Sentences with phrase «for cognitive ability»

The relatively low wages GED recipients receive, controlling for their cognitive ability, show that discipline matters.

We find that non-cognitive skills are associated with academic subjective expectations of college success and objective performance in college, even after controlling for cognitive ability and time spent studying, but the relationship between specific non-cognitive skills, academic subjective expectations and academic objective performance varies across disciplines.

Richwine and Biggs make an argument that some estimates of the current levels of teacher pay advantage are biased because of failures to control for cognitive ability and so on.

First there is significant controversy over body size estimates and second recent work shows that absolute brain size is the best predictor for cognitive ability [32]--[33].

Out of 15,281 artificially conceived children born in 2000 - 1, 8,298 were followed up for cognitive ability tests in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2012.

Out of 15,218 children born in 2000 - 2001, who were followed up for cognitive ability tests in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2012, 214 were conceived artificially through IVF or ICSI.

The same appears to be true for cognitive ability.»

That communication, or signaling, is what archaeologists and anthropologists call symbolic behavior, and it's why ochre use is often cited as a proxy for the cognitive ability of the people who used it.

I think my problem is that I don't give chloe enough credit for her cognitive abilities, so I miss out.

«But their language skills are not good enough if we account for their cognitive abilities.»

Some argue that, in the course of over 10,000 years of domestication, dogs were selected for their cognitive abilities, such as following commands.

Animals were repeatedly tested in a circular corridor for reactivity to novelty and in a recognition memory task for cognitive abilities.

They were also evaluated for their cognitive abilities and their abilities to accomplish daily tasks independently.

Sort of like what passes for cognitive abilities in the springer brain.

The effect size for cognitive abilities was.12.

Not exact matches

For several hours each day, unbeknownst to those employees, the researchers raised and lowered the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, and then tested everyone on nine different kinds of cognitive ability, like responding to a crisis, strategic thinking and applying their knowledge to a practical task.

«They are designed with a primary goal of engendering high levels of immersion, engagement, and enjoyment for the players, -LSB-...] They do not tend to focus on one specific cognitive skill, as exercises usually do, but rather expose players to multiple demands that challenge a broad range of abilities.»

In a study funded by NASA, David Dinges, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a team of researchers found that letting astronauts sleep for as little as fifteen minutes markedly improved their cognitive performance, even when the nap didn't lead to an increase in alertness or the ability to pay more attention to a boring task.

However, this was not the case for exercise such as weight lifting and muscle toning, which had little to no impact on a person's cognitive abilities.

I am a victim of abuse (offender was a non-practicing protestant for the record) and I have seen Groeschel in recent interviews — he is clearly lacking in cognitive ability and it would not surprise me that his work in helping offenders has been overshadowed with talks of repentance and trying to understand why an offender would do such a thing.

To process digitally encoded information, one needs sophisticated cognitive abilities unnecessary for analogic forms.

So it's much more plausible to think that musicality per se was never selected for, but came in the bargain as other cognitive skills were selected for and therefore was distributed a lot less evenly amongst humanity than linguistic ability is.

I am glad you demonstrate the cognitive ability to recognize the difference, which is more than I can say for Dale.

The primary reason why overnights can be endured (and — later — enjoyed) is that cognitive skills and verbal ability allow the older children to be prepared for separations and to be able to communicate more effectively their needs, desires, worries and concerns.

Children that don't get the nutrients their bodies need will often have decreased cognitive abilities and performance in the classroom.These children are also at a higher risk for disease, which means they will miss classes.

Developing sorting and cognitive skills are crucial for your growing kids, with the help of this storage they will have better color identification and sorting abilities.

We took note of advice given by the American Academy of Pediatrics and have selected toys which are both appropriate for her hand and finger skills, and her emotional and cognitive ability.

The Cognitive Scales, which measures a child's ability to, for example, engage in pretend play, attend to objects, or look for an object that has fallen;

In addition to the numerous health benefits that exercise can have for children, an active lifestyle is now linked to brain development and improved cognitive abilities.

Take this time now to go through your child's toys and separate what they've clearly outgrown, leaving room for toys that help strengthen more complex cognitive abilities and your toddler's growing sense of self.

At the 6.5 - year follow - up, the polyclinic paediatricians measured child cognitive ability using the Wechsler Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence (WASI).18 The WASI consists of vocabulary and similarities subtests for verbal IQ, and block designs and matrices for performance IQ.

The primary reason why overnights can be endured (and - later - enjoyed) is that cognitive skills and verbal ability allow the older children to be prepared for separations and to be able to communicate more effectively their needs, desires, worries and concerns.

Collectively, the evidence from longitudinal research, clinical trials, and neurodevelopmental research is beginning to provide a compelling case for the view that breastfeeding may have longer - term effects on individual cognitive ability and educational achievement.

Finally, neurodevelopmental research has suggested that the factors in breast milk that may be responsible for the improved cognitive abilities of breastfed children may involve long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and, particularly, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 10 with some clinical studies in which infant formula was supplemented with DHA suggesting possible improvements in visual acuity and cognitive ability in preterm infants given the DHA - supplemented formula.13

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

Getting the right amount of sleep is crucial for cognitive functioning, mood, and the ability to learn in school.

Missing out on even one hour of sleep a night could have major consequences for a child, possibly lowering their cognitive abilities the following day and possibly hurting their academic performance at school or acquisition of knowledge at home.

They may be aware of the greater risk for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety associated with sleep loss; the substantial impairment in cognitive abilities such as sustained attention, short - term memory, information processing, and school performance; or the increased risk for motor vehicle accidents that accompanies lack of sleep.

Associations Between Duration of Breastfeeding and Measures of Cognitive Ability, Teacher Ratings of School Performance, Standardized Tests of Achievement, and High School Success After Adjustment for Covariates

I try to offer toys that develop different abilities e.g. some for fine motor, some for language, some art, some cognitive (at 9 months box and balls were awesome!)

It's an opportunity for children to grow their cognitive thinking, problem solving abilities and curiosity, while still being kids.

With so many different opportunities for cognitive development, and an ability to adapt as the child's needs change, it's no wonder that this VTech is regarded as one of the best toys for 1 year old kids as well as 2 and 3 year olds.

Most previous studies have compared breast fed children with children who were exclusively formula fed, but some studies have found that the correlation between breast feeding and cognitive ability increases with a longer duration of breast feeding.3 13 30 A Finnish study of 1163 children found a mean difference of 2.4 points on a cognitive test at 6 months of age between children breast fed for less than five months, compared to children breast fed for at least five months.10

«This means they have the imagination and cognitive abilities to pretend an object stands for something else.»

We've followed SFL reading ability development over several years and studied which cognitive and linguistic tasks are most promising for predicting literacy skills in several languages», says Alderson.

More importantly, however, the toy has a hollow center, ideal for putting in treats, so that your puppy can work for his / her food to improve cognitive abilities.

For example, the gene has also been linked to serious depression in some studies and to cognitive ability in others.

As part of a collaborative effort, clinical researchers Rebecca Ashare, PhD, an assistant professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, are studying the effects of metformin on smokers to see if it attenuates negative mood and cognitive deficits during withdrawal — symptoms known to be associated with the ability to quit.

It is known that the cognitive talents underlying voice perception, such as speaker recognition, are shared with many other animal species, but the findings of Petkov and his colleagues provide a cerebral location for these abilities.

How does our brain develop the ability to perform complex cognitive functions, such as those needed for language and reasoning?