Sentences with phrase «of cognitive distraction»

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They prefer to work in an environment that is free of distractions - even background music can have a negative impact on introverts and their cognitive performance.

Depending on whom you ask, neuromarketing — the study of how the brain responds to cognitive and sensory marketing stimuli — is either the inevitable future of the ad industry, or a distraction, just a bunch of jazz hands.

The constant change of scenery makes it harder to think, because «the detection of changes in the visual stimulation results in distraction of cognitive processing,» according to the journal NeuroReport.

Gazzaley is testing a meditation - inspired activity that may help people train themselves to minimize internal distractions, while Bavelier is interested in another type of cognitive control that likely plays into supertasking: emotional regulation, or the ability to minimize interference from anxiety and other strong, distracting emotions.

Even though p - tau showed the strongest correlation with cognitive decline, and amyloid - beta only a slight correlation, that doesn't mean that p - tau is committing the crime inside cells all by itself while amyloid loiters in spaces outside of cells in large gangs, creating a distraction.

«Distraction is a leading cause of injury and death in driving and other high - stakes environments, and has been associated with attentional deficits, so these results have important implications,» says McDonald, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience.

It focuses on the ability to hone in on a task and ignore distractions, which «leverages every single thing we do,» says cognitive neuroscientist Helen Neville at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

Cognitive / mental state Changes (losing focus and concentration; increased distraction; loss of memory and forgetfulness; loss of energy; fatigue or tiredness)

In order to explore the benefits of cognitive control, many lab - based behavioral experiments require participants to complete a specific set of tasks, limiting the role of distraction.

«We have many memory aids, tools and pharmaceutical treatments to help Alzheimer's patients with memory, but we don't have anything to help with improving their judgments, making good decisions, or increasing their ability to selectively focus attention on the task at hand and avoid distractions,» said study co-author Dr. Douglas Scharre of the Division of Cognitive Neurology at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center's Neurological Institute.

In the yoga of single - pointed concentration the self arises in the body (asana); there is complete awareness in the present moment of the body (holding its suffering or joy) but without distraction and cognitive elaborations (thinking).

The research interpretation of the fMRI and cognitive tests is that the ongoing evaluation and selection process in bilingual children exercises brain circuits which regulate attention control and block distraction.

While a state of agitation and distraction impairs students» cognitive learning and memory processes, scientists have found the opposite to also be true; calm, stress - free classroom environments improve cognitive function and allow students greater ability for rational thoughts, creativity, and self - control (McCraty, 2005).

Cognitive distractions are the trickiest of the three, mostly because drivers do not expect them.

There are three types of distracted drivers - manual distractions, visual distractions, and cognitive distractions.

Even most disturbing, though, was the finding that the mother of all distractions was speech - to - text e-mail technology, rating a large (3.06 times) cognitive impairment.

Driver distraction applies to any activity that takes the driver's eyes off the road (visual distraction), their mind off the task of driving (cognitive distraction), or their hands off the wheel (manual distraction).

The lack of awareness about cognitive distraction, and the inherent dangers of cell phone use while driving, could prolong change of our behavior on the road.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are three mains types of distraction: visual, manual and cognitive.

Cognitive Distractions — This type of distraction is known to take a person's mind off of what they are currently doing, and can include cases of impaired or drunk driving.

Newport defines deep work as «professional activities performed in a state of distraction - free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.»

Out of all the forms of driver distraction, text messaging is by far the most alarming form of distraction because texting requires all three elements of distraction: visual, manual and cognitive.

End Distracted Driving says that there are three types of distractions possible when driving; Manual, Visual, and Cognitive; Texting requires all three distractions to happen.

«Increased mental workload and cognitive distractions can lead to a type of tunnel vision or inattention blindness where motorists don't see potential hazards right in front of them.»

There are different kinds of distractions that can be encountered by drivers on the road and these include visual, manual and cognitive.

Because of the increasing number of road accidents caused by cognitive distractions, authorities ban or restrict the use of cell phones while driving to keep the safety of the public.

One of the most common cognitive distractions is worry, which can cause you to think about that one thing that's bothering you, rather than the road.

This is of particular concern for the NHTSA because it requires a combination of manual, cognitive and visual focus, making it a significant distraction behind the wheel.

Newport defines deep work as,» professional activities performed in a state of distraction - free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to the limit.»

Moving to the cognitive research on mindfulness, we learn illuminating games that we can use to help with the mental phenomena of distraction, sustained attention, thought watching, and attuning to senses.

Traditional problem - focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) of anxiety addresses deficits in coping with both children and parents such as avoidance, distraction, rumination, self - blame and catastrophizing.

We report a case of the phobia of urinary incontinence treated with cognitive behavioral techniques, which involved cognitive restructuring, distraction, relaxation training, and exposure to feared situations.

The first talk (A. Werner et al.) will focus the relation of self - criticism and the «inner critic» in BPD, depression, and healthy controls, comparing cognitive restructuring, distraction and chair work as practical interventions.

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The adaptive strategies consist of Problem Solving, Distraction, Forgetting, Acceptance, Humor Enhancement, Cognitive Problem Solving, and Revaluation.

More specifically, the FEEL - KJ assesses the emotion regulation strategies Problem Solving (e.g., «I try to change what makes me angry»), Distraction (e.g., «I do something fun»), Forgetting (e.g., «I think it will pass»), Acceptance (e.g., «I accept what makes me angry»), Humor Enhancement (e.g., «I think about things that make me happy»), Cognitive Problem Solving (e.g., «I think about what I can do»), Revaluation (e.g., «I tell myself it is nothing important»), Giving Up (e.g., «I don't want to do anything»), Withdrawal (e.g., «I don't want to see anyone»), Rumination (e.g., «I can not get it out of my head»), Self - Devaluation (e.g., «I blame myself»), Aggressive Actions (e.g., «I get into a quarrel with others»), Social Support (e.g., «I tell someone how I am doing»), Expression (e.g., «I express my anger»), and Emotional Control (e.g., «I keep my feelings for myself»).

A subsequent inspection of the modification indices revealed that this was in large part due to residual covariances between a number of strategies with similar content, namely Distraction and Humor Enhancement, Forgetting and Revaluation, and Cognitive Problem Solving and Rumination.

The dysregulation of emotions may be studied at all different levels of emotion experience, cognition and regulation, such as emotional dynamics (Silk et al. 2003), emotion knowledge (e.g., not knowing that one may experience different emotions at the same time and believing that emotional experiences can not be modulated; e.g., Meerum - Terwogt and Olthof 1989), difficulties with the use of emotion regulation strategies (e.g., distraction, cognitive reinterpretation; Gross and Thompson 2007), and meta - emotion experiences (e.g., nonacceptance of emotional responses; Gratz and Roemer 2004).

Rumination and Cognitive Distraction in Major Depressive Disorder: an Examination of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia.

Explored the influence of four coping styles (engagement, distraction, disengagement, cognitive reframing) on maternal distress (depression and anger) and wellbeing.