Sentences with phrase «focuses on cognitive performance»

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Luke argues InteraXon's technology can prevent accidents from happening by identifying changes in cognitive performance early on and alerting drivers when they lose focus.

Adam Gazzaley, professor of neurology, physiology and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and executive director of Neuroscape, has developed video games designed to improve memory, attention and learning that adjust to a player's performance and focus on different cognitive systems.

«These preliminary results are promising in that higher - order cognitive training that focuses on «big picture» thinking improves cognitive performance in ways that matter to everyday life success,» said Dr. Cook.

Dr. Au's research interests are focused on aging and dementia, and include relating cardiovascular risk factors, brain MRI measures, and neuropathology to cognitive performance.

Where cognitive approaches have mostly focused on visualizing student engagement with instructional content (e.g. video lectures) and performance on assessments, social learning analytics methods primarily deploy two methodological tools for analyzing social interaction:

Focusing their enquiries on the cognitive, physical, and architectural potential of sound, their works encompass experimental music, radio, performance, and sculpture.

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These tests gauge abilities that are relevant to job performance, focusing on the main aspects of cognitive aptitude, like creative thinking, problem solving, attention to detail and learning ability.

The approach, which the Army calls the «Human Dimension,» focuses on things such as cognitive techniques, biomechanics and mindfulness, all aimed at improving physical and mental performance.

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

The training focuses on affective and cognitive as well as behavioral aspects of performance.

[41] Focus on the Family points to academic studies which state that the presence of a father in the home increases children's cognitive and verbal skills, academic performance, involvement in or avoidance of high - risk behaviors and crime, and emotional and psychological health than children without a father.