Sentences with phrase «on the cognitive functioning of»

At the end of the trial it was seen that — while Ace - K did not cause any metabolic problems — it had a powerful negative impact on the cognitive function of the mice.

In humans, a crossover study looked to examine the effects of acute elevation of the ketone body, BHB, on the cognitive function of 20 AD patients (2).

Therefore, mild dehydration was produced by intermittent moderate exercise without hyperthermia and its effects on cognitive function of women were investigated.

The influence of creatine supplementation on the cognitive functioning of vegetarians and omnivores

Not exact matches

Just look at this list of benefits from a recent study done at the Yale - Griffin Prevention Research Center by David L. Katz, MD, and his colleagues: «Cocoa can protect nerves from injury and inflammation, protect the skin from oxidative damage from UV radiation... and have beneficial effects on satiety, cognitive function, and mood.»

In a second study, published today (June 2) in the Annals of Neurology, Bak set out to determine if the positive effects of bilingualism on cognition could actually be the other way around: that people who have better cognitive functions are more likely to learn foreign languages.

The concept of the supernatural is culturally derived from an innate cognitive schema...» The scientific evidence for his position comes from an analysis of studies done on children that show that their innate way of viewing the world is in terms of «design, function and purpose» - making them, in effect, «intuitive theists.»

Ramsey maintains that the functions of religious language are the evocation of commitment and worship, which are non-cognitive functions, and also discernment, which is presumably cognitive.26 For Ramsey, the cognitive claims apparently rest on both divine revelation and human intuition in the moment of disclosure.

Dr Oz said that he loves Hemp Milk on cereal and in his coffee because it is a wonderful source of Omega 3's and it improves your cognitive function and memory.

5) Anti-inflammatory Foods — As science becomes more aware of the far - reaching impact that inflammation can have on the human body, impacting everything from cognitive function to immune health, people are making more efforts to reduce these complications.

In fact it was the subject of two sessions dedicated to exploring the evidence for the effects of foods and food components on mental performance and how this type of evidence can be gathered and evaluated to substantiate an EFSA approved claim on cognitive function.

On a cognitive level, growing up in a chaotic and unstable environment — and experiencing the chronic elevated stress that such an environment produces — disrupts the development of a set of skills, controlled by the prefrontal cortex, known as executive functions: higher - order mental abilities that some researchers compare to a team of air - traffic controllers overseeing the working of the brain.

The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.

Here you will find articles about information on the latest research about the long - term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, articles on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.

The development of computerized neurocognitive tests such as ImPACT have been a big advance in terms of making sure an athlete has recovered their cognitive function necessary to return to play or work, but the usual and primary treatment remains rest, with follow - up testing using the ImPACT paradigm, and return to play or work following the algorithm of the ImPACT program based on test results.

Through the Institute, Dr. Janda has conducted groundbreaking research on such subjects as the use of breakaway bases in reducing sliding injuries in baseball, the role of soft - core baseballs in reducing chest impact injuries in youth baseball, reducing injuries from collisions with soccer goal, and the effect of heading on cognitive function in youth soccer players.

A student - athlete's cognitive function after concussion has two or sometimes three phases depending on the severity of concussion:

Finding a way to reconcile two competing demands - minimizing contact in practice in order to reduce the number of concussions sustained and the number of hits players sustain over the course of a week and a season that emerging science, now more than ever, suggests may have a deleterious cumulative effect [26] on a player's cognitive function over the long term, while at the same time maximizing the amount of time in practice learning how to tackle and block without head - to - head contact - time that is needed to maximize the protective effect of proper tackling on the number of head - to - head hits players sustain in game action, which can not only result in concussion, but catastrophic neck and spine injuries - is challenging, but clearly not impossible.

Current studies on humans show no harmful effects of supplementing infant formula with DHA and ARA and some studies even show some benefits to a child's visual function and / or cognitive and behavioral development.

However, inequalities were not widened in cognitive functioning at early school age, despite the beneficial effect of the intervention on cognition.

Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26

The process, which took roughly XX hours over the course of four months, helped overcome terminology barriers between the medical professionals and educational personnel, as well as helped teachers understand the impact of concussions on academics and vice-versa, including cognitive function, classroom environment, and symptom resolution.

The results of this study indicate that consuming more fruits and less sugar, as well as avoiding diet soda during pregnancy, may have a meaningful impact on child cognitive functioning.

Reporting in The Journal of Neuroscience, they showed that neurons of the mouse forebrain depend heavily on NAD in normal cognitive function.

Researchers also found those with high blood pressure performed significantly worse on two different assessments of cognitive function and memory.

Cognitive neuroscientists are especially interested in understanding sensitive periods of time when the environment has the largest influence on future brain functions.

The study is one of few basic science studies conducted to measure the direct effect of a high - fat maternal diet on the cognitive functioning on offspring.

Patients showing gadolinium in the vitreous chamber at the later timepoint tended to be of older age, have a history of hypertension, and have more bright spots on their brain scans, called white matter hyperintensities, that are associated with brain aging and decreased cognitive function.

Dr Alan Dangour, Reader in Food and Nutrition for Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: «This is the first trial of the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological and cognitive function in older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.

«On the basis of our study findings, we have two important take home messages: First, even though losing half a night of sleep may not impair memory functions under baseline conditions, the addition of acute cognitive stress may be enough to lead to significant impairments, which can possibly be detrimental in real - world scenarios.

«Understanding how a healthy brain works is important in terms of knowing its impact on cognitive functions such as memory, learning and in this case attention,» Noudoost said.

After controlling for factors known to influence brain volume and cognitive test scores, such as age and gender, the researchers found that a higher self - reported frequency of game playing was significantly associated with greater brain volume in several regions involved in Alzheimer's disease (such as the hippocampus) and with higher cognitive test scores on memory and executive function.

«This is the first study that has associated a decline in cognitive function with gestational diabetes mellitus, which is an early diabetic state that raises the risk of Type 2 diabetes later on,» Keskin said.

Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the study probes members of the Native American Church for deficits in memory and other cognitive functions.

Kessler Foundation scientists correlated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings with the negative impact of outdoor temperature on cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis (MS).

One troubling finding for the research team was that «very few studies» have examined the benefits of volunteering on cognitive functioning in older adults.

Past research has examined the impact of sleep duration on cognitive functions in older adults.

In addition to its effect on chronic tics, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome.

Better measures of school - based cognitive function were associated with late - term infants born at 41 weeks but those children performed worse on a measure of physical functioning compared with infants born full term at 39 or 40 weeks, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

For years now the gold standard for R&D in Alzheimer's disease has focused on generating convincing evidence that any new therapy being studied could slow the cognitive decline of patients and help preserve their ability to perform the kind of daily functions that can keep a patient independent for a longer period of time.

While late - term gestation was associated with an increase in the rate of abnormal conditions at birth and with worse physical outcomes during childhood, it was also associated with better performance on all three measures of school - based cognitive functioning measures during childhood,» the study concludes.

In June, researchers reported that office workers scored higher on tests of cognitive function when the room was better ventilated, but many studies have found that background noise impairs cognitive performance.

In terms of cognitive disability, the researchers found that in the subgroup of MS patients who underwent neuropsychological testing, those with more cerebral microbleeds had higher disability on verbal and other cognitive function tests.

«When researchers use video games as a tool for cognitive enhancement, they assume that game performance relies on specific cognitive / brain function, yet there is a little evidence that establishes such a connection,» explained lead investigator Chandramallika Basak, PhD, Assistant Professor at The Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas.

Named after the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer it relies on, the Blue Brain Project has started modelling — in every detail — the cellular infrastructure and electrophysiological interactions within the cerebral neocortex, which represents about 80 % of the brain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thought.

He and his team have now gathered that data by exploring the impact of long - term BACE1 inhibition on dendritic spine dynamics, synaptic functions, and cognitive performance in adult mice.

«Our focus on sleep is part of a larger collaborative initiative to identify previously overlooked but nonetheless treatable conditions that could be affecting patients with MS. Identifying and successfully treating conditions like OSA could help us find new ways to improve the cognitive function in MS.»

Researchers hypothesize that too much cortisol can have toxic effects on parts of the brain that are important for cognitive functioning, and too little might hinder the body's ability to recruit the biological resources necessary for optimal cognitive functioning.»

During another test, participants demonstrated poorer performance on a «Stroop task,» a commonly - used measure of executive cognitive function.

A multidisciplinary group of scientists from the Sanders - Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky have identified an interesting connection between the health of the brain tissue that supports cognitive functioning and the presence of dementia in adults with Down syndrome.