Sentences with phrase «cognitive status in»

Longitudinal assessment of serum free testosterone concentration predicts memory performance and cognitive status in elderly men.

Research results reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference provide clues about associations between cognitive status in older people and several behavior and lifestyle factors, including verbal skill, hearing, dental health, and hospitalization.

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Four issues which will be significant in the subsequent analysis of models arise here in discussing these other linguistic forms: (1) the role of analogy, (2) the relation of religious symbolism to human experience, (3) the diverse functions of religious language (especially evident in the case of myth) and (4) the cognitive status of religious language.

Estimated cognitive test mean score differences according to breastfeeding status at age 6 months are given in Table 5.

Mothers who breast feed tend to be older, have a better education, and a higher socioeconomic status, than mothers who breast feed their children for a limited time or not at all.3 15 In some studies the association between breast feeding and cognitive development is not statistically significant after adjustment for such confounders.16 - 20

«In the future, we aim to identify a correlation between arousal status and memory acquisition and the detailed mechanism underlying this cognitive improvement.

In a Review published on March 20 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologists Ike Silver and Alex Shaw consider how our fascination with social status begins around age five, when kids begin to consider how they are viewed by others and behave in ways that cultivate positive reputationIn a Review published on March 20 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologists Ike Silver and Alex Shaw consider how our fascination with social status begins around age five, when kids begin to consider how they are viewed by others and behave in ways that cultivate positive reputationin the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologists Ike Silver and Alex Shaw consider how our fascination with social status begins around age five, when kids begin to consider how they are viewed by others and behave in ways that cultivate positive reputationin Cognitive Sciences, psychologists Ike Silver and Alex Shaw consider how our fascination with social status begins around age five, when kids begin to consider how they are viewed by others and behave in ways that cultivate positive reputationin ways that cultivate positive reputations.

This appears to have a bigger effect than the parent's class or status, or indeed whether that child is academically bright as measured in cognitive ability tests.

The frequency of dementia reported in this study emphasizes that it may be helpful to routinely incorporate questions about cognitive status and functional recovery after ICH.

«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.»

Children from families of low socioeconomic status generally score lower than more affluent kids on standardized tests of intelligence, language, spatial reasoning, and math, says Priti Shah, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who was not involved in the study.

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine on May 12, 2016, the study's findings suggest patients» illness severity, functional abilities, cognitive status and neuropsychological well - being are not associated with caregiver outcomes.

This shift in survey mode likely encouraged an increase in self - interviews that in prior waves would have been completed by proxy, possibly leading to a change in the calibration of the self - and proxy - cognitive measures to dementia status.

Qualified investigators can obtain: (1) cleaned, quality control checked sequence data, (2) information on the composition of the study cohorts (e.g. case - control, family based, and epidemiology cohorts), (3) descriptions of the study cohorts included in the analysis, and (4) accompanying phenotypic information such as age at disease onset, gender, diagnostic status, and cognitive measures.

PET scans demonstrated an increase in the brain's use of glucose, an indication of increased brain activity, while mental - status tests showed a slowing of the patients» rate of cognitive decline was reduced by 36 to 51 percent.

While many of treatments were able to shift biomarkers in human subjects as they did animal models, they did not improve or stabilize the cognitive performance and functional status of the patients.

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.

It was also clear that reading had a positive effect on brain power in those first three years — further suggesting that the survival advantage was due to the «immersive nature that helps maintain cognitive status,» the authors wrote.

While it's important to recognize that diet is frequently associated with other factors that may impact cognition in aging, Fargo says — such as smoking, education levels, and socioeconomic status — he does believe that there is «sufficiently strong evidence to conclude that a healthy diet may reduce the risk of cognitive decline.»

«If there was a new drug on the market that would improve cognitive function by 15 percent, increase blood flow in critical areas for thinking in the brain, reduce toxic proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease and improve overall health status — with no side effects — who wouldn't take this drug?»

Successful and safe BHRT, however, necessitates laboratory testing to assess the patient's current hormonal status, monitor treatment, and ensure that hormones are being metabolized in ways that reduce risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, other age - related diseases and declines in cognitive and sexual function.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

Wang, X. T. and Johnston, V. S. Changes in cognitive and emotional processing with reproductive status.

Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures (see above), it has been suggested that it may also improve the clinical status in brain injury, especially by reducing the incidence of long - term consequences, such as epilepsy.79 Positive effects of a ketogenic diet have also been reported in reducing the cortical contusion volume in an age - dependent manner in an animal model of cortical injury, which is related to the maturation - dependent variability in brain ketone metabolism.92 These findings were also supported by the demonstration that a ketogenic diet reduced post-traumatic cognitive and motor function impairment, at least in a rat model.93

This is consistent with reports associating regular exercise with reduced incidence of dementia3 and several cancer types.26 - 28 Potential reasons for improved functional status and survival among regular exercisers may include increased cardiovascular fitness and improved aerobic capacity and organ reserve,29 - 31 increases in skeletal mass and metabolic adaptations of muscle with decreased frailty,29 - 31 lower levels of circulating inflammatory markers, 32 improved response to vaccinations, 33 and improved higher - order cognitive functions.34

Change in physical achievement between ages 15 y and 18 y predicted cognitive performance at age 18 y. Moreover, cardiovascular fitness during early adulthood predicted socioeconomic status and educational attainment later in life.

«Meredith Rowe is an expert on language and cognitive development during early childhood, with a focus on the role that parents, socioeconomic status, culture, and experience play in development»

In fact, socioeconomic status is the single largest factor influencing children's school readiness, according to Inequalities at the Starting Gate: Cognitive and Noncognitive Gaps among the 2010 — 2011 Kindergarten Classmates.

She is interested in virtual capital, imaginary property, immaterial labour, hybrid authorship, changes of aura, value and status of objects in cognitive capitalism.

Over the past couple of years, Canada has been cementing its status as an AI hub with the likes of Google flocking to Montreal, the Royal Bank of Canada establishing its machine learning division as part of an initial partnership with the University of Toronto and with Thomson Reuters founding a research lab in the Waterloo region and a technology centre for cognitive computing in Toronto.

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

Additional benefit riders should your health status change: With the Accelerated Death Benefit for Chronic Illness Rider, up to 50 % of the policy's death benefit ($ 500,000 maximum) can be accessed in advance if a licensed health care practitioner certifies during the prior 12 - month period that the insured is unable to perform at least two of six activities of daily living for a period of at least 90 days due to a loss of functional capacity, or has a severe cognitive impairment, requiring substantial supervision to ensure the health and safety of him or herself.

Its validity and sensitivity as an indicator of socioenvironmental influences on development have been demonstrated by evidence that it explains significant variance in childhood cognitive functioning over and above that attributable to socioeconomic status (SES) and maternal education.40, 41 Its validity for use with black samples has also been established.42 Because of safety considerations, the HOME was administered in the laboratory.

Depressive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: natural course and temporal relation to function and cognitive status

Vitamin B - 12 status in infancy is positively associated with development and cognitive functioning 5 y later in Nepalese children

These data suggest that a disturbance in the tendency to initiate episodes of joint attention with others may be indicative of early social — cognitive and social — emotional disturbance among infants affected by disorganized attachment status.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) has been shown to improve mental health and functional status in specific chronic illness groups, and group therapy appears especially promising.

This study suggests the importance of cognitive status, gender and subtypes of depression when investigating biomarkers and depression in the elderly.

Previous research has established steep socioeconomic status gradients in children's cognitive ability at kindergarten entry.

A recent investigation from the UK Millennium Cohort Study found that a variety of parenting, home learning, and early education factors explained a small portion of the socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in children's cognitive ability by age 5.2 Although some US studies have examined selected factors at different stages of childhood, 24 — 27 few have had comprehensive data to examine the socioeconomic distribution of a wide variety of risk and protective factors across early childhood and their role as potential independent mediators of the SES gradients in cognitive ability at kindergarten entry.

The greater improvement in the cognitive behaviour therapy group was underscored by the 63 % (19/30) of patients in this group who improved in work status as compared with 20 % (6/30) of those who received only medical care.

Effects held across gender and were largely unaffected by inclusion of socioeconomic status, early caregiving, and early cognitive ability as covariates in the model.

The aims of this study were to: (a) document the differences in Turkish immigrant (n = 79) and German (n = 88) preschool children's home literacy environment (HLE), cognitive, and speaking proficiency test scores, (b) identify predictors of HLE and developmental status, and (c) disentangle effects of education and ethnicity on children's HLE and developmental status.

The most recent follow - up study reported associations between duration of breastfeeding and childhood cognitive ability and academic achievement extending from 8 to 18 years in a New Zealand cohort of 1000 children.19 This study found that these effects were significant after controlling for measures of social and family history, including maternal age, education, SES, marital status, smoking during pregnancy, family living conditions, and family income, and measures of perinatal factors, including gender, birth weight, child's estimated gestational age, and birth order in the family.

Basal cortisol levels and cognitive function in children from low and high socioeconomic status

In general, parenting programs for young children have varied based on the theoretical orientation of the intervention model (e.g. social learning, 6 attachment7), the developmental status of the child (e.g. prenatal, infancy, preschool - age), and the breadth of child behaviours targeted for intervention (e.g. externalizing problems, social and cognitive outcomes).

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

In this study for a recent birth cohort of UK children we examine how three aspects of parental resources — income, mother's mental well - being and family status — in early childhood enhance or compromise their children's cognitive and behavioural developmenIn this study for a recent birth cohort of UK children we examine how three aspects of parental resources — income, mother's mental well - being and family status — in early childhood enhance or compromise their children's cognitive and behavioural developmenin early childhood enhance or compromise their children's cognitive and behavioural development.

«Recovery from fatigue: The role of psychological detachment,» in Cognitive Fatigue: The Current Status and Future for Research and Application, ed P. L. Ackerman (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association), 253 — 272.

However, the current results do not seem to rule out that pubertal status may have additional value in examining cognitive models in youth.