trial conducted among 60 Alzheimer's patients where the probiotic supplemented group took 200 ml / day probiotic milk for 12 weeks, the probiotic group showed a significant improvement in the MMSE (Mini-mental state examination) which is a measure of cognitive function.

They also reported an improvement in behavioral and cognitive tests — which is positively attributed to the consumption of camel milk.

The extent to which a school is above or below that line indicates whether the average test - score improvement among its students has been greater or less than would be predicted based on their fluid cognitive skills.

According to Kathleen McCartney, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and co-investigator on this study, better training and smaller child - staff ratios «lead to better, as well as more, interactions between children and adults, which in turn lead to improvement in children's cognitive and social competence.»

At my practice, I offer Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy, which is goal - oriented and focuses on making clear improvements.

A program which focuses on what early childhood leaders and educators need to know and be able to do in order to understand and connect the variety of systems serving children (birth to grade 4) and to ensure instructional improvements that will lead to student growth in cognitive, social, emotional, and attention areas.

This report examines whether the gap in cognitive ability between children from different social backgrounds changes between ages 3 and 5 and which factors influence improvement in cognitive ability.

3 FACTORS WHICH HELP OR HINDER IMPROVEMENT 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Key findings 3.3 Domains of influence on cognitive development 3.3.1 Demographic characteristics 3.3.2 Family composition 3.3.3 Parenting factors 3.3.4 Experience of childcare and pre-school 3.3.5 Child health and early development 3.3.6 Parenting support 3.3.7 Maternal health and health behaviours 3.3.8 Material and economic circumstances 3.4 Summary of single domain effects 3.5 Combined domain effects 3.5.1 Summary of combined domain effects 3.5.2 Explaining the effect of education on gaps in ability

Studies that examine children's development over time have shown that higher quality child care is a predictor of improvement in children's ability to understand spoken language, communication skills, verbal IQ skills, cognitive skills, behavioral skills, and attainment of higher math and language scores — all of which impact later school success.

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms was a significant but relatively smaller contributor to physical disability in this sample (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with findings of some previous studies of patients with chronic pain, but not with some treatment studies, which found that depression level contributed to less significant improvement in pain - related disability.11, 27 It is not surprising that cognitive, pain and behavioural variables accounted for more physical disability than depressive symptoms but it is notable that social support (as measured by the MPI), sense of control over life, and catastrophising did not significantly contribute to physical disability.

We also hypothesized that T - CBT would produce greater increases in positive affect, which is an important outcome independent of negative affect.25 Cognitive - behavioral therapy promotes active coping, resulting in increased positive affect.20 We further hypothesized that these improvements would be maintained over a 1 - year follow - up and that patients receiving T - CBT would remain less depressed over the follow - up period.