Sentences with phrase «specific cognitive levels»

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«They are designed with a primary goal of engendering high levels of immersion, engagement, and enjoyment for the players, -LSB-...] They do not tend to focus on one specific cognitive skill, as exercises usually do, but rather expose players to multiple demands that challenge a broad range of abilities.»

Besides carefully mapping the participants» specific symptoms, the scientists also tested their cognitive abilities and measured levels of different proteins in their blood and CSF, a fluid that surrounds the brain and that thus gives a good indication of its chemistry.

Unlike hard - to - define cognitive or emotional states — say, deception, jealousy or anger — pain can be elicited in a controlled way at specific levels, is highly repeatable and leads to a common response: it hurts.

The game also features advanced options to adapt the difficulty to the specific cognitive and visual impairment of the person playing, such as changing the size or number of shapes, and the amount of time the player has to complete each level.

The researchers from the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain, which studies cognitive brain mechanisms, and Center for Neuroscience, which studies molecular, cellular and system - level brain mechanisms, each brought specific expertise to the collaborative study.

Our data reflects the level of efficient organization of the functional brain network during a resting state and not the efficiency of functional connectivity between brain regions during the performance of specific cognitive tasks that enter into the IQ score.

Cognitive psychology provides evidence of specific learning strategies that are wonderfully applicable and adaptable to most classrooms, no matter students» abilities or grade level.

In effect, executive attention functions as a control tower for guiding the brain's higher - level cognitive processes to land on specific tasks and information.

Requesting that they use many specific language structures or advanced vocabulary is likely to be counterproductive to higher level thinking: When students devote part of their cognitive ability to looking for chances to sneak in a subjunctive structure, their ability to listen and react to the ideas brought forth will be limited, which detracts from the spontaneity and meaningfulness of the exchange.

Her research interests involve understanding the social, cognitive, and affective factors related to math learning and achievement with a specific interest in individual differences related to gender and income level.

All CFA questions match the specific levels of cognitive rigor in the «unwrapped» concepts and skills (determined by educators through reference to the revised Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge).

Thus, the KF plays the role of linkage between specific aspects of content and specific language features at word, sentence, and discourse levels while at the same time provides opportunities for various levels of cognitive engagement.

With observational, video, and log data, we examine not only the content focus of instructional tasks but also the number of tasks per lesson, the average time per task, the specific kinds and levels of cognitive demands elicited by each task, and the inter-relatedness of instructional tasks.

Based on purchasing levels, the top condition - specific pet supplements are digestive health, joint health, heart health and cognitive health.

Professional Experience Valley Trauma Center (Van Nuys, CA) 2011 — Present In - Home Outreach Counselor • Provide prevention education and counseling at the individual, family and group level within both in - home and clinical settings while overseeing all case management services • Utilize various methods including humanistic, cognitive behavioral and family systems approaches • Assist group members in the discovery of internal sources of strength and ability to effectively cope with situational crises a well as modify self - defeating behavior • Set and achieve specific group - level goals while helping participants define concrete, meaningful developmental benchmarks, appraising on - going change processes and related dynamics, and connecting individual efforts to common themes • Manage 10 cases on a weekly basis while ensuring an initial visitation with clients within 48 hours of referral • Perform new program participant assessments and participate in all intake and discharge functions

Outcomes: Mood and anxiety disorders (major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive - compulsive disorder, specific phobia, panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder); antisocial and substance dependence disorders (oppositional defiant disorder, antisocial personality disorder, substance - dependence disorders, alcohol dependence, drug dependence and smoking dependence); current global functioning and family conflict; educational and occupational achievement (parental support, educational and occupational levels, overall socioeconomic status); and cognitive assessments.

I provide detailed interventions and recommendations that target specific cognitive processes (e.g., working memory, processing speed, planning, organization, etc.), higher level language and comprehension skills, and basic academic skills required for efficient learning.

Age 12 - 16: The results can be used to maximize future academic and career success by providing your teen with specific training, and helping select high school courses and difficulty levels according to their cognitive profile.

In general, we consider positive thinking as facilitative and negative thinking as inhibitory At a more specific level, Beck (1976) described negative thinking in terms of certain cognitive distortions that make a person more prone to inappropriate behavior.

As noted in the previous chapter, health inequalities can be fairly broadly defined to include differences in: specific health outcomes (such as low birthweight, obesity, long - term conditions, accidents); health related risk factors that impact directly on children (such as poor diet, low levels of physical activity, exposure to tobacco smoke); as well as exposure to wider risks from parental / familial behaviours and environmental circumstances (maternal depression and / or poor physical health, alcohol consumption, limited interaction, limited cognitive stimulation, poor housing, lack of access to greenspace).

More importantly, the language abilities of children with Down syndrome have been found to be even more delayed than would be expected from their overall level of cognitive functioning, indicating a form of specific speech and language impairment relative to their non-verbal mental age (Buckley 2002; Laws 2003; Niccols 2002; Vicari 2000).

These finding suggest that antisocial behaviour problems characterised by high levels of CU traits may have unique aetiological mechanisms associated with specific cognitive and affective impairments that are heavily dependent on genetics.

Furthermore, people with high levels of CU traits (psychopathic personality) have been shown to have three specific cognitive and emotional deficits; a poor conditioned fear response, reduced ability to recognise fear, and deficits in stimulus - reinforcement tasks (see Moul et al. [12] for a review).