Sentences with phrase «memory tests also»

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The children who were in better physical condition also did better on tests of relational memory - the ability to remember and integrate various types of information - than their less - fit peers.

They also found that some of the athletes, none of whom suffered diagnosed concussions, didn't do as well as predicted on tests of learning and memory at the end of the season, although the study did not find «large - scale, systemic differences» in the brain scan measures, which the authors found «somewhat reassuring» and consistent with the fact that millions of athletes play contact sports for many years without developing progressive neurodegenerative disorders.

When B2M was administered to young mice, either via the circulatory system or directly into the brain, the mice performed poorly on tests of learning and memory compared to untreated mice, and neurogenesis was also suppressed in these mice.

In the study researchers sought to test whether earlier findings on the positive effect of neurofeedback on sleep quality and memory could also be replicated in a double - blind placebo - controlled study.

However, it must be kept in mind that we have not tested whether the observed sex - dependent effects of sleep loss on working memory during morning hours would also occur at other time points of the day.

Each participant also underwent learning and memory tests.

In a typical test procedure for evaluating working memory, cognitive aging researcher Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia asked people to perform arithmetic computations while also trying to remember the last digit in each problem.

Furthermore, those anticipating a test also experienced more slow - wave sleep, known to be linked to memory consolidation.

The players» symptoms also met the definition of concussion in a widely used test that evaluates symptoms like memory and balance.)

The Brainwaves Center Mostly a puzzle - book shop and source for brain - gain advice; the site also features games testing language, mathematics, and memory skills.

One of their objections: Perhaps the trauma had been so horrific it not only was banished from memory for years but also created memory defects that were now showing up in lab tests.

They also gave old mice infusions of young blood plasma (the liquid component of blood containing proteins and hormones but no cells), which significantly improved their performance in learning and memory tests.

The researchers also tested whether learning and memory deficits could be corrected using drugs that calm the overactive signaling cascades.

The old mice also performed significantly better than untreated animals on tests of learning and memory.

During the second assessment, the researchers also had the young participants perform a battery of tasks to test their cognitive flexibility and memory skills.

Cook and his colleagues also tested longer term memory — which is critical to helping these marine mammals recall and locate good hunting spots.

After taking the probiotic, the men also showed slight improvements on a test of visual memory, benefits that were reflected in the brain.

The 28 men and 45 women also took part in a standardized test, which is typically used to measure different patterns of brain function in older adults, focusing on attention, memory, fluency, language and visuospatial ability.

The test is designed to assess not only fine motor skills, but also short - term memory and cognitive processing.

Later, as adults, they tested the animals for their memory of the event and also measured their fear response.

Memory tests may also be limited in terms of detecting dementia in ethnic minorities, says Jed Levine, executive vice president of the Alzheimer's Association — New York City Chapter, an advocacy group.

Sandström also asked healthy women and those with exhaustion syndrome and major depression to complete a working - memory test.

Young people also perform worse in learning and memory tests in the hours and days after smoking cannabis, but a joint delivers far higher doses than the mice received.

Nearly half of them reported «serious» forgetfulness in the study, and the women who described the most problems with concentration and memory also scored worse on the cognitive tests.

The researchers also showed that people with the methionine variant fared worse on a test that measures so - called episodic memory — the ability to remember experiences.

Scores on the memory test were also lower for veterans with higher estimated exposure and those with self - reported memory difficulties.

The team also showed that blocking inputs to the amygdala from the hippocampus during memory testing impaired short - term memory performance (tested on the second and eighth days)-- but not distant memory (tested on days 15 and 22)-- whereas blocking inputs to the amygdala from the cortex showed the opposite pattern.

They also created their own female version of the memory test.

One of their objections: Perhaps the trauma had been so horrific it was not only banished from memory for years but also created memory defects that were now showing up in lab tests.

The children also scored lower on tests of reading and working memory.

The researchers also ran a test of working memory called a «sentence span task,» in which the women were each given a series and then asked whether each sentence made sense.

People with the inflammation markers and brain shrinkage also had lower scores on average on a memory test.

One of the things we want to test is the model that Sebastian Seung came up with, the hedonistic neuron model, where in order to generate, for example, memory, you require not only persistent electrical activity but also chemical rewards such as dopamine.

As the age cohort × time × sex interactions (reasoning P = 0.59; memory P = 0.12; phonemic fluency P = 0.005; semantic fluency P = 0.02; and vocabulary P = 0.006) suggested sex differences in cognitive decline for some tests, we also stratified these analyses by sex.

To test this possibility, the researchers first gave mild shocks to mice in a cage while also suppressing their ability to make the proteins that normally cement long - term memories.

The scientists also gave the players a memory test.

The mice also showed better learning and memory in a maze test.

Study co-author Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, of McGill University previously linked memory and eIF2 alpha in genetic studies of mice, and his lab group also conducted the memory tests for the current study.

Behavioral tests are also important for studying the impacts of brain injury on learning and memory in the context of head trauma, oxygen deprivation, or lesions in specific brain regions.

Treated AD mice also displayed improved performance on three memory tasks: the Y - maze, the novel object recognition test, and the active place avoidance task.

The study tested memory and processing speed of 40 individuals with MS and 40 healthy people without MS. Brain scans were also performed.

CIRELLI: Well, I don't know of a brain region that is not plastic, so I would like to test whether this reset process also happens in regions other than the ones most commonly associated with memory.

What's more, the researchers also reported that over a six - month period, participants in the aerobic exercise group improved in tests that measure executive function — a set of thinking processes that include working memory, reasoning, and problem solving — while the stretching group showed no change.

Each of the participants also took memory and thinking skill tests.

I also went beyond Dr. Small's advice and took 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12, the standard recommended daily amount — since studies show people with low levels perform poorly on memory tests — and 1,000 international units of vitamin D, discovered by Tufts University researchers to boost cognitive function.

The researchers also gave the participants a simple memory test, and analyzed their genetic material to determine who carried genes that predisposed them to an increased risk of Alzheimer's.

They also completed cognitive tests that measured memory and problem - solving abilities.

Breakfast skipping in children is also associated with poor memory, lower test scores and poor school attendance.

A real test of your compatibility, but also a great way to make memories that will last the lifetime of your relationship, taking a romantic trip can be the real make or break of a couple.

Upon entry into the program, we tested kids to see where they stood in terms of their cognitive skills — how well they could, you know, do the alphabet and math and whatnot — and also their non-cognitive skills, about how well they could sit still and keep things in memory.