Sentences with phrase «cognitive research findings»

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Those subjects who were hungry ended up making decisions that were advantageous in the long run, which the researchers found slightly surprising as previous research has shown that hunger can decrease one's cognitive performance.

But research published in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience found that «when people viewed pictures of others being loved or cared for, their brains» threat response became muted,» writes Inc.com's Jill Krasny.

His research has found that going on five hours of sleep for 10 consecutive days produces cognitive impairment equivalent to 48 hours without shuteye.

Recent research also finds that some cognitive exercises may also help.

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California, San Diego and Disney Research recently conducted a study and found that when a person's smartphone is nearby — on the table or even in the same room — that person's performance on a cognitive task (requiring problem - solving and reasoning) will likely suffer.

Research has found that exercise keeps our brains healthy, makes us more creative, reduces stress, increases energy, and boosts cognitive performance.

They tick off several boxes — including a positive, purpose - driven outlook and social interaction — that research has found helps maintain cognitive function.

Twitter Video Ads Deliver Recall, Receptivity (Study) New research finds, among other things, «Twitter was the only platform where cognitive effort, or information processing, increased for video ads, on both desktop and mobile, and attention levels remained constant on Twitter whether users were watching organic or branded ad content,» adding that mobile recall was «significantly higher.»

Here you will find articles about information on the latest research about the long - term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, articles on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.

I was walking, talking, living proof of research that indicates those who cheat are pretty good at finding ways to deal with their cognitive dissonance; in other words, they're good at rationalizing and justifying their bad behavior.

The research contradicts the findings of earlier studies, including one by researchers at Florida Tech in 2003, which suggested that heading in soccer may result in the short term in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed.

Another part of the same research found that children interacting with sensitive, calm and less anxious fathers during a book session at the age of two showed better cognitive development, «including attention, problem - solving, language and social skills.»

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 diResearch 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 diresearch 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

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

And while some research has failed to find a link between spanking and cognitive outcomes (Maguire - Jack et al 2012), the link between early spanking and later behavior problems is well - established:

There is limited research on the subject, but some studies have found that babies born to mothers who smoked marijuana while pregnant can have some cognitive deficits.

Research has found that exposure to lead can have adverse neurological and cognitive effects on children.

The research found a close link between early brain developmental events and changes in cognitive function in adulthood.

According to Au, further research will focus on determining whether these brain structure findings translate into impact on cognitive skills, such as problem solving, memory and language.

It's tempting to dip into the leftover Halloween treats, but new research out of York University has found eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, combined with regular exercise, leads to better cognitive functioning for younger and older adults, and may delay the onset of dementia.

Digital games can effectively teach refugee children much - needed skills — including a new language, cognitive skills, and coding — while also improving their mental health, finds research by New York University, the City University of New York, and Turkey's Bahcesehir University.

In the light of the findings, Edwards recommends that the elderly try cognitive training programs — but only ones that have been validated by research.

One troubling finding for the research team was that «very few studies» have examined the benefits of volunteering on cognitive functioning in older adults.

Nearly three - quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits, such as difficulties with problem solving, learning and memory, new research has found.

The new research built on previous studies that found associations between omega - 3 fatty acid consumption, cognitive flexibility and the size of the anterior cingulate cortex.

While some research suggests that a diet high in omega - 3 fatty acids can protect brain health, a large clinical trial by researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that omega - 3 supplements did not slow cognitive decline in older persons.

A research team from the University of Basel's «Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences» Transfaculty Research Platform attempted to fresearch team from the University of Basel's «Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences» Transfaculty Research Platform attempted to fResearch Platform attempted to find out.

The findings are in line with previous research showing that women are more empathetic to the feelings of other people than men, whereas gender differences in cognitive abilities tend to be small or nonexistent, Friesdorf says.

The research, which was published in Cognitive Science, found parents can offer explicit cues to help distinguish between joke and pretend intention contexts and children, even as young as 16 months old, pick up on those cues.

The Boston Globe reports today that Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser, who is on leave after a university investigation found evidence of research misconduct in his lab, will not be allowed to teach at the university next year.

The researchers from the University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, studied the test scores measuring cognitive ability of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.

The findings of the study add to a large body of research that suggests that cognitive distortions (or people's warped thinking), play an important role in pathological gambling.

Exposing infants and children to higher amounts of sugar during growth and development can produce problems with cognitive development and learning as well as create lifelong risk for obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and heart disease, said Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioral, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said William D. Hopkins, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Uniresearch scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory UniResearch Center, Emory University.

This study expanded on previous research from 2016, which found that older adults who were sexually active scored higher on cognitive tests than those who were not sexually active.

Although the study explains some of the skills that patients with OCD lack, Moritz says further research is needed to find out to what extent improving such coping skills during childhood and adolescence through cognitive behavioural therapy or similar interventions may indeed improve a sufferer's life.

And when it comes to setting the stage for depression, a 2009 study in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research found there are two biggies that are particularly devious.

One of the main challenges in finding a treatment for the disease in the future is the research and development of pharmacological therapies capable of activating the Crtc1 protein, with the aim of preventing, slowing down or reverting cognitive alterations in patients.

The findings are in line with other studies that suggest that cognitively stimulating activities can indeed increase cognitive reserve and delay cognitive decline in older age» says Anja Leist who is supported by a postdoctoral research fellowship of the National Research Fund Luxresearch fellowship of the National Research Fund LuxResearch Fund Luxembourg.

So my research has been focused on the cognitive strategies that they might be using to help them find their nuts later.»

The findings, while new among TBI investigators, mirror those in Alzheimer's disease research, in which higher educational attainment — believed to be an indicator of a more active, or more effective, use of the brain's «muscles» and therefore its cognitive reserve — has been linked to slower progression of dementia.

Scientists at Kessler Foundation are presenting findings of recent cognitive research studies in multiple sclerosis at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA, May 30 - June2, 2012.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioural, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said Dr. William D. Hopkins, professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Uniresearch scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory UniResearch Center, Emory University.

Some research has found that non-drug approaches can also help maintain, or even improve, cognitive functioning for a limited time.

Stacia Friedman - Hill, Ph.D., a program director at NIH's National Institute of Mental Health, says these findings are particularly relevant to the field of mental health research because many mental health disorders are marked by changes in cognitive function, sometimes years before clinical symptoms become significant, and because mental health disorders often involve changes in the developing brain.

He founded Gladstone's multi-pronged research program on Alzheimer's in 1998, and has since identified molecular and cellular processes by which amyloid - beta proteins, which accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer patients, impair cognitive functions.

Research Funded by Hutchins Family Foundation's Chronic Fatigue Initiative Finds Clues Into Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A team of researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have found that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease, thereby improving the animals» cognitive function.

Research findings include the benefits of cognitive reserve and aerobic exercise; correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures; efficacy of short - term cognitive rehabilitation using modified story technique; and the correlation between memory improvement and cerebral activation on fMRI.

Dr. DeLisa is the founding director of Kessler Foundation Research Center, which under his leadership, developed into a center that is recognized around the world for physical and cognitive rehabilitation research and the training of young investResearch Center, which under his leadership, developed into a center that is recognized around the world for physical and cognitive rehabilitation research and the training of young investresearch and the training of young investigators.