Sentences with phrase «for cognitive changes»

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In five different scenarios, they measured their subjects on a set of cognitive tasks, and controlled for the formality or casualness of their clothing, instructing subjects to bring «clothing you would wear to a job interview» to change into.

Reacting against the paralysis of endless analysis in therapy, he failed to see that cognitive understanding and self - insight can help mobilize one's resources for creative change.

Evolution doesn't predict that anatomies or behaviors or cognitive capacities will keep changing at a constant rate for all species.

There isn't anything you can do to change his nature at this point, and trying to explain that the kitchen cabinets are a no - go or disciplining him for knocking things over won't work because he doesn't have the cognitive skills to understand.

Because the SAC only takes approximately 5 to 7 minutes to administer and was designed for use by clinicians with no neurocognitive testing experience, it is considered a «practical sideline assessment tool» (2) which can «detect changes across multiple domains of cognitive functioning that are susceptible to the acute effects of concussion.»

Developmental Milestones Middle adolescence is a time of physical, mental, cognitive, and sexual changes for your teenager.

Medical experts are calling for change, some leagues and athletes are resisting in the name of tradition and spectator appeal, and lawmakers are inquiring about how officials are handling the possibility that their sports could be tied to long - term cognitive impairment.

Changes to your child's physical and cognitive development can change breastfeeding, however, these changes are normal and aren't any cause for cChanges to your child's physical and cognitive development can change breastfeeding, however, these changes are normal and aren't any cause for cchanges are normal and aren't any cause for concern.

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.

If anything the evidence indicates that the great cognitive achievement in human evolution was cortical plasticity, which allows for rapidly adaptive changes to the environment, both across evolutionary time and [across] individual lifetimes.

It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin of significant long - term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional changes, bodily damage and biochemical changes at the cellular level.

Rondina says the study's results do not immediately change diagnosis or treatment options for age - related cognitive impairments, but it will be interesting to see the long - term implications of these results, as we continue to learn how our brains change as we age.

The ability to stimulate more robust neurogenesis could lead to faster healing times or perhaps even more complete recovery of cognitive functions, a potentially life - changing prospect for the millions of people who suffer from traumatic brain injury every year.

The results of the study suggest that «people's performance on various cognitive tasks is better the fewer changes they have to their brain connectivity,» said John Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin who studies cognition and was not involved in the study.

Continued investigation of this research may have strong implications for policy makers, public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education outcomes.

«The prefrontal cortex is associated with judgment, decision making, and mental flexibility — or with the ability to change plans when faced with an obstacle,» explained Dr. Flores, «Its functioning is important for learning, motivation, and cognitive processes.

To evaluate whether the experimental treatment is safe and whether it might be able to reduce frailty, Maharaj plans to run a battery of baseline testing on each clinical trial participant before they get their first infusion of young plasma and then monitor their changes for two years: That means cognitive exams, questionnaires about their quality of life and their indicators of frailty, and tests to measure biomarkers he believes are linked with aging, such as telomere lengths and DNA methylation.

For instance, one experiment will look at changes in the blood - brain barrier to learn more about why space travel can cause cognitive and visual problems.

The PACE trial, published in The Lancet in 2011 [2], examined the effects of three different treatments for people with CFS, compared with usual specialist medical care (SMC): cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT, where a health professional helps the patient to understand and change the way they think about and respond to their symptoms), graded exercise therapy (GET, a personalised and gradually increasing exercise programme delivered by a physiotherapist), and adaptive pacing therapy (APT, where patients adapt activity levels to the amount of energy they have).

This work expands upon previous research which has shown that after being hospitalized, older adults are at high risk for memory and other cognitive problems, including both transient (temporary) delirium and long - term changes in cognition, including dementia.

Everyone trained five days a week for 30 minutes, then returned to the lab for another round of tests to see if anything about their brain or cognitive abilities had changed.

Data from 304 PD patients followed for up to 8 years indicate that patients with higher cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α - synuclein levels experienced faster cognitive decline in the following months, although no associations were found between α - synuclein levels and motor changes.

The behavioral and other cognitive changes that TBI can bring, «if left unaddressed, are apt to provide challenges to the offender post-release as they attempt to reintegrate into their respective communities,» notes Adam Piccolino, a neuropsychologist for the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

Raghanti says that the 20 chimps whose brains she studied had not been tested for cognitive or behavioral changes.

While functional MRI has been the leading neuroimaging device used by researchers for cognitive research, the KAIST team is confident that this will change over a short period of time from the introduction of NIRSIT.

A new study now shows that history of TBI (with loss of consciousness) does not appear to affect the rate of cognitive change over time for participants with normal cognition or even those with AD dementia.

Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known regarding how TBI influences the rate of age - related cognitive change.

Cognitive biologist Corsin Müller and his colleagues at the University of Vienna and its Clever Dog Lab wanted to find out how good dogs are at size constancy — the ability to recognize that an object shouldn't change size if it disappears for a moment.

Although this study is still in early stages, it may change the process of future exams when testing for dementia and other cognitive issues.

Each student completed questionnaires about sleep along with questions about self - regulation, including cognitive aspects (for example, «I forget instructions easily»), behavioral aspect (e.g., «I am impulsive») and emotional aspects (e.g., «It bothers me when I have to deal with changes.»).

For example, women with early menopause are candidates for hormone therapy until at least the average age of menopause (52 years) to reduce the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive and mood changFor example, women with early menopause are candidates for hormone therapy until at least the average age of menopause (52 years) to reduce the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive and mood changfor hormone therapy until at least the average age of menopause (52 years) to reduce the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive and mood changes.

For example, in terms of cognitive abilities, they define a healthy aged cat as one that shows none of the so - called «DISHA» pattern of signs described in dogs; namely disorientation, interaction changes, sleep / wake disturbances, house - soiling and changes in activity.

She then worked for two years as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Stanford's Stroke Center, studying delayed cognitive impairment in stroke patients and correlated immune changes.

Contrary to the poetic nature of «righting past wrongs» that some attribute to the de-extinction of passenger pigeons, I view the de-extinction of the passenger pigeon as a project seeded in our present and future; it is a pivotal exercise in thought stressing the recognition that we are the drivers of change on this planet and that we have the cognitive ability to take responsibility for the direction of that change.

A better understanding of the neural determinants of changes in fluid intelligence is therefore necessary for improving our understanding of healthy cognitive aging, and may aid the development of early markers for individuals at risk of rapid decline.

For example, using a transgenic marmoset model of Alzheimer's disease, clinicians and basic researchers are working together to identify the changes in the brain's circuitry during mild cognitive impairment and very early stages of Alzheimer's.

New Kessler Foundation study shows brain activity changes after cognitive rehabilitation for TBI

Thus, anatomical brain changes may contribute to specific cognitive deficits associated with very preterm birth and could be used in the identification of those individuals who may be at increased risk for cognitive impairment.

Volunteers are encouraged to return to the site for additional assessments every 3 - 6 months over their lifetime, which will provide researchers with information about how the human brain and cognitive abilities change over time.

In addition to its descending outputs, the PPN has ascending connections to the neocortex, either directly or indirectly via the thalamus, and so pathological changes in this region may be partly responsible for the cognitive disorders of aging or those observed in various neurodegenerative conditions.

Attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) involve pathological changes in brain structures such as the basal ganglia, which are essential for the control of motor and cognitive behavior and impulsivity.

But a type of therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-- which focuses on changing behavior, rather than talking about your childhood, for instance — can be an effective adjuvant to or even substitute for drugs.

You might also consider trying cognitive behavior therapy, in which you learn crucial ways to change your sleep habits for the better.

In other words, Hardman says, «the MedDiet offers the opportunity to change some of the modifiable risk factors» for cognitive decline, as well as other chronic diseases.

More importantly, changes in cognitive vulnerability impacted risk for future symptoms of depression.

After 90 - minutes they were tested for changes in cognitive performance using a specific AD questionnaire.

Maintaining physical, cognitive, and mental health with aging may provide a more powerful incentive for dietary change than simply prolonging life or avoiding any single chronic disease.»

In Save Your Brain from Alzheimer's and Dementia, Dr. Passero and I break down the research to make it easy for you to identify your cognitive health risk factors so you can protect and restore optimal brain function — with specific dietary and lifestyle changes that anyone can easily embrace.

The primary driver of the disease pathology, and what's mainly responsible for the memory loss, cognitive impairment, personality changes and other signs and symptoms, is that neurons in affected regions of the brain become unable to effectively metabolize glucose.

It's an example of the many cognitive shifts necessary for a sustainable lifestyle change.