He emphasized helping students cope with stress, learn appropriate emotional responses and
increase cognitive stimulation.
Less harsh discipline [associated with mothers] was related to fewer behavior problems, while
increased cognitive stimulation and maternal warmth were associated with increased school readiness.»
Not exact matches
In the last part of their research they used brain
stimulation to
increase levels of
cognitive inhibition, which is thought to regulate analytical thinking.
The results showed that while this brain
stimulation increased levels of
cognitive inhibition, it did not change levels of supernatural belief, suggesting there is no direct link between
cognitive inhibition and supernatural belief.
Cognitive improvements probably resulted from the
stimulation of the brain due to movement as opposed to resulting cardiovascular improvements, like
increased oxygen and blood supplies.
Transgenerational effects of caloric restriction on longevity, B - vitamins silencing bad genes,
cognitive stimulation revering neurodegenerative disease, exercise
increases neurogenesis, and vitamin D controls aging.
The magnitudes of the emotional support and
cognitive stimulation scores were meaningful, with a 1 - SD
increase in each of these scores at age 4 years associated with a 33 % decrease in the odds of being a bully in grade school.
Results Parental
cognitive stimulation and emotional support at age 4 years were each independently protective against bullying, with a significant odds ratio of 0.67 for both variables associated with a 1 - SD
increase (95 % confidence interval, 0.54 - 0.82 for
cognitive stimulation and 0.54 - 0.84 for emotional support).
The benefits of early
cognitive stimulation might function through an
increase in a child's comfort level and confidence around academic matters or through the child's perception that the parents endorse the academic project of schooling.
Analyses of findings from an earlier intensive child development program for low birth weight children and their parents (the Infant Health and Development Program) suggest that the
cognitive effects for the children were mediated through the effects on parents, and the effects on parents accounted for between 20 and 50 % of the child effects.10 A recent analysis of the Chicago Child Parent Centers, an early education program with a parent support component, examined the factors responsible for the program's significant long - term effects on
increasing rates of school completion and decreasing rates of juvenile arrest.11 The authors conducted analyses to test alternative hypotheses about the pathways from the short - term significant effects on children's educational achievement at the end of preschool to these long - term effects, including (a) that the
cognitive and language
stimulation children experienced in the centres led to a sustained
cognitive advantage that produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour; or (b) that the enhanced parenting practices, attitudes, expectations and involvement in children's education that occurred early in the program led to sustained changes in the home environments that made them more supportive of school achievement and behavioural norms, which in turn produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour.
The results indicate that
cognitive and emotional involvement tends to stimulate the development of Cooperation and Assertion, that avoidance of restriction and punishment encourages a child to
increase Assertion, and that social
stimulation drives development of Self - control.