Those who took the lion's mane powder showed significantly increased
scores on the cognitive function scale compared with the placebo group.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
An estimate of general
cognitive functioning based
on the first principal factor was regressed from the observed
cognitive scores to derive an estimate of specific influences
on each measure, and this value was subtracted from the observed
score to provide an estimate of general influences
on the measure.
Being overweight was likewise associated with lower
cognitive -
function scores, especially
on the reasoning tests.
Implemented experiment to evaluate the effects of
Cognitive Depletion and Executive
Function on test taking
scores
In the area of
cognitive and academic
functioning, NSCAW documented that the majority of foster children
scored in the normal range
on cognitive and academic measures, although a higher proportion than would be expected in the general population were found to have delayed
cognitive development and compromised academic
functioning.
At the final 12 month assessment the percentage of patients who had attained normal
functioning (
score 80 or more)
on the Karnofsky scale was significantly greater in the group who had received
cognitive behaviour therapy (χ2 = 11.3, df = 1; P < 0.001).