He functions on a mental level about three to four years above his real age, but he behaves like a two - or three - year - old.
Not exact matches
On a more metaphysically fundamental
level, Whitehead's «philosophy of organism also regards knowing as a special case of the «bipolar» nature of all becoming, whereby the direct «physical» response to objective reality is partially transformed by «
mental»
functioning in the realization of a novel subjective experience.
On a cognitive
level, growing up in a chaotic and unstable environment — and experiencing the chronic elevated stress that such an environment produces — disrupts the development of a set of skills, controlled by the prefrontal cortex, known as executive
functions: higher - order
mental abilities that some researchers compare to a team of air - traffic controllers overseeing the working of the brain.
In summary, the results of this study show the potential for functional MRI to bridge the dissociation that can occur between behavior that is readily observable during a standardized clinical assessment and the actual
level of residual cognitive
function after serious brain injury.14 - 16 Thus, among 23 patients who received a diagnosis of being in a vegetative state
on admission, 4 were shown to be able to willfully modulate their brain activity through
mental imagery; this fact is inconsistent with the behavioral diagnosis.
Some leading researches suggest that higher taurine
levels correlate with improved
mental functioning, including
mental performance and mood, while others focus
on its positive effect
on athletic performance.
While adequate serves of kale and spinach are good for our health, our busy lives can make it difficult to get these serves in — a good - quality green supplement can help to address depleted nutrient
levels, which can wreak havoc
on our
mental functioning, training performance and sleep.
When you suffer from brain fog and it limits your
mental function, life becomes difficult
on all
levels.
Of course, the benefits will be different depending
on the athlete but in general, athletes usually experience one or more of the following when they become metabolically efficient: 1) decreased body weight, 2) decreased body fat, 3) improved and sustained energy
levels and
mental alertness throughout the day, 4) improved recovery, 5) improved cognitive
function, 6) improved power to weight ratio, 7) improved running velocity, and 8) better sleep.
This included: attendance
levels (studies show a positive relationship between participation in sports and school attendance); behaviour (research concludes that even a little organised physical activity, either inside or outside the classroom, has a positive effect
on classroom behaviour, especially amongst the most disruptive pupils); cognitive
function (several studies report a positive relationship between physical activity and cognition, concentration, attention span and perceptual skills);
mental health (studies indicate positive impacts of physical activity
on mood, well - being, anxiety and depression, as well as
on children's self - esteem and confidence); and attainment (a number of well - controlled studies conclude that academic achievement is maintained or enhanced by increased physical activity).
At the W.M. Keck Observatory
on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of
mental functioning, blood oxygen
levels, blood pressure or heart rate of workers.
Since I
function on physical, emotional,
mental, and spiritual
levels, I feel my artwork should do the same.
Additionally, it appears that resilience is reflected strongly
on mental health (Tugade & Fredrickson, 2004), since individuals with higher
level of resilience are dealing with adversity more effectively (Bonanno et al., 2007), they are also more protected against depressive symptomatology and they can improve their psychosocial
function (Pietrzak et al., 2010).
On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised
functioning than would be expected from a high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies of foster children postulate that a majority have
mental health difficulties.45 They have higher rates of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive
functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented high
levels of
mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater
mental health needs and greater access to services.
General indices regarding
mental health of mothers have been associated with their children's sleep, and less well - organized sleep patterns have been noted in children from poorly
functioning families.113) Mothers of children with sleep disturbances exhibited much higher psychological stress than did controls, obtaining increased scores
on all factors of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).114) Children's sleep quality significantly predicted that of their mothers, with maternal sleep quality associated with stress and fatigue.115) Moreover, infants of mothers with low
levels of depression and anxiety were more likely to recover from sleep problems than those with high
levels of depression and anxiety after controlling for the influence of attachment patterns.116) Sleep disturbances in early childhood were positively related to negative maternal perceptions of their child, 117) potentially interfering with the development of beneficial parent - child interactions.