Sentences with phrase «limited cognitive resources»

All of this inhibition requires limited cognitive resources!

The use of analytical examples contributes to better management of the limited cognitive resources of the active memory, as this provides assistance mainly to novice users, to see the solution process, thus automating the process with the consequence of reducing the cognitive load.

This is an effective strategy, concentrating limited cognitive resources on specific items of interest, rather than diluting resources over the entire space.

Since we have limited cognitive resources, our brains tend to zero in on information that is self - relevant and ignore information to which we can't instantly relate.

«VR, especially immersive VR, draws heavily on the limited cognitive resource of attention by drawing the user's attention away from the hospital environment and the medical procedures and into the virtual world,» said Gold who is also a professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Not exact matches

Krueger remembers a popular debate among social psychologists over which metaphor best drives home the depth of the mind's failings: Should researchers view the mind as a «cognitive miser,» emphasizing our limited resources and reliance on irrelevant clues, or is the mind more accurately depicted as a «totalitarian ego,» pursuing self - esteem at the cost of self - deception?

They continue: «We suggest that an individual's decision of whether or not to incur cognitive costs in a given situation can be fruitfully understood as one of decision — making strategy: an agent will only commit limited resources in cases where the payoff is worth it.»

Since one has limited time / cognitive resources, however, there's something to be gained from focusing on a small segment of work.

Cognitive load refers to the mental resources needed to accomplish tasks, such as determining how to pay for groceries on a limited income.

Psychological therapy studies for these patients have produced mixed, but largely negative results and demonstrate the difficulty of working with patients with limited emotional and cognitive resources.

The research reviewed by Bowlby (1973) indicated that the loss or attenuation of significant relationships in childhood can cause anxiety and a profound sense of loss, particularly in the first 2 years, when children have limited cognitive and communicative resources to help cope with loss.

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

Prostate cancer is an illness largely of late adulthood when numerous resources may be more limited (increased incidence of illness for both husband and wife, reduced income due to retirement, and declines in cognitive function; see Berg & Upchurch, 2007).