Again, many empirical observations could prove useful to teachers — for example, that intelligence can be improved with
sustained cognitive work — but there is no single accepted theory of intelligence.
Not exact matches
«This study is the first to offer evidence that intensive and continued meditation practice is associated with enduring improvements in
sustained attention and response inhibition, with the potential to alter longitudinal trajectories of
cognitive change across a person's life,» said first author Anthony Zanesco, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Miami, who began
work on the project before starting his Ph.D. program in psychology at UC Davis.
The benefits of this training extended to untrained
cognitive functions such as
sustained attention and
working memory.
The main study results were that the 2 substances combined improve
cognitive performance in terms of
working memory and
sustained attention by increasing brain activity efficiency in the brain regions responsible for these 2 functions.
The researchers made use of functional MRI for analysing brain activity during the n - back task, to evaluate basic capacities for improvement of everyday
cognitive tasks, such as
working memory and
sustained attention.
Cognitive functioning was investigated using laboratory tests of inhibition,
working memory and
sustained attention.