Sentences with phrase «show cognitive problems»
Roughly a third of older people live with heads full of amyloid — about as much as someone with Alzheimer's — even while showing no cognitive problems.
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Studies have shown an increase in health problems following retirement and retiring can also be a detriment to your cognitive abilities.
Another part of the same research found that children interacting with sensitive, calm and less anxious fathers during a book session at the age of two showed better cognitive development, «including attention, problem - solving, language and social skills.»
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
Scores of animal and human studies show that early life stress, such as severe early social deprivation, leads to long - term changes in the brain, cognitive and social problems, and heightened susceptibility to anxiety, depression, and drug abuse in adulthood.
Developmental care has been shown to reduce long - term cognitive and behavioral problems and decrease mortality rates.
That 2005 Economic Journal study of American women who returned to work within 12 weeks showed that infants whose mothers went back even earlier were likely to have more behavioral problems and lower cognitive test scores at age 4.
Several studies have shown a positive correlation between breast feeding and cognitive development in children.3 - 14However, a number of confounders represent problems in these studies.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have previously shown that there are core problems of cognitive inflexibility in adults with OCD.
Studies have shown impaired smell to be even stronger than memory problems as a predictor of cognitive decline in currently healthy adults.
Previous studies by Holtzman, co-first author Yo - El Ju, MD, an assistant professor of neurology, and others have shown that poor sleep increases the risk of cognitive problems.
This work expands upon previous research which has shown that after being hospitalized, older adults are at high risk for memory and other cognitive problems, including both transient (temporary) delirium and long - term changes in cognition, including dementia.
Nearly three - quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive deficits, such as difficulties with problem solving, learning and memory, new research has found.
Bumble bees show an unexpected level of cognitive flexibility when it comes to solving problems in exchange for sugar water.
Previous studies have shown poor cardiovascular health can increase the risk of cognitive impairment such as problems in memory and learning.
That agent, aducanumab, is designed to bind preferentially to the early clumps of amyloid as they form plaques, and therefore may be more useful in mild or moderate patients who are already showing signs of memory loss and other cognitive problems.
Researchers from the Örebro University Hospital in Sweden say the obesity - prone kids may be showing subtle signs of «poorer neurological function,» and that may explain why obese adults are at greater risk of dementia and other cognitive problems in old age.
Lack of sleep has been shown to produce impairments equivalent to those of alcohol intoxication, [4] and can lead to various problems, like irritability, slower processing speed, poor decision making, low cognitive performance, increased risk of depression, obesity, and cardiovascular problems.
In addition to risk of problems involving lung function, selenium deficiency has been shown to increase our risk of heart failure and other forms of cardiovascular disease, as well as for other problems including type 2 diabetes, compromised cognitive function, and depression.
After four years of follow - up evaluations, 200 participants were beginning to show mild cognitive impairment, problems with memory, language, thinking and judgment that are greater than normal age - related changes.
It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21
Studies have shown that physical activity improves creativity, problem solving ability, cognitive function, and information processing.
For insomnia, she recommends patients try cognitive behavioral therapy along with low doses of prescription nonbenzodiazepines, such as Ambien, Lunesta, or Sonata, which have been shown to cause relatively low incidences of grogginess and next - day alertness problems.
A Bright Bunch: These images, from a 2005 study in Cognitive Brain Research, show horizontal slices in the brains of adolescent boys, as measured while they were doing a spatial math problem.
Some studies show that such benefits can come from video games, as these can strengthen a range of cognitive abilities, including visual and spatial discrimination, memory, reasoning, logic, and problem solving.
The child with a long - term memory problem might be permitted to use notes during a test; the idea is that with this long - term memory support, Vance will be able to show his cognitive strengths such as analytic skills or effective writing.
By contrast, an initial study of the consortia by CRESST in 2013 shows promising results for the consortia's ability to measure students» ability «mastering and being able to apply core academic content and cognitive strategies related to complex thinking, communication, and problem solving.»
Students who learn another language show greater cognitive development in creativity and higher order thinking skills such as problem solving, conceptualisation and reasoning.
For decades, studies have shown that children who grow up in poverty are more likely to have social and behavioral problems, as well as cognitive challenges that can impede learning.
Relative to children in the control group, Head Start participants showed positive effects in numerous cognitive skills during their Head Start years including letter - naming, vocabulary, letter - word identification, and applied math problems.
A variety of laboratory studies have begun to map out in detail cases where dogs show cognitive flexibility and cases where they are constrained or show biases in their problem solving [12 — 20].
A separate study on laboratory dogs supplemented with Novifit showed improvement in cognitive processes, including attention and problem solving (Straus 2012).
Krikorian concluded that the studies suggest that blueberries may be more effective in treating patients with cognitive impairments, but «may not show measurable benefit for those with minor memory issues or who have not yet developed cognitive problems.»
E-couch comprises 12 modules of psychoeducation, cognitive behaviour therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy techniques that have been shown to be effective against depression in younger people without other health problems.
Conclusions Although findings are at best mixed with respect to the effectiveness of home - visiting programs in preventing child neglect, evidence is mounting that these programs can positively alter parenting practices and, to a lesser extent, children's cognitive development.121 Given the many measurement problems associated with accurately tracking substantiated cases of abuse and neglect, what is needed is not more evaluations of CPS reports attempting to show reductions in child abuse and neglect, but rather the development of new measures by which researchers can make sensitive and accurate assessments of child maltreatment.
As we discuss below, one recent study found that family stability trumps family structure as it pertains to early cognitive development even after controlling for economic and parental resources.26 It has been shown that children living in stable single - parent families (that is, families that were headed by a single parent throughout childhood) do better than those living in unstable two - parent families (that is, families that had two parents present initially but then experienced a change in family structure).27 Another study finds that children living in stable cohabiting homes (that is, families where two parents cohabit throughout the child's life) do just as well as children living with cohabiting parents who eventually marry.28 But other research challenges the conclusion that it is family stability that is crucial for child wellbeing One study, for instance, found that children who experience two or more family transitions do not have worse behavioral problems or cognitive test scores than children who experience only one or no family transitions.
There is increasing research showing that mindfulness - based courses, particularly mindfulness - based stress reduction (MBSR) 10, 11 and mindfulness - based cognitive therapy (MBCT) 12 are effective interventions for a broad range of health problems.13 — 15 Mindfulness interventions have been shown as effective for recurrent depression, reducing relapse rates and antidepressant usage12, 16 — 18 and for reducing anxiety.15, 19 Research also shows that perceived stress decreases following participation in a mindfulness intervention, with the decrease maintained at follow - up (between 1 and 3 months).20 — 23
Research shows that high - quality father involvement and support are associated with a number of positive child outcomes, including decreased delinquency and behavioral problems, improved cognitive development, increased educational attainment, and better psychological wellbeing.8 Children with involved fathers, on average, perform better in school, have higher self - esteem, and exhibit greater empathy, emotional security, curiosity, and pro-social behavior.
Research shows that toxic levels of stress in early childhood can result in physiological changes that increase the risk of cognitive and physical developmental problems in adolescence and adulthood.
She integrates positive psychology with cognitive behavior therapy and schema therapy, which have been shown to be effective for a wide variety of problems in hundreds of studies.
Children raised in families that experience multiple transitions do not consistently have higher levels of behavioral problems or lower test scores than do children in family types with one or fewer transitions, even when only child characteristics are controlled... Finally, maternal psychological well - being is shown to be an important mechanism by which family structure affects behavioral outcomes, but not cognitive ones.»
US research has shown household chaos to be associated with behaviour problems, inattention and cognitive development problems in children (Deater - Deckard et al., 2009; Dumas et al., 2006).
They send confusing messages to their children, with the result that children stop paying attention to them as well as showing a decrease in cognitive ability.8 This view of the power relationship takes its toll on mothers» ability to problem - solve and therefore to operate effectively in their parenting role.
Parent - child interactions affect many different domains of development.41, 42,43 Child - focused, responsive and moderately controlling parenting attitudes have been positively associated with self - esteem, academic achievement, cognitive development and fewer behaviour problems.44, 45 Furthermore, high warmth and contingent responsiveness promote a wide range of positive developmental outcomes.46, 47,48,49 Parental management style and affective involvement may be especially salient for children's prosocial development, self - control and internalization of behaviour standards.41 The quality of parenting has been found to be important for child socialization, 50,51 and parenting variables show direct links with child adjustment.52
16 Parental knowledge is thought to provide a global cognitive organization for adapting to or anticipating developmental changes in children.17 Mothers who are knowledgeable respond more sensitively to their child's initiations, 18 while mothers with inaccurate expectations about their child's development tend to be more harsh.19, 20,21 Studies have indicated that when mothers have higher knowledge of infant and child development, they show higher levels of parenting skills, 16,22,23 their children have higher cognitive skills, 16,24 and there are fewer child behaviour problems.16 Furthermore, a positive association has been found between parental self - efficacy and parenting competence when knowledge of child development is high.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in treating depressive symptoms among adolescents (Asarnow et al. 2001; Crocker et al. 2013) and it can be used to target the negative expectations and habituated avoidance behavior as well as the social problem behavior (Asarnow et al. 2001).
Previous studies have shown that maternal depression has a negative effect on young hearing children, slowing their cognitive development and predicting behavioral problems.
Because studies have shown that children with cognitive developmental delays exhibit poorer social skills and problem solving abilities than typically developing children (Fenning et al., 2011; Wieland et al., 2014), only children with a full - scale IQ of 85 — 115 were examined in the current study (mean IQ for the sample was 105.13; SD = 8.29).
Across multiple measures derived from the strength model of self - control (self - report, cognitive control, and emotional control), problem gamblers showed trait self - control deficits relative to non-problem gamblers.
Postnatal depression, particularly in disadvantaged communities, has been shown to be associated with impairments in the child's growth, 36 and his / her social, emotional, and cognitive development.37 By school age, children of women who suffer postnatal depression are at risk for showing externalising and internalising behavioural problems, and they have lower social skills and academic achievement.38 A key way in which maternal depression affects children's development is by disrupting the mother - infant relationship as well as routine parenting functions, 37 and two studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with similar disturbances in mother - child interactions.13, 39 Currently, no studies in the HIV literature have examined maternal psychosocial functioning in relation to mother - child interactions or child development.