Studies
suggesting cognitive benefits of the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in MUFAs, inspired the researchers to focus on this group of fatty acids.
Not exact matches
No one is
suggesting that you won't experience more physical and
cognitive benefits from a regular exercise program than you do from one quick, ten - minute walk.
They concluded these findings «add to a growing body of evidence to
suggest that breast milk feeding may have small long - term
benefits for child
cognitive development.»
These findings add to a growing body of evidence that has
suggested breastfeeding may have multiple health and other
benefits for children.12 28 The particular significance of the present findings is that they show the
cognitive benefits that are associated with breastfeeding are unlikely to be short - lived and appear to persist until at least young adulthood.
CONCLUSION Our data
suggest that a longer duration of breast feeding
benefits cognitive development.
After a concussion, a person can be left with disturbed sleep, memory deficits and other
cognitive problems for years, but a new study led by Rebecca Spencer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
suggests that despite these abnormalities, sleep still helps them to overcome memory deficits, and the
benefit is Frontier in Human Neurosciequivalent to that seen in individuals without a history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as concussion.
Those treated with EST showed a marked increase in social -
cognitive behaviors, but it took nearly nine months longer for such
benefits to emerge compared to adults treated with CET,
suggesting that the more intensive training offered in that approach may help speed improvement.
However, growing evidence from a number of studies links the body's inflammatory response to increased rates of
cognitive decline,
suggesting that it would be worth exploring whether the treatment of gum disease might also
benefit the treatment of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.
In a review published November 15 in Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, researchers at the University of Toronto and Harvard University
suggest that there may be some
benefits to reduced focus, especially in people over 50.
The study
suggests that pediatric brain cancer patients may experience similar side effects of molecularly targeted therapies, and may
benefit from efforts to remediate any
cognitive deficits.
In an editorial in the same issue, Edeltraut Kroger and Dr. Robert Laforce of Laval University in Quebec, Canada, said the finding
suggests «that seafood can be consumed without substantial concern of mercury contamination diminishing its possible
cognitive [mental]
benefit in older adults.»
Omega 3 fatty acids — According to the Mayo Clinic, studies
suggest the omega 3 fatty acids may
benefit the heart,
cognitive function, and joint function among many other things.
Research
suggests that rhodiola may help slow brain aging and provide therapeutic
benefits for
cognitive function.
-- An outpouring of anecdotes
suggest that otherwise healthy people can experience
cognitive benefits from brain utilization of ketones.
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.»
A systematic review of the tricyclic studies
suggested that tricyclics were of uncertain
benefit.3 The present systematic review of
cognitive behaviour therapy studies seems to show that it is a useful treatment for children and adolescents with depressive disorders.
Reviews of
cognitive behaviour therapy in schizophrenia indicate that evaluations are mainly case studies or uncontrolled trials.3 — 5 Four controlled trials have
suggested that
cognitive behavioural interventions can result in a reduction of psychotic and associated symptoms that are resistant to medication in chronic schizophrenia, 6 — 9 and a single trial has shown reduction of symptoms in acute schizophrenia.10 Although these trials are small and all suffer methodological limitations, particularly a lack of blind assessment, they represent encouraging evidence that
cognitive behavioural interventions can have considerable
benefits in reducing persistent hallucinations and delusions.
A study of individual
cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the
benefits were reduced over time,
suggesting the need for booster sessions to sustain the gains.19 As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis
suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patients.
Although most of these studies are correlational, all cases of low
cognitive empathy
suggest a clear
benefit of technology that can improve empathic accuracy.
Consistently, while recent evidence
suggests that secure base script knowledge by adolescence is generalized across relationships and continuously distributed (Waters et al. 2015),
cognitive schemas related to attachment are thought to still be under development in middle childhood,
benefiting from the influence of these new social experiences and novel attachment relationships (Bosmans and Kerns 2015).
Studies
suggest that breastfed children are significantly less likely than are their bottle - fed peers to be obese; develop asthma; have autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes; and be diagnosed with childhood cancers.7 Moreover, infant feeding practices appear to be associated with
cognitive ability during childhood: Full - term infants who are breastfed, as opposed to bottle - fed, score three to six points higher on IQ tests.8 Family support providers can influence the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding by promoting, teaching, and supporting nursing; states can maximize potential
benefits by tracking how many mothers start and continue breastfeeding for at least three months.
Assessments of
cognitive and socioemotional competence at 4 years and kindergarten age
suggested a protective effect of secure infant attachment but little
benefit from secure preschool attachment.This study was supported by Grants MCJ - 540615 and R40 MC 00091 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and by Grant MH48395 from the National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services.