Sentences with phrase «more cognitive work»

During conflict, depressed mothers tend to use controlling, low - effort messages compared to communication strategies that require more cognitive work such as collaboration (Downey & Coyne, 1990).

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«People have a false assumption that they're more productive working as a group than individually, even though all evidence shows it's the opposite,» explains Nicholas Kohn, co-author of the University of Texas study, published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.

As carnal, embodied creatures, our desire to eat meat works in us at a more elemental level than desires for cognitive pleasures.

In his first book, about the antipoverty work of the Harlem Children's Zone, Tough stressed the importance of early cognitive development in bridging the achievement gap between poor and more affluent students.

She is currently completing a Master of Social Work, to broaden her focus on understanding the child's perceptions and adapting family behavioural interventions to be more considerate of the child's cognitive and emotional abilities.

Cognitive Development: Playing at three becomes far more creative — your child can do small puzzles, figure out how to make toys work on their own, play make - believe, build structures with blocks, and more.

Not only is mom's ability to function at home and work compromised, babies with depressed mothers have been shown to have diminished cognitive development and are more prone to forming an insecure attachment to their mothers.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

«Unraveling how a brain works, block by high - tech block: Researchers modernizing cognitive skills testing to detect deficits, problem - solving strategies and more.»

If psychologists could help people expand their working - memory capacity or make it function more efficiently, everyone could benefit, from chess masters to learning - disabled children, says Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD, an assistant cognitive neuroscience professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

While he still appreciates Canada's work, Tough feels the research indicates that ongoing success requires much more than the cognitive skills that students demonstrate on tests.

Children whose mothers worked during their first year scored lower on cognitive tests and had more behavioural problems.

That 2005 Economic Journal study of American women who returned to work within 12 weeks showed that infants whose mothers went back even earlier were likely to have more behavioral problems and lower cognitive test scores at age 4.

More importantly, however, the toy has a hollow center, ideal for putting in treats, so that your puppy can work for his / her food to improve cognitive abilities.

Koops agrees a feedback loop may have been at work: ground - sleeping could have provided cognitive boosts that helped hominins to ward off nocturnal predators — like mastering fire — allowing for even more restful sleep and further cognitive development.

Cognitive scientists have found more evidence that aging brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task, pointing to a potentially new direction for age - related cognitive care and expCognitive scientists have found more evidence that aging brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task, pointing to a potentially new direction for age - related cognitive care and expcognitive care and exploration.

Individuals whose brains exhibit the at - risk signatures may be more likely to benefit from strategies that boost the brain's dorsolateral prefrontal activity, including cognitive behavioral therapy, working memory training, or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

If tDCS can reliably enhance working memory or cognitive strategies, it could be very useful for training people faster and more efficiently.

In a randomized clinical study involving adults age 56 to 71 that recently published in Neurobiology of Aging, researchers found that after cognitive training, participants» brains were more energy efficient, meaning their brain did not have to work as hard to perform a task.

Improving working memory or cognitive strategies could be very valuable for training people faster and more efficiently.

«Any new rules, circuits, or understanding of how the brain works will allow us to design neuromorphic machines that are much more powerful in terms of cognitive power, energy efficiency, and packaging,» Curioni said.

Although much work and testing remains before the completion of a formal quantum theory model of humor to explain the cognitive aspects of reacting to a pun, these first findings provide an exciting first step and opens for the possibility of a more nuanced modeling of humor.

Researchers working at the University of Illinois at Chicago's (U.I.C.) Center for Cognitive Medicine have found a striking trend: those with autistic relatives are more likely to show disrupted eye movement similar to their afflicted relation.

I work faster, am more efficient and — perhaps the greatest single test of cognitive capacity — I forget where I left my keys less often.

Wanting to learn more about how the brain copes with donor hands, cognitive neuroscientist Angela Sirigu of the French National Research Agency in Lyon and colleagues looked at two right - handed men, one age 20 and the other 42, who recently had left and right hand transplants to replace hands amputated following work injuries 3 to 4 years ago.

It doesn't matter whether you are brought up in a bilingual household or learn a second language later in life, speaking more than one language improves cognitive function across the board, from planning and working memory to concentration and multitasking.

The researchers discovered that mice with genetic mutations that stop this endocannabinoid system from working properly age faster than normal mice, and show more cognitive decline.

In work published this year, anesthesiologist Juraj Sprung of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues measured the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a mental downturn that often precedes Alzheimer's disease, in more than 1700 elderly Minnesota residents.

So we'd like to learn much, much more about how they work, and based on those discoveries, determine if it is possible to make drugs that could help people with learning, cognitive enhancement, and also possibly with Alzheimer's.

Studies suggest that low doses of caffeine throughout the day are more effective than the traditional übercup first thing in the a.m. Researchers found that shift workers, medical residents, truck drivers, and others who work odd hours not only got a better boost from caffeine when they drank it in small portions, but they also performed better on cognitive tests.

Her drive to incorporate a more holistic perspective into her work led her to earn a PhD in clinical psychology at Fielding Graduate University, where she specialized in positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mind - body medicine.

However, studies have shown that speaking two languages makes our brains work harder and uses more cognitive processes.

Lowered cognitive function results in lowered working efficiency, relationship disputes and significantly... Read More

Lowered cognitive function results in lowered working efficiency, relationship disputes and significantly reduced... Read More

Giving your brain the fuel it needs to function optimally may also improve your current cognitive function and creativity, making you more productive at work and at home.

Pyroluria, like copper - zinc imbalance, was first researched at the Brain - Bio Center.36 Pyroluria patients display a range of symptoms connected with severe zinc deficiency that are familiar to me from my work with Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS), including nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pains and headache — all of which can be associated with food intolerance and digestive problems — as well as nervous exhaustion, emotional fragility, palpitations, depression and insomnia.37 Other complications include abnormal EEG findings38 and cognitive difficulties ranging from misperceptions and hallucinations39 to amnesia.40 Cognitive deficits such as memory, attention and concentration disturbance are widely recognized in CFIDS patients41 and can occasionally take on more serious manifecognitive difficulties ranging from misperceptions and hallucinations39 to amnesia.40 Cognitive deficits such as memory, attention and concentration disturbance are widely recognized in CFIDS patients41 and can occasionally take on more serious manifeCognitive deficits such as memory, attention and concentration disturbance are widely recognized in CFIDS patients41 and can occasionally take on more serious manifestations.

Traditionally, cognitive behavioral therapists have helped people process unresolved trauma, but more recently psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers — many working with US military veterans — acknowledge that embodiment practices such as yoga enriched with mindfulness practices can have more impact in alleviating the symptoms that lead to both reactive behaviors and stress related disease.

The Journal stated that occupations such as college professors, doctors, musicians, architects, and pilots are mentally challenging and more likely to prevent cognitive decline than occupations that require less brain work.

I'm working on being more cognitive about what I'm spending on — including those spontaneous impulse purchases.

At a more fine - grained level, cognitive psychologists have identified multiple aspects of fluid cognition, including processing speed (how efficiently information can be processed), working memory (how much information can be simultaneously processed and maintained in mind), and fluid reasoning (how well novel problems can be solved).

In the Human Development and Psychology (HDP) master's program, you will work closely with an extraordinary faculty comprised of prominent voices in early childhood development, organizational psychology, emotional, cognitive and moral development, trauma and child advocacy, and much more.

The goals of all this observing and questioning are clear: As a year of walk - throughs progresses, principals should see more student engagement, students working at higher cognitive levels, and teachers questioning their own practices and making appropriate adjustments.

Gardner's work has been well received in a number of schools across Australia — although there is still more value placed on students» cognitive intelligence than their other abilities.

A more direct measure of a country's human capital is the performance of students on tests in math and science, something that might be called the average level of «cognitive skills» among those entering a country's work force.

Unlike technologies that are designed to address top - level cognitive domains like attention or working memory or executive function or planning, our technology targets the more basic ability of an individual to perceive and prioritize conflicting streams of information (or «interference») which should allow an individual to control his or her goals in sensory rich environments, like everyday life.

As the report itself concludes, while there are some encouraging results overall - including positive trends in language and cognitive skills, and communication skills - differences according to demographics such as gender suggest there's more work to do.

But they maintain that these interventions should focus on noncognitive outcomes, such as social skills, work habits, and motivation, which are more malleable at that age than cognitive skills.

Intentional reflection may mean using the Cognitive Coaching Reflection Map as a more formal way to engage a colleague in deep, focused reflection of a lesson or a portion of their work.

We work in more and more complex environments which require a larger cognitive load and more brainpower.

Karin lays the ground work for developing short and more in - depth performance tasks by defining the concept of «cognitive rigor» and using her Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (gradescognitive rigor» and using her Cognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (gradesCognitive Rigor Matrix it to analyze content - specific examples of assessments (grades K - 12).