Sentences with phrase «motor ability tests»

Other studies show that babies with lower levels of cortisol (a stress hormone) in their blood do better at mental and motor ability tests.

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Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

Psychologists also tested children's cognitive abilities, language skills and motor development at 18 months.

The researchers also tested the mice on the number of times they reared up on their hind legs within a minute of being put in a clear cylinder, a standard experimental measure of motor ability.

In the new study, which appears this month in the journal Optometry and Vision Science, Kulp and her collaborators tested children with and without farsightedness to evaluate their attention, visual perception and the ability to integrate visual perception and motor skills.

A slew of studies in adults have found that nonusers beat chronic weed smokers on tests of attention, memory, motor skills and verbal abilities, but some of this might be the result of lingering traces of cannabis in the body of users or withdrawal effects from abstaining while taking part in a study.

Children with ADHD tend to react slower when tested for motor ability, eye movements, comprehension, and processing speed, according to Denckla.

To test for a mismatch between participants» ability to imagine performing a task and their ability to physically express themselves — what is called cognitive motor dissociation — participants were asked to imagine squeezing and releasing their right hand while in the fMRI scanner and while EEG readings were being taken.

Motor dysfunction was evaluated in mThy1 - AS mice using a modification of the established «coat hanger test:» [17] animals were assessed for time to fall when holding on to a suspended vertical metal bar, with additional scoring for the ability to use the hindlimbs to assist (zero, one, or both hindlimbs engaged).

All UNC isoforms were also tested for the ability to form heterotypic channels, given the indications from localization studies that AVB: B motor neuron gap junctions are likely heterotypic.

They found that students who went to bed an average of 30 — 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

If the child does meet the criteria, the parents will arrange for the child to be further evaluated by a licensed school psychologist not employed by this district, and will be tested in the areas of school readiness, intellectual ability and fine and gross motor skills, the cost of which shall be borne by the parents.

The test took place on the relatively soft surface of the Hakskeen Pan desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa, where the dynamic ability of the new all - wheel drive F - TYPE R Coupé — making its global motor show debut today in Los Angeles — enabled the successful completion of a vital communications test for the Bloodhound SSC team.

Brainchild of engineer Charles Spencer King, the Range Rover sported David Bache - penned crisp good looks, aluminium bodywork, mellifluous 3.5 - litre V8, permanent four - wheel drive and tried - and - tested Land Rover off - road ability — and it combined all that with Rover motor car levels of on - road comfort.

Ford Motor Co. was awarded the «Best Interactive Display» trophy for its ability to allow consumers attending the auto show to experience a virtual fast - paced ride and test their driving skills on a challenging digital road course.

Testing was done to show that his cognitive and motor skills were diminished to the point where even the simplest manual labor was beyond his ability, at least when compared to a person who does not have similar physical and mental limitations.

However, the preliminary drug test given on the night of the accident only measured for the inactive metabolite of THC, rather than the active metabolite, which is what would impair a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle.

This expert, who has specialized training in the detection of impairment from drugs, must subject the motorist to a battery of drug recognition tests which support an opinion that the substance found in their system impaired their ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.

These tests are given to assess the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.

Your road skills test will review your ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, obey road signs and follow traffic laws.

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Neuropsychological testing at age 4 years, including assessment of intellectual and motor abilities, was conducted by trained psychologists using the Spanish version of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (Mabilities, was conducted by trained psychologists using the Spanish version of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MAbilities (MCSA)(33).

Short - term and long - term memory Ability to learn new skills and solve problems Attention, concentration, and distractibility Visual - motor coordination Planning, synthesizing and organizing abilities We provide assessment of adult attention — deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disorders, and have obtained testing accommodations for affected college students planning to take the Graduate Record Examination, Law School Aptitude Test, and Medical College Admissions Test.