Sentences with phrase «effects on attention»

The brain - derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism moderates early deprivation effects on attention problems.

The studies have also thus far largely failed to do longer - term follow - up, so it is impossible to know whether the effects on attention are long - lasting or not.

The conclusions indicated that a glucose and caffeine combination has beneficial effects on attention and learning and on verbal memory consolidation, none of which were seen when consuming the substances separately.

Dark chocolate containing 60 percent or more cacao had the most dramatic effect on attention levels.

[4] Another clinical study found that «l - theanine clearly has a pronounced effect on attention performance and reaction time response in normal healthy subjects prone to have high anxiety» [5]

Studies have associated poor performance with parasite infestation and evidence that the more parasites you have the more they have an effect on your attention / cognition.

Alterations in these hormones have been shown to have a negative effect on attention span, memory and mood.

Not exact matches

While HQ2 could produce negative effects, including increased traffic congestion and housing prices, on the chosen city, dozens of cities have clamored for Amazon's attention.

The discredited story was intended to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on college campuses, but it might have had the opposite effect by reinforcing the notion that rape allegations are often fictitious, a team from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism concluded in its critique.

«The effects on mood, attention, and alertness for the interrupted eight hours were as drastic as only getting four hours sleep,» says PsyBlog.

WHILE attention has been focused on the Northbridge Tunnel's effect on Northbridge property prices, suburbs into which the Graham Farmer Freeway spills are also benefiting.

In recent years we have given a lot of attention to the growth of household debt and its possible effects on the macro economy.

The RBA study pays special attention to the exchange rate appreciation, noting that the stronger Australian dollar had the effect of moderating the effects of resource price increases: higher exchange rates make all exports — including resource exports — less competitive on world markets.

I'll focus my attention on the potential size of the change in households» cash flows as well as the effect on the household sector's consumption.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

However, the name tends to focus one's attention too much on the effect and not the cause of the crisis.

We also promote tax simplification; identify and fight the creep of specialized deductions; conduct, synthesize and curate research on the effect of globalization and technological trends on the US economy; and encourage growth advocates to focus more attention on cutting harmful regulations and increasing program efficiency than attempts to radically pare down social spending.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

Is there a useful way to measure the combined effects of information push (published supply) and pull (search demand) on investor attention to specific stocks?

Although discussions of monetary policy since the crisis have mainly had to do with the quantity of money, and central banks» efforts to expand that quantity so as to stimulate spending, the effects of the crisis, and of governments» response to it, on the quality of money, and especially on the investments its holders have been funding, deserve at least as much attention.

People need to remember and true stories gain the most attention and have the most effect on people.

It's important for you to pay attention to the effect you have on other people.

It seems that when a crime has been committed that there often is a lot of attention from authority on the perpetrator but frequently not much support provided for recovery for the effect of a crime for the victim.

One time years ago, in the middle of a sermon I was preaching on the Biblical metaphor of sheep and Shepherd, I said something to the effect that sheep tend not to be terribly bright and will blindly follow whatever or whoever attracts their attention.

My own inclination is to think that the attention given to certain new developments, and their effect on the general theological scene, are largely explicable in terms of the social climate, but that the ideas themselves can only be understood by study of their separate histories.

Sociological theology has focused on questions of justice, but as it has recognized that the effects of human beings on their environment are having seriously deleterious consequences for humanity, it has extended its concern to questions of the sustainability of human society.23 Yet in practice the difference of the amount of attention given to these two issues of justice and sustainability still leads to opposing judgements on important issues.

In the end, however, Feezell's moderate view (which leans toward the «conservative view») is not too much different in practical effect from my or Hartshorne's moderate view (which leans toward the «liberal view») in that I am only delivering a carte blanche for abortion in the early stages of pregnancy and pointing out that the fetus in the later stages of pregnancy has a moral status analogous to that of an animal, a status which I think deserves considerable attention on our part.

No doubt the good monks of Maria Laach never intended such an outcome, but in effect they began a movement that inflicted on the Roman Catholic liturgy the same fetishizing attention that the Russian nationalists were contemporaneously bestowing on the icon.

For instance, it is remarkable how little attention is given to the effects of alcohol, drugs, and tranquilizers on the lives of church members.

Christian Aid has also drawn attention to the effect making carpets for the Western market has on the eyesight of children who have to do the work.

Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

Among the far - reaching effects of the great antisocialist revolutions of 1989 is one that has so far not received a proper measure of attention, and that is their impact on Latin American liberation theology At least one liberation theologian, observing the collapse of the socialist dream in Eastern Europe, publicly expressed fear that the two estranged parts of «the North,» East and West, would now embrace each other heartily and forget the South.

In recent cases in Colorado and New Hampshire (I provided expert testimony in both instances), those challenging the prohibition on state funding of religious schools drew attention to the discriminatory effect of such laws.

The critical state of things [socially and politically] has such a tremendous influence on the psychic life of the individual that the doctor must follow its effects with more than usual attention....

A new technology which is said to create a prismatic effect on cartons to help brands to stand out on shelf by attracting consumer attention has been introduced.

Moreover, its calming effect on the nervous system has benefited many who suffer from sleep disorders, depression, and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

Understand the effects on test performance of pre-existing neurological conditions (learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, ADHD) and other extraneous factors; and

Succinctly, Kitzinger describes the effect of this view: «Women became treated as containers to be opened and relieved of their contents within strictly limited time constraints, and attention was concentrated on a bag of muscle and a birth canal rather than a person.»

In our house, we definitely notice a negative effect on our children's attitudes and attention spans when they've had unlimited freedom with either the TV or tablet.

We recommend that scientists and citizens step back from and reexamine these common culturally accepted practices and pay attention to potential life - time effects on people.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

More specifically, the aim was to study the effects of early family relationships on children's emotion regulation, psychological defense mechanisms, and the related biases in their social - emotional information processing (i.e. attention biases to emotional facial expressions).

Acting on research published in the Lancet, the European Parliament last year began requiring products containing synthetic food colors to carry warning labels saying that «consumption may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.»

Another important finding from their research, however, which has attracted less media attention, is that having a history of female candidates in a given district has a substantial effect on the party's probability to nominate a female candidate in the future.

Ibeanu added that INEC also decided to draw the attention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria to the order, in view of its effect on the performance of the its constitutional duty to conduct the referendum for the recall.

My attention has been drawn to a deliberate and vile propaganda circulating on social media to the effect that, I am building a «magnificent villa» in Damongo, in the Northern Region, as part of an alleged ambition «to annex» a Parliamentary seat.

And all the media attention had another effect, career lawyers in the office say: It alerted the bad guys that they were on to them, and they had better knock it off before they ended up in Bharara's cross hairs.

They also note that insufficient attention was paid by ministers to the effect the smoking ban would have on personal liberty - arguing that the idea that the risks of passive smoking might be offset by possible limits on people's freedom to smoke was not properly considered.

Making this disclosure in a statement, Lagos Police Spokesman, SP Alex Oti said, «The attention of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to the news making the rounds on the social media that the female gender are forbidden to be seen outside their homes or move around the town with effect from Tuesday 8th May 2018 being the day set aside as Oro Day.

This naked insult has gained public attention and many are calling on her to apologize and retract with immediate effect.