Sentences with phrase «findings of cognitive processes»

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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.

Two 2003 studies suggest that heading in soccer may result in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed, but a critical review of the literature in 2010 by an expert panel of the American Academy of Pediatrics found no support for such a finding, and a 2012 study in the journal Neurosurgery concluded that it was «unlikely» that the subtle cognitive differences detected were sufficient to affect the daily lives of players.

The abnormalities were found in patients not currently experiencing depression or mania, which suggests that there is a structural basis for altered neural processing that may help explain why cognitive deficits persist even during periods of normal mood.

These similar kinds or synchronized signals were found in brain areas that are connected with the early - stage processing of visual stimuli, detection of movement and persons, motor coordination and cognitive functions.

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.

«The purpose of the study has been to discover the underlying cognitive structure of religious beliefs — to find out what cognitive processes take place when religious and nonreligious people think about religion,» Kapogiannis tells me.

«These findings extend our present knowledge of functional brain connectivity, specifically linking brain regions previously established to function in self - referential cognition to regions indicated in the cognitive process of self - disclosure.»

We found that the neural reaction to pain in children of depressed mothers stops earlier than in controls, in an area related to socio - cognitive processing, so that children of depressed mothers seem to reduce mentalizing - related processing of others» pain, perhaps because of difficulty in regulating the high arousal associated with observing distress in others,» said Prof. Ruth Feldman, director of the Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab and the Irving B. Harris Early Childhood Community Clinic at Bar - Ilan University and lead author of the study.

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.

These findings raise questions about the evolution of our own cultural behavior and the extent to which chimpanzee and human cultures rely on the same social and cognitive processes.

Here are some of the compelling findings on cognitive ability, gut health and immunity, telomere lengthening, cellular homeostasis and longevity — all processes that, if optimized, can result in graceful aging.

It was found that men had a stronger connection between the amygdala and the area of the brain that is involved in cognitive processes (including perception, emotions, and social interactions) creating a more analytical than emotional approach when processing negative emotions.

The cognitive deficits of chronic fatigue patients are often characterized as «brain fog,» 49 and investigators have found a general slowing down of brain functions.50 For patients to complain of rushing, frantic thought processes is an anomaly that can complicate the diagnosis of chronic fatigue, unless its role as a tipoff of possible high copper is recognized.

(«Executive Functions» refers to functions that are involved in the management of cognitive processes i.e. planning and problem solving skills) While aerobic exercise was found to be more beneficial, brain function was also seen in strength training.

Another study analyzing the cognitive performance of more than 3,100 men in eight different countries throughout Europe found that men with low levels had impaired thought processing speed.

This commission report brings together findings from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive and social psychology, human development, and emerging technologies in examining the processes of effective learning and the environments in which learning best takes place.

The findings show that the external information the teacher candidates received through the selected readings and demos, as well as the carefully structured synchronized observations, helped greatly in enhancing their understanding of VS. Because teacher candidates have limited cognitive skills to help them make sense of their experiences (as described by Hudson, Bergin, & Chayst, 1993), it was necessary to structure the information gathering process so the teacher candidates could be carefully guided in their learning.

In the review, Mindfulness - Based Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior and Socioemotional Functioning of Primary and Secondary Students, the authors found that mindfulness - based interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic performance.

While a state of agitation and distraction impairs students» cognitive learning and memory processes, scientists have found the opposite to also be true; calm, stress - free classroom environments improve cognitive function and allow students greater ability for rational thoughts, creativity, and self - control (McCraty, 2005).

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Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, refers to stereotyping and other forms of rapid cognitive processes as «thin - slicing»: the way we quickly and unconsciously find patterns in situations and behavior, sometimes based on our previous experiences.

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Higher cognitive processes; executive functions and working memory have been found to promote the acceleration of literacy and mathematical skills acquisition in primary schooling (Welsh et al., 2010; Clark, Pritchard, & Woodward, 2010; Willoughby et al., 2012; Röthlisberger et al., 2012) and enhance the resilience of children who experience early adversity (Pears et al., 2010).

Second, it would be interesting to develop the findings regarding performance by examining variables that are at the same time strongly associated with performance and in a non-ambivalent way to emotion regulation, such as the way students process information (superficial versus in - depth), the way students regulate their learning (self - regulation versus external guidance) and the kind of cognitive strategies used (i.e. among a list of problem - solving heuristics)(Pekrun, 2006).

Even when study is limited to family processes as influences, multivariate risk models find support.9 - 12 For example, Cummings and Davies13 presented a framework for how multiple disruptions in child and family functioning and related contexts are supported as pertinent to associations between maternal depression and early child adjustment, including problematic parenting, marital conflict, children's exposure to parental depression, and related difficulties in family processes.10, 11 A particular focus of this family process model is identifying and distinguishing specific response processes in the child (e.g., emotional insecurity; specific emotional, cognitive, behavioral or physiological responses) that, over time, account for normal development or the development of psychopathology.10

This study showed much more clearer results: «In support of Beck's cognitive theory of depression, the student's current depressive states were consistently found to be related to their negative processing of personal information» (Moilanen, 1993, p. 345).

It is based on the hypothesis that inaccurate and unhelpful beliefs, ineffective coping behaviour, negative mood states, social problems, and pathophysiological processes all interact to perpetuate the illness.8 9 Treatment aims at helping patients to re-evaluate their understanding of the illness and to adopt more effective coping behaviours.7 8 9 An early uncontrolled evaluation of this type of treatment produced promising results in many patients but was unacceptable to some.10 Two subsequent controlled trials found cognitive behaviour therapy to offer no benefit over non-specific management.11 12 However, the form of cognitive behaviour therapy evaluated may have been inadequate.

Norell - Clarke, A., Jansson - Fröjmark, M. et al. (2014) Cognitive processes and their association with persistence and remission of insomnia: Findings from a longitudinal study in the general population.

Fortney and colleagues14 found improved PTSD outcomes using a collaborative care approach to PTSD designed to extend the reach and increase the use of cognitive processing therapy.

At the child level, temperamental features evident in infancy and toddlerhood such as irritability, restlessness, irregular patterns of behaviour, lack of persistence and low adaptability increase the risk of behaviour problems7, 8,9 as do certain genetic and neurobiological traits.10, 11 At the family level, parenting practices including punitive discipline, inconsistency, low warmth and involvement, and physical aggression have been found to contribute to the development of young children's aggressive behaviour.12 Children who are exposed to high levels of discord within the home and whose parents have mental health and / or substance abuse issues are also at heightened risk.13 Other important correlates of aggression in children that can contribute to chronic aggression include faulty social - cognitive processes and peer rejection.14

The evaluation found higher levels of classroom instruction improved children's social - cognitive processes, reduced behavioral issues and decreased teacher's perceptions of youth problem behavior.

In turn, children, two years after their mothers participated in the program, displayed lower levels of aggressive behaviour as well as better cognitive skills than those whose mothers had not undergone such cognitive retraining.17, 18,19 These findings, then, clearly underline the important role played by parental beliefs in the child - rearing process.

Clinicians trained in other approaches (psychodynamic, cognitivism, cognitive - behavioural, family therapy, hypnosis, Gestalt, etc.) find that EMDR allows them to use what they already know regarding the client's history: EMDR therapy helps identify the earlier memories that cause maladaptive defenses and intra-psychic mechanisms and facilitates the processing of those memories and experiences, that are likely causing dysfunctional behavior and irrational cognitions.

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A study of 27 children found strong emotional bonds between child and mother were linked to better performance in a variety of cognitive processes.