Sentences with phrase «cognitive mechanisms»

How romantic couples engage in conflict is essentially tied to both individual and relationship well - being, yet the socio - cognitive mechanisms of constructive conflict management are not well understood.

Cognitive mechanisms underlying achievement deficits in children with mathematical learning disability.

Social cognitive mechanisms in the development of conduct disorder and depression.

Social - cognitive mechanisms in the development of conduct disorder and depression.

A sense of humor — especially adult humor — requires cognitive mechanisms that may or may not be present in other species.

It also involves other cognitive mechanism such as providing the working memory with relevant background information in order for the latter to acquire meaning.

We attempted to address this issue by including trustworthiness perceptions as cognitive mechanisms by which attachment influences trust in one's supervisor.

«The rapid and accurate perception of male sexual orientation may be just another symptom of a fast and efficient cognitive mechanism for perceiving the characteristics of others,» wrote study authors Nicholas O. Rule and Nalini Ambady.

Monkeys were tested in a series of experiments to distinguish among several cognitive mechanisms proposed to support memory for order.

The researchers concluded: «The present results... highlight the specific cognitive mechanism by which testing can facilitate learning.

«The truth is that those same cognitive mechanisms push all of our buttons.»

«On the other hand, if these seemingly different abilities are carried out by overlapping cognitive mechanisms or brain areas, then experience with musical pitch processing should affect language pitch processing, and vice versa.»

«We have found evidence that there is a link between language development and the capacity of our working memory, and that there are common cognitive mechanisms that support the ability to learn both your mother tongue and a second language,» Vulchanova says.

«We are equipped with cognitive mechanisms devoted to this type of cue because the ability to recognise, for example, the «mafia man,» the «criminal» or the «policeman» can save our lives.»

According to this idea, a schizotypal personality does not itself spawn creativity; rather, certain cognitive mechanisms that may underlie eccentricity could also promote creative thinking.

Smith says the similarities probably reflect shared cognitive mechanisms governing dominance and subordination, alliance formation, and decision - making — humans are mammals after all.

«We are not claiming that a particular cognitive mechanism, for instance conscious deliberation, is responsible for the observed behaviors.

Also, cognitive mechanisms related to syntax detection might be comparable in humans and songbirds, although the results are controversial (Gentner et al., 2006; van Heijningen et al., 2009).

Because this type of intervention relies entirely on internal cognitive mechanisms, the unwanted side effects of medications would be avoided.»

«How cannabis causes paranoia: Using the intravenous administration of ∆ 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to identify key cognitive mechanisms leading to paranoia» by Freeman et al. published in Schizophrenia Bulletin on Wednesday 16th July.

There are several additional cognitive mechanisms that are associated with pathological reactions such as generalization and sensitization of trauma memory reminders.

This talk will explore the history and place of printmaking and the printed image in the development of the city as a social centre and the way that we have evolved cognitive mechanisms to deal with complex visual systems that guide and inform our everyday lives.

Smiling Mind uses Mindfulness Meditation, a multi-faceted mental practice that involves several different cognitive mechanisms, producing effects in four areas, namely, focusing attention, greater awareness of the body, regulation of emotion and changed self - perspective.

Research synopsis: The title of the research study that Victoria discussed at the conference is Cognitive mechanisms underlying memory for sequences in monkeys.

As a result of the study, the Australian Research Council has provided funding for a further three - year study to be undertaken in order to investigate the underlying cognitive mechanisms of language development in children.

The cognitive mechanisms that underlie social behavior in preschoolers, and the extent to which they employ strategic thinking in their interactions with each other are subject to intense debate.

Although psychologists have long recognized this distinction, no one properly understood the cognitive mechanisms that allow reflexive self - touch — rather than a stranger's touch — to soothe pain.

Second, there are good reasons to think that cognitive dissonance has an evolutionarily adaptive purpose, as social psychologist Carol Tavris outlined it in an e-mail to me: «When you find any cognitive mechanism that appears to be universal — such as the ease of creating «us - them» dichotomies, ethnocentrism («my group is best») or prejudice — it seems likely that it has an adaptive purpose.

«Our study is only a first step to investigate a cognitive mechanism that might be crucial for impulsive behavior,» says lead study author Marcel Brass, an experimental psychologist at the Ghent University in Belgium.

Dr Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, co-author of the article, said: «Surprisingly little research has investigated the cognitive mechanisms of magpie behaviour.

I propose to directly address this problem by determining the key influences on social bonding abilities in chimpanzees, our closest living relative, where social bonding success can be objectively quantified, and variation in underlying hormonal and cognitive mechanisms can be examined.

In terms of the evolution of sociality, we examine underlying physiological and cognitive mechanisms that may explain links between stress, social bonds and cooperation, between non-kin as well as kin.

A Psychology major in my second year at USC, her research interests focus primarily on the cognitive mechanisms that underlie behavior.

The researchers adapted cognitive tests that model this type of memory in rats (Fortin, Agster, & Eichenbaum, 2002) to examine the cognitive mechanisms responsible for memory order in monkeys (Templer & Hampton, 2013).

Dietrich Stout, an assistant professor of anthropology at Emory University, has conducted studies on the cognitive mechanisms underlying tool making.

Since then, research into attachment theory has been greatly expanded and, because of the social and cognitive mechanisms which are activated during development, attachment styles tend to be quite stable.

Among the cognitive mechanisms, and potentially relevant to our research, are perceptions about how controllable or alterable one «s working environment is.

Their palette is deliberate and symbolic, acting as a cognitive mechanism to help us internalise the external.»

Agonistic interpersonal striving: Social — cognitive mechanism of cardiovascular risk in youth?

Specifically, we cast trustworthiness perceptions as the cognitive mechanisms by which attachment influences trust, which then influenced work outcomes.

Overdependent attachment also impacts regulatory and cognitive mechanisms, which then impact the perceptions formed about others.

The findings from these studies converge on the theme that attachment theory has considerable utility in potentially extending and refining current cognitive vulnerability models through a consideration of interpersonal context and the cognitive mechanisms by which negative interpersonal experiences may confer increased risk to later anxious and depressive symptoms.

A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.

These findings reveal a cognitive mechanism that explains the link between institutionalization and ADHD, emphasizing the pervasive influence of early institutionalization on cognitive development.

Cognitive Mechanisms of the Transmission of Violence: Exploring Gender Differences among Adolescents Exposed to Family Violence.