Sentences with phrase «greater cognitive ability»

For example, greater cortical thickness in childhood could lead to greater cognitive ability, which in turn might lead to a greater likelihood to engage in stimulating activities that could result in better cortical maintenance.

On the flip side, fermented soy products such as tempeh are associated with greater cognitive abilities.

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He grew up in a low - income neighborhood, he has siblings who've spent time in prison, and he doesn't do great on traditional tests of cognitive ability.

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.

Dr. Jim noted that patients who reported greater cognitive aspects of religion and spirituality, such as the ability to integrate the cancer into their religious or spiritual beliefs, also reported better physical health; however, physical health was not related to behavioral aspects of religion and spiritualty, such as church attendance, prayer, or meditation.

Previous studies have shown that greater cognitive flexibility relates to better reading abilities as a child, resilience as an adult, and quality of life in the advanced years.

«I don't believe crows have a greater general intelligence than apes but it appears that in this very specific area of cognitive ability crows seem to have an advantage,» says Kacelnik.

In the study, MBSR participants reported significantly greater improvement in the ability to pay attention, and also made fewer mistakes on difficult cognitive tasks than those in the control group, which received patient education materials and supportive counseling.

Having more schizophrenia risk - related gene variants was also associated with a greater decline in lifelong cognitive ability.

This outlook, the team argues, causes students to respond to challenges by trying harder and has a greater impact on Asian - Americans» academic achievement than does cognitive ability or socioeconomic status.

Led by researchers at NYU Langone's Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center, the new study reports that participants with MS who used tDCS while playing the cognitive training computer games designed to improve information processing abilities showed significantly greater gains in cognitive measures than those who played the computer games alone.

In a project known as the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Vanderbilt psychologists David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and their colleagues found that, even among a sample of intellectually gifted people, a higher level of cognitive ability in childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyond.

Individuals of retirement age are the fastest - growing sector of the U.S. population, so there is great interest in preserving their cognitive and physical abilities, especially given the societal cost of the alternative.

Overall, impaired cognitive function appears to affect self - care abilities to a greater extent in women.

Almonds are a great source of magnesium, a key mineral for healthy brain function that can boost your cognitive abilities and keep you sharp all day long.

High in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals including magnesium, copper, vitamin E and riboflavin, almonds are a great paleo option that's been shown to improve cognitive ability and reduce your risk of developing many degenerative disorders.

That results in a greater ability to more accurately read their content - level text, and to learn from that text, instead of it being so laborious to get words off the page that there's no cognitive energy left over for comprehension and critical thinking.

Secondly, we enjoy the ability to focus on specifics (i.e. cognitive questioning, student engagement, high - yield behaviors, etc.) Finally, add the flexibility and accountability of central office access and we believe that your product is a great tool for instructional success.

While a state of agitation and distraction impairs students» cognitive learning and memory processes, scientists have found the opposite to also be true; calm, stress - free classroom environments improve cognitive function and allow students greater ability for rational thoughts, creativity, and self - control (McCraty, 2005).

Research by Ellen Bialystok and Michelle Martin Rhee at York University in Toronto found that bilingual preschoolers have greater cognitive flexibility — in other words, a superior ability to deal with conflicting visual and verbal information.

Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest impediments to a child's cognitive development and his ability to learn.

Households incur a greater loss of wealth when the person in charge of making financial decisions (the financial respondent) incurs a decline in their cognitive abilities.

(p. 64) He explores four primary aspects of law on the screen: the interaction of the image with the viewer's learned cultural and cognitive templates (visual memes); our sense of visual delight (visual sensation); our ability to escape into the visual image and the possibility of experiencing an alternative moral position (visual unconscious); and our longing for a knowledge that leads to greater understanding (visual sublime).

Brain damage can greatly impair your mental and cognitive abilities, requiring surgeries, medication, and a great deal of therapy to get you back to where you need to be.

• Highly experienced in creating and developing core preschool curriculums, aimed at meeting the individual needs of early childhood • Proven ability to tweak lesson plans to meet the requirements of each child, in accordance to his or her learning abilities and limitations • Demonstrated expertise in planning and implementing daily class activities to meet students» educational, cognitive, social and developmental requirements • Deep insight into establishing a well - managed and child - oriented class atmosphere to encourage participation • Competent at organizing activities to provide students with detailed information to understand concepts taught in class • Proficient in organizing events and activities to encourage students to explore interests and develop talents • Adept at developing schedules and routines to ensure that students gain sufficient amount of physical activities • Qualified to teach young students through study aids and activities - based learning methods • Proven record of efficiently and accurately creating and maintaining students» records with great focus on confidentiality • Effectively able to recognize signs of emotional and developmental problems and provide viable solutions • Skilled in working with students with special needs by providing them with an environment conducive to learning and understanding of their limitations

• Comprehensive knowledge of childhood education, with special focus on providing physical and cognitive stimulation • Physically able to handle a high demanding job involving young children, with intense motivation to provide them with education to nurture their individual personalities • Able to develop and implement age - appropriate activities, designed to help children with school work • Adept at disciplining children in accordance to the methods meted out specifically by parents • Skilled at preparing nutritionally beneficial food items for children, according to their ages and specific nutritional needs • Functional ability to handle children with special needs, with great insight into managing adverse situations and emergencies • Dynamic approach to managing children of different ages, background and cultures, with special focus on developing their personalities for social integration • Able to assist in the mental and physical development of children by teaching basic social and cognitive skills • Track record of building a safe, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for children, designed to assist them in developing and thriving physically and emotionally

The expanded world of young school - age children, the greater richness of children's emotional and cognitive abilities, and the increasing importance of children's social and recreational life outside the home lead many to conclude that the concept of the primary caretaker should play little role in determining custody, however, particularly after the age of 5 (Chambers, 1984.

He added that the research establishes with greater certainty that some cognitive abilities often seen as immutable, such as working memory capacity, can be improved through mindfulness training.

In the long term, those participating children are more likely to be employed and less likely to be dependent on government assistance.9 The positive effects are larger, and more likely to be sustained, when programs are high quality.10 In addition, the impact is greatest for children from low - income families.11 Differences in children's cognitive abilities by income are evident at only nine months old and significantly widen by the time children are two years old.12 Children living in poverty are more likely to be subject to stressful home environments — which can have lifelong impacts on learning, cognition, and self - regulation — while parents living in poverty have limited resources to provide for their families and high barriers to accessing affordable, high - quality child care.13 High - quality early learning programs staffed by warm and responsive adults can help mitigate these effects, offering a safe and predictable learning environment that fosters children's development.14

Improvements in socialization and communication were also seen in children with lower autism severity and greater language and cognitive abilities at preschool age.