Sentences with phrase «evidence of the cognitive processing»

The findings, combined with previous evidence of the cognitive processing of emotional expressions, suggest that dogs may have a functional understanding of emotional information and greatly increase our understanding of their emotional world.

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But a growing mass of empirical evidence on the cognitive processes behind decision - making suggests otherwise.

«Our study provides further evidence that sleep - disordered breathing negatively affects attention, processing speed and memory, which are robust predictors of cognitive decline,» said senior study author Susan Redline, MD, MPH, Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

His evidence suggests that we use the same cognitive process to make sense of comics as we do to read a sentence.

A jury assessing evidence against a defendant, a CEO evaluating information about a company or a scientist weighing data in favor of a theory will undergo the same cognitive process.

Evidence that A beta immunization also reduces cognitive dysfunction in murine models of Alzheimer's disease would support the hypothesis that abnormal A beta processing is essential to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and would encourage the development of other strategies directed at the «amyloid cascade».

«This evidence supports the need to investigate the influence of processing speed in performance on cognitive interventions,» said Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuroscience & Neuropsychology and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research at Kessler Foundation.»

Evidence shows that green tea may possess potent activities of neuroprotection and amyloid precursor protein processing leading to cognitive enhancement.

Intro: Health psychology and gastroenterology have become increasingly aligned over the last several decades because: «There is strong evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy; hypnotherapy; and mindfulness - based therapy directly target physiological processes by reducing arousal of the autonomic nervous system, decreasing the stress - response, and even reducing inflammation.

Several candidate mechanisms of CRCI have been proposed, including inflammation and cytokine dysregulation, chemotherapy - induced epigenetic changes, blood — brain barrier disruption, hormone deficiencies, oxidative DNA damage and shortened telomere length, and genetic susceptibility.21 — 26 However, the heterogeneity and design limitations within the emerging body of evidence have led to recommendations for harmonising study methodologies and moving towards multisite, longitudinal research.3 27 Such approaches would support the demonstration of robust relationships between measurable biological processes and cognitive outcomes.

His goal - focused approach and use of evidence based practices, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), skills training, and Attachment Focused Therapy form an empowering therapeutic process.

Converging evidence reveals a significant impact of childhood trauma on neurobiological development (in terms of brain structure and function), psychological processes, hormonal and cognitive functioning, which may underlie the effect of childhood trauma on later psychological functioning.

There is some evidence that children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are at higher risk of cognitive, academic, and auditory processing deficits (Bauman, Flewelling, & LaPrelle, 1991; Butler & Goldstein, 1973; Fogelman & Manor, 1988; Fried & Watkinson, 1988; Fried & Watkinson, 1990; Fried, Watkinson, & Gray, 2003; McCartney & Fried, 1993; McCartney, Fried, & Watkinson, 1994; Olds, Henderson, & Tatalbaum, 1994; Sexton, Fox, & Hebel, 1990).

The main results can be summarized as follows: (1) Synchrony during early mother - child interactions has neurophysiological correlates [85] as evidenced though the study of vagal tone [78], cortisol levels [80], and skin conductance [79]; (2) Synchrony impacts infant's cognitive processing [64], school adjustment [86], learning of word - object relations [87], naming of object wholes more than object parts [88]; and IQ [67], [89]; (3) Synchrony is correlated with and / or predicts better adaptation overall (e.g., the capacity for empathy in adolescence [89]; symbolic play and internal state speech [77]; the relation between mind - related comments and attachment security [90], [91]; and mutual initiation and mutual compliance [74], [92]-RRB-; (3) Lack of synchrony is related to at risk individuals and / or temperamental difficulties such as home observation in identifying problem dyads [93], as well as mother - reported internalizing behaviors [94]; (4) Synchrony has been observable within several behavioral or sensorial modalities: smile strength and eye constriction [52]; tonal and temporal analysis of vocal interactions [95](although, the association between vocal interactions and synchrony differs between immigrant (lower synchrony) and non-immigrant groups [84]-RRB-; mutual gaze [96]; and coordinated movements [37]; (5) Each partner (including the infant) appears to play a role in restoring synchrony during interactions: children have coping behaviors for repairing interactive mismatches [97]; and infants are able to communicate intent and to respond to the intent expressed by the mother at the age of 2 months [98].

Neurophysiological evidence for abnormal cognitive processing of drug cues in heroin dependence