Sentences with phrase «for cognitive control»

The DLPFC is responsible for cognitive control, which also influences sensory and motor information.

Research in the Brain Function Laboratory has made fundamental contributions to understanding the neural processes for cognitive control that enable flexible goal directed behaviors including the resolution of conflict.

These findings indicate that the PPC of humans represents high - level, cognitive aspects of action and that the PPC can be a rich source for cognitive control signals for neural prosthetics that assist paralyzed patients.

«Human feeding behaviors involve areas of the brain responsible for cognitive control and decision - making,» said Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, Director of the Human Nutrition Unit in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at BIDMC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

If «Will» is correct then people who choose to act honestly should exhibit heightened activity in brain regions responsible for cognitive control (presumably resulting from the struggle to ignore immediate desires).

Not exact matches

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.

These researchers also looked at the National Childhood Development Study and found that, when they controlled for cognitive and non-cognitive skills, the relationship between height and wages disappeared.

They found that high multitaskers had less brain density in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region responsible for empathy as well as cognitive and emotional control.

Regression on cognitive tests by drinking categories Controls: age, gender, education, health history, mental health treatment, family history of dementia); results for exdrinkers same as for drinkers

It has made two investments so far: $ 500,000 in UnaliWear, an Austin - based company that makes voice - controlled smart watch company that's designed for seniors to guard against falls or other health risks, and $ 400,000 in BrainCheck, a Houston startup that designed a platform to test cognitive health.

To «know thyself» is the first order of cognitive business, for to know the order of the soul, and through that knowledge to achieve control of one's life, is wisdom.

MCFAs have been shown to improve cognitive function for the severely diabetic, prevent cardiovascular and heart disease, and suppress appetite / improve weight control.

Another reason for your child's behavior might be that your child is developing the cognitive skills to reason things out, and he may pull hair to try to control the direction of a particular situation.

And yet the problem with trying to put numbers on non-cognitive qualities is that we don't have measures for grit or self - control that are as reliable as the standardized tests are for cognitive skills.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Subsequent prospective studies yielded similar results, whether they controlled for parental age, child age, race and family structure; 12 poverty, child age, emotional support, cognitive stimulation, sex, race and the interactions among these variables; 13 or other factors.14 — 17 These studies provide the strongest evidence available that physical punishment is a risk factor for child aggression and antisocial behaviour.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

However, available research (e.g., waitlist - controlled pilot studies) suggests that behavioral / cognitive - behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective for treating SM.

The Effect of Skin - to - Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Shortly After Birth on the Neurobehavioral Responses of the Term Newborn: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Sari Goldstein Ferber and Imad R. Makhoul Pediatrics 2004; 113; 858 - 865 - DOI: 10.1542 / peds.113.4.858 This information is current as of March 25, 2007 The original version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/4/858 Background: The method of skin - to - skin contact (kangaroo care [KC]-RRB- has shown physiologic, cognitive, and emotional gains for preterm infants; however, KC has not been studied adequately in term newborns.

The basal ganglia are structures deep within the brain, thought to be responsible for control of movements and responses to rewards as well as cognitive functions.

A cohort of ~ 40 pet Border Collie dogs were assigned to three different conditions, and tested in an intensive series of inhibitory control tasks, such as wait - for - treat, and cognitive measures, such as size constancy over a period of 18 months.

The study also demonstrated for the first time impaired goal - directed control and lack of cognitive plasticity early in the development of OCD.

In a new study published in the journal Psychological Medicine, researchers looked at whether cognitive flexibility for learning tasks and goal - directed control was impaired early in the development of OCD.

After controlling for factors known to influence brain volume and cognitive test scores, such as age and gender, the researchers found that a higher self - reported frequency of game playing was significantly associated with greater brain volume in several regions involved in Alzheimer's disease (such as the hippocampus) and with higher cognitive test scores on memory and executive function.

«Conversely, a spelling error, like substituting «hite» for «height,» might be attributed to a lack of education or to a cognitive challenge such as dyslexia, traits over which the writer has little control.»

«Though many pain specialists have established clinical procedures for diagnosing fibromyalgia, the clinical label does not explain what is happening neurologically and it does not reflect the full individuality of patients» suffering,» said Tor Wager, director of the Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory.

The neuron - packed brain region — it's tucked underneath the cerebral hemispheres and plays a role in motor control and cognitive functions, such as attention and language — seemed to stop aging at the 80 - year benchmark, which meant it remained fully functional but somehow impervious to deterioration of time for decades.

While researchers found that playing strategy games better engaged memory and cognitive control brain regions, making them better suited for improving memory tasks, they hypothesize that action games that stimulate the limbic area and elicit more emotional arousal might be beneficial for other clinical populations like patients with mood disorders.

In both cases, the prefrontal cortex — the control center for most cognitive functions — appears to take charge of the brain's attention and control relevant parts of the visual cortex, which receives sensory input.

The control group received clinic - based counseling or cognitive behavior therapy, a common short - term treatment for depression, along with a variety of other interventions, including medication, support groups, and marital and family counseling.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Drug Abuse stress the potential for long - term cognitive impairment, problems with attention and coordination and other risk - taking behaviors due to heavy marijuana use.

«Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Mindfulness - based Stress Reduction for Breast and Colorectal Cancer Survivors: Effects on Cancer - related Cognitive Impairment,» published online in advance of print in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship, is the first randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of mindfulness - based stress reduction, known as MBSR, on fatigued breast and colorectal cancer survivors, the majority of whom had been treated with chemotherapy.

«Proactive cognitive control involves keeping information active in short - term memory for use in later judgments, a kind of task preparation,» Anderson explains.

Particularly interesting was the discovery that the thickness of the gray matter in the brain's temporal and prefrontal regions — the structures that are critical for language and for higher - order cognitive functions like self - control and problem - solving — were the most promising candidate traits for genetic mapping, based on both their strong genetic basis and association with the disease.

Martha Farah, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, says it is crucial to figure out what neural circuitry is behind «free won't,» as she refers the ability to control impulses, because it is one «of the many psychiatric disorders for which self - control problems figure prominently.»

Preliminary research has suggested that, «if the target is to improve older adults» cognitive control, reasoning, and higher - order cognitive skills, and stave off dementia and Alzheimer's as long as possible, then maybe strategy games are the way to go,» said Chandramallika Basak, assistant professor at the Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

As the use of neural implants moves toward treating cognitive disorders, one advantage of including microstimulation is the precise spatial targeting it affords, allowing for highly - controlled manipulation of neural circuits.

Additionally, people didn't require high levels of cognitive control for inherent, day - to - day tasks, like walking down the street or learning new information.

John DeLuca, PhD, VP of Research & Training chairs Workshop 6: Cognitive Rehabilitation in MS. Dr. DeLuca discusses assessment of cognitive problems and introduces common evidence - based techniques for improving cognitive functioning in persons with MS. Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, presents two recent double - blind, placebo - controlled, randomized control trials of behavioral interventions designed to specifically improve learning and memory in persons with MS. Yael Goverover, PhD, OT, focuses on techniques to improve learning and memory, with a specific emphasis on improving everyday functional Cognitive Rehabilitation in MS. Dr. DeLuca discusses assessment of cognitive problems and introduces common evidence - based techniques for improving cognitive functioning in persons with MS. Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, presents two recent double - blind, placebo - controlled, randomized control trials of behavioral interventions designed to specifically improve learning and memory in persons with MS. Yael Goverover, PhD, OT, focuses on techniques to improve learning and memory, with a specific emphasis on improving everyday functional cognitive problems and introduces common evidence - based techniques for improving cognitive functioning in persons with MS. Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, presents two recent double - blind, placebo - controlled, randomized control trials of behavioral interventions designed to specifically improve learning and memory in persons with MS. Yael Goverover, PhD, OT, focuses on techniques to improve learning and memory, with a specific emphasis on improving everyday functional cognitive functioning in persons with MS. Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, presents two recent double - blind, placebo - controlled, randomized control trials of behavioral interventions designed to specifically improve learning and memory in persons with MS. Yael Goverover, PhD, OT, focuses on techniques to improve learning and memory, with a specific emphasis on improving everyday functional activity.

But it also plays cognitive roles too, helping us with decision - making, controlling impulses, regulating emotions and the intensity of our feelings for other people.

The research has many caveats for humans eager to utilize diet to improve their odds of maintaining cognitive ability — it involved a single strain and sex of mice living in an environment where it's easy to control every aspect of the diet.

Methods: This was a retrospective multi-centric case - control study, involving seven... Centers for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Italy, on 448 consecutive patients aged 65 years old or older affected with AD.

Third, two other randomised controlled trials of homocysteine - lowering treatments have shown effects on cognition: a trial in which normal participants with baseline tHcy levels > 13 µmol / L were treated with folic acid (0.8 mg / d) for three years showed a beneficial effect on several cognitive tests [44].

Calico, a company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies to increase understanding of the biology that controls human lifespan, and UC San Francisco have partnered on an innovative project to develop potential therapies for cognitive decline.

We examined the APOE4 - by - sex interaction in conversion risk (from healthy aging to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) / AD or from MCI to AD) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker levels.Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) for an APOE - by - sex interaction on conversion in controls (n = 5,496) and MCI patients (n = 2,588).

Cognitive behavioral therapy, singly and combined with medication, for persistent insomnia: a randomized controlled trial.

I am studying motor control of the long and flexible arms of Octopus vulgaris as an inspiration for soft robotics, and the neural bases of learning and memory in octopus and cuttlefish - a fascinating example of the independent evolution of highly complex cognitive behavior in molluscs.

The cortico - striatal associative loops are also important for working memory and cognitive control, and likely contribute to the mechanism of disorders such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, and addiction.

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.

Participants were divided into four groups: those diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's when entering the study, healthy controls with no sign of dementia, individuals with mild cognitive impairment that remained stable over the two to three years for which scans were available, and those with mild cognitive impairment that progressed to Alzheimer's disease during the study.