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«Genius Means Struggle,» a chapter in my book, brings in psychologists and cognitive scientists on the importance of perseverance when it comes to tackling «difficult» subjects such as math and science.
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«The level of hostility and ignorance about evolution that was unabashedly expressed by eminent cognitive scientists on that occasion shocked me,» he recalls.
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It is safe to say that all developmental scientists encourage emotional responsiveness on the part of caregivers: The back - and - forth, or serve - and - return, is crucial to brain development, cognitive and emotional development, the stress regulation system, and just authentic human connection.
Her new book Choke, which is based on her own studies as well as research by other cognitive scientists around the globe, explains why stress causes us to screw up.
Cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo considers new research on the «IKEA effect.»
A new alternative to painkillers or heat therapy could be Jymmin, a mixture of working out on gym machines and free musical improvisation, jamming, developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig.
Scientists are starting to learn what is going on in the human brain during these complex cognitive feats, and some of the findings are coming from unexpected sources.
«We know a lot about how to educate people on facts, but we know almost nothing about how to educate people on acquiring perceptual skills other than lots of repetition, which can be very time - consuming and expensive,» says cognitive scientist Robert A. Jacobs of the University of Rochester.
The field of nutritional psychiatry is taking off as scientists home in on the ingredients for good mental health and cognitive staying power
Scientists have studied brain changes on short terms of seconds and minutes, such as when research subjects complete a task, as well as on the long term of years, documenting cognitive decline during the aging process.
Kessler Foundation scientists correlated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings with the negative impact of outdoor temperature on cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser is on year - long leave following a university investigation that found evidence of misconduct in his lab, The Boston Globe reports today.
This is the first time that a team of scientists has studied the potential impact on cognitive development of exposure to air pollution in children who walk to school.
A 2010 study by William Jarrold, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Davis, suggests that an automated system that analyzes speech patterns on phone calls can potentially pick up on cognitive impairment and clinical depression or determine if someone is in the very early stages of Alzheimer's.
Sandia National Laboratories cognitive scientist Mike Trumbo adjusts the placement of a transcranial direct current stimulation unit on cognitive scientist Laura Matzen's head.
Itiel Dror of the JDI Center for the Forensic Sciences at University College London spoke about his research on «cognitive forensics» — how cognitive biases affect forensic scientists.
In my appropriately slow - but - steady reading of New Scientist, I have just got round to reading the article on cognitive research in tortoises and turtles (24/31 December 2011, p 44).
«If we want to make an impact in the cognitive systems era, we need to understand how the brain works,» said Matthias Kaiserswerth, a computer scientist who's director of IBM Research in Zurich, speaking during a media tour of the labs on Wednesday.
Cognitive scientists estimate that nearly half the information we assimilate enters through our eyes, and as we grow older, our ability to pay attention to things on the periphery declines.
In my appropriately slow - but - steady reading of New Scientist, I have just got round to reading the article on cognitive research...
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.
A multidisciplinary group of scientists from the Sanders - Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky have identified an interesting connection between the health of the brain tissue that supports cognitive functioning and the presence of dementia in adults with Down syndrome.
Spurred on by the controversy over recovered memory, other cognitive scientists found that false memory is a normal phenomenon.
A new study by Kessler Foundation scientists sheds light on the mechanisms underlying cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis.
«I am especially excited about the improvements we observed in cognitive and behavioral dysfunctions because these abnormalities are particularly hard on the kids — and their parents,» said first author Ania Gheyara, MD, PhD, a staff scientist at Gladstone who is also affiliated with the UCSF Department of Pathology.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig have recently discovered that these capabilities are embedded in a much more finely - tuned way than previously assumed — and even differ depending on the style of the music: They observed that the brain activity of jazz pianists differs from those of classical pianists, even when playing the same piece of music.
«Although cognitive status was worse in the TBI group,» said Dr. Sumowski, senior research scientist in Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation, «higher education attenuated the negative effect of TBI on cognitive status, such that persons with higher education were protected against TBI - related cognitive impairment.»
Cognitive scientists live on too abstract a plane to investigate love but probably think it's due to how my neural networks connect with Harriet's.
«When they need a new word, they invent one,» says Janet Wiles, a cognitive scientist at the University of Queensland who leads an interdisciplinary team on the project.
Investigating further, Wieman learned what cognitive scientists have proven repeatedly in recent years: Humans don't learn concepts very well by having someone blab on about them.
The Critical Care Recovery Center (CCRC) care model developed by the Regenstrief Institute and IU Center for Aging Research scientists is the nation's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical, and psychological recovery needs of intensive care unit survivors and decreasing the likelihood of serious illness after discharge from an ICU.
And scientists are already beginning to expand on the findings published in JAMA Neurology by testing an edible oil that smaller studies indicate can improve cognitive abilities in patients.
NIMH Scientist Dr. Wayne Fenton reported on the MATRICS initiative, a collaborative effort between the NIMH, UCLA, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to move forward treatments targeted at the cognitive aspects of schizophrenia.
Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical» epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.
Dr. Dobryakova is a research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, where she focuses on cognitive issues in MS and brain injury.
While small studies in humans with cognitive impairment have suggested that BHB could improve memory, senior scientist and Buck President and CEO, Eric Verdin MD, says this is the first study in aging mammals which details the positive effects of BHB on memory and lifespan.
After creating a pathological mouse model deficient for this gene, through the Gencodys Consortium (Genetic and Epigenetic Networks in Cognitive Dysfunction; http://www.gencodys.eu/), scientists from PHENOMIN and the IGBMC showed major memory defects, as well as significant symptoms of hyperactivity on this model.
The scientists found that haloperidol patients had mildly diminished scores on cognitive tasks and a slightly increased rate of tardive dyskinesia, along with the slightly increased rates of akathisia.
The scientists, medical professionals, and athletes on the ground floor of the keto movement can barely contain their excitement over its power to reliably reduce excess body fat, enhance neurological function, protect against diseases of cognitive decline, and slow the rate of inflammation and oxidative damage that are the essence of the (accelerated) aging process.
The scientists have a history of discoveries into how an individual's musical background has an effect on cognitive function and listening abilities as they get older.
Using mice that have been bred to genetically develop Alzheimer's disease, scientists set to determine the effect of grape polyphenols on cognitive decline.
Cognitive scientists» skepticism of grouping students stems, in large part, from the emergence of various theories on «learning styles.»
In a recent piece on RealClearEducation, University of Virginia cognitive scientist Dan Willingham rightly takes exception to a common interpretation of close reading.
Similarly, instead of quoting a single cognitive scientist about the deficiencies of project - based learning, Pondiscio should examine the National Research Council's 2005 volume on «How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom» or the excellent research synthesis on project - based learning in the 2006 Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences.
How much text should be on screen, what the optimal narration is, and how graphics should appear are all questions that cognitive scientists have studied.
In a separate report, a council of 28 scientists called on schools to focus on SEL, making the argument that student success is tied not only to academic ability and cognitive skills (such as working memory and self - regulation) but also to emotional skills (such as the ability to cope with frustration) and interpersonal skills (including empathy and the ability to resolve conflict).
These Games Will Do it for You Smithsonian.com, 7/21/14 «I was initially not sold on the idea of augmented reality,» said cognitive scientist Tina Grotzer, a professor in Harvard's graduate school of education and the co-principal investigator for both the EcoMUVE and EcoMobile projects.
That's because the Core Knowledge Sequence is built on the principle, firmly established by cognitive scientists, that we learn new knowledge by building on what we already know.
Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of cognitive basis of learning.
http://ldx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/1/80 HOW WE LEARN - ASK THE COGNITIVE SCIENTIST The Usefulness of Brief Instruction in Reading Comprehension Strategies Author: Daniel T. Willingham American Educator (American Federation of Teachers), Winter 2006 - 07 Results from 481 studies on 16 different categories of strategies conclude that; «Teaching children strategies is definitely a good idea.»