Sentences with phrase «on cognitive flexibility»

Paradoxically, the Chinese would take the responsibility to manage the relationship, which is consistent with the findings in a recent study on the cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience of the elderly Singaporeans (Chang, Toh, Chan, & Fan, 2015).

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Overall, the study found «no evidence that personal brain training benefited the participants in terms of improving cognitive performance, working memory, on attention, cognitive flexibility, or inhibitory control,» says Lerman.

In the current study, Whitney, along with colleagues John Hinson, WSU professor of psychology, and Hans Van Dongen, director of the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center at WSU Spokane, compared how people with different variations of the DRD2 gene performed on tasks designed to test both their ability to anticipate events and their cognitive flexibility in response to changing circumstances.

The prefrontal regions are responsible for analytic reasoning, impulse and desire inhibition, and cognitive flexibility based on information from many other brain regions.

«Most cognitive neuroscientists focus on the signals themselves, on the words, gestures and their statistical relationships, ignoring the underlying conceptual ability that we use during communication and the flexibility of everyday life,» he said.

A study of older adults at risk of late - onset Alzheimer's disease found that those who consumed more omega - 3 fatty acids did better than their peers on tests of cognitive flexibility — the ability to efficiently switch between tasks — and had a bigger anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region known to contribute to cognitive flexibility.

The new research built on previous studies that found associations between omega - 3 fatty acid consumption, cognitive flexibility and the size of the anterior cingulate cortex.

Finally, Dr. Parsons embarked on a series of studies to characterize the neural mechanisms that underlie persistent cognitive impairments, including excessive impulsivity and impaired cognitive flexibility, that are associated with long - term drug use.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

The network of teacher / student information and supporting materials creates opportunities for teacher candidates to develop cognitive flexibility by providing complex, contextualized examples of how particular teachers responded to particular students on particular assignments.

Rather than initially presenting teacher candidates with the position statement principles, it allows them to see, firsthand, the effects of computerized grading on student writing and to formulate considered, persuasive responses to the final path question, thus developing cognitive flexibility with regard to this sensitive issue.

Secondly, we enjoy the ability to focus on specifics (i.e. cognitive questioning, student engagement, high - yield behaviors, etc.) Finally, add the flexibility and accountability of central office access and we believe that your product is a great tool for instructional success.

These tests measure a variety of skills: creative thinking skills such as fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration; intellectual development based on Piaget's theory of development (Piaget, 1954; Piaget & Inhelder, 1973); language proficiency; and nonverbal perceptual skills of cognitive development.

Although the research on resilience in foster children specifically is sorely lacking, studies of maltreated children suggest that maltreated children who exhibit resilience have high cognitive competence, self - esteem, and ego control (including flexibility, planfulness, persistence, and reflection).30 Thus, foster children, who have an increased likelihood of experiencing multiple risk factors such as poverty, maltreatment, and separation from family of origin, may have more positive outcomes if they are fortunate enough to also experience protective factors.

We also found significant pretest by condition interaction effects on teacher reports of skills associated with executive function, including inhibitory control and shift (cognitive flexibility), and on teacher reported internalizing and externalizing behavior.

This suggests that when we engage in goal - directed behavior that requires judgment, sustained attention and flexibility, the two sides of the prefrontal lobe coordinate incoming information, send out commands and keep us on task, said the study's lead author, Michael W. Cole of Washington University's cognitive neuroscience department.