Sentences with phrase «process emotional cues»

This suggests that dogs process emotional cues on one side of the brain and the meaning of words on the other side.

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We also know a lack of sleep can wreak havoc on productivity, causing us to be less attentive, make more mistakes, process information more slowly, miss or misinterpret social and emotional cues and impair decision - making.

Using an animal model of this syndrome, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues: the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with complex cognitive processes such as moderating social behavior, and the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional processing.

Heart rate variability also relates to the processing of emotional cues.

For example, the presence of strong emotional cues can hamper learning by withdrawing resources from cognitive processing, 14 whereas mild positive emotions and positive mood states may increase resources for cognitive processing and improve learning.10, 15

Without these vital social interactions with loved ones, the right side of the brain — the core place for processing emotion, both verbal and nonverbal cues (such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and emotional response)-- is deprived.

In real life situations, we tend to process emotional information alongside other stimuli, therefore it is critical for successful social functioning to react to emotional cues, even if these occur while we are engaged in another activity.

Regarding early childhood data, the study conducted by Wagner et al. (2016) focused on the prediction that children with higher CU traits and ODD symptoms manifested during development have deficits in processing emotional relevant cues, such as gazing toward caregivers, as early as infancy.