Sentences with phrase «social stimulation showed»

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If, like those kids outside my window, you frequently show up high in class, you will likely miss the intellectual and social stimulation to which the adolescent brain is perfectly tuned.

He also cited neuroimaging studies showing that prolonged periods of reduced audio stimulation can lead to faster rates of atrophy, changing the brain's structure Additionally, social isolation caused by hearing loss may contribute to further brain decline, Lin said.

An Age Wave / Merrill Lynch study has shown that working during retirement contributes to improved mental stimulation, physical activity, and social connections — three things shown to contribute to longer lifespans.

These studies show that the most basic biological systems depend on social stimulation early in life, said Carlson.

Brooks - Gunn recently summarized the research as showing that language stimulation and learning materials in the home are the parenting practices most strongly linked to school readiness, vocabulary and early school achievement, while parent discipline strategies and nurturance are most strongly linked to social and emotional outcomes such as behaviour and impulse control and attention.3 That is, discipline practices that do not help children develop their own internalized behaviour standards can also adversely affect children's social and emotional functioning — their abilities to develop sustained social relationships and to take account of the needs and feeling of others, to control and direct their own impulses, and to focus their attention to plan and complete tasks successfully.

Research has shown that infants are particularly interested in social stimulation from birth and quickly learn how to interact with others and learn from them.