Sentences with phrase «uses cognitive modelling»

Dr. Ulibarri uses cognitive models of adult learning to evaluate performance and training needs based on a cognitive complexity hierarchy.

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«The main problem with entropy uncertainty models is that they are used to justify the notion that there's room to push agendas to the limit line of the outer edge of the envelope that supports the policy maker's cognitive bias,» opines Dennis Santiago, Senior Managing Director for Compliance and Analytics at Total Bank Solutions.

Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986), the Health Belief Model (Strecher and Rosenstock, 1997) and Gender theory (Connell and Messerschmidt, 2005) were used to inform the development and implementation of the perinatal education and support program.

Both the Health Belief Model and Social Cognitive Theory were used to provide a theoretical foundation and process support for the design of the intervention material.

The Health Belief Model guided the formative research and supported information delivery, while Social Cognitive Theory was predominately used in shaping the intervention and in facilitating understanding of the potential interaction between overestimation of new parents capacity to cope and underestimation of potential problems.

Her areas of expertise include anxiety and panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive - compulsive disorder and depression by using a short term model called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT.)

The second process of analysis used the element of Social Cognitive Theory and the Health Belief Model as an analytical framework from which identified themes were considered.

The cognitive model has been validated using a database of about 1500 input sentences, based on literature on early language development, and has responded by producing a total of about 500 sentences in output, containing nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, and other word classes, demonstrating the ability to express a wide range of capabilities in human language processing.

«A network of artificial neurons learns to use human language: A computer simulation of a cognitive model entirely made up of artificial neurons learns to communicate through dialogue starting from a state of tabula rasa.»

The ANNABELL model is a cognitive architecture entirely made up of interconnected artificial neurons, able to learn to communicate using human language starting from a state of «tabula rasa» only through communication with a human interlocutor.

A group of researchers from the University of Sassari (Italy) and the University of Plymouth (UK) has developed a cognitive model, made up of two million interconnected artificial neurons, able to learn to communicate using human language starting from a state of «tabula rasa,» only through communication with a human interlocutor.

Dharmendra Modha stands alongside the brain wall, used by his cognitive computing team to simulate brain activity and model neural chips at IBM.

Using a model of minimal TBI in mice, the team evaluated the effect of transition to an enriched environment on behavioral and cognitive parameters.

However, this new study could not demonstrate an association between muscle strength and cognitive function when using a model based on mere handgrip strength and age.

In a novel animal study design that mimicked human clinical trials, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that long - term treatment using a small molecule drug that reduces activity of the brain's stress circuitry significantly reduces Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology and prevents onset of cognitive impairment in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition.

First author Antonio Di Meco and colleagues used a triple transgenic (3xTg) mouse model that displays an AD - like phenotype, including cognitive decline, and Aβ and tau neuropathology characteristic of the disease in humans.

In the Yerkes and Mount Sinai study, the research team sought to determine whether non-surgical exposure to sevoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic commonly used with children, could lead to cognitive and behavioral alterations in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model.

As a Ph.D. candidate in cognitive and neural systems at Boston University, he began developing large - scale models of the brain that could be used to understand neural mechanisms.

Experimental philosophers continue the search to understand people's ordinary intuitions, but they do so using the methods of contemporary cognitive science (see also here and here)-- experimental studies, statistical analyses, cognitive models, and so forth.

Using an animal model of this syndrome, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues: the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with complex cognitive processes such as moderating social behavior, and the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional processing.

This study provides one of the first animal models to demonstrate the long - term cognitive deficits resulting from a chemotherapeutic treatment used in treating humans for breast cancer.

One reason is that the clinical tests used in patients minimally resemble the laboratory tests used to probe cognitive aspects of AD in animal models (5).

Working with Neil Burgess, he has used computational models of the cognitive map to generate theoretical predictions of hippocampal function.

For example, using a transgenic marmoset model of Alzheimer's disease, clinicians and basic researchers are working together to identify the changes in the brain's circuitry during mild cognitive impairment and very early stages of Alzheimer's.

In this study, we have used a multidimensional approach including high - magnification and super-resolution microscopy, cerebro - spinal fluid (CSF) mass spectrometry analysis and ELISA to investigate the Aβ pathology and its associated cognitive impairments, in a novel transgenic rat model overexpressing human APP.

«Aside from the conceptual contribution, we essentially made mice cognitively accessible — and this helped overcome a major bottleneck in using mice as cognitive models in neuroscience,» says Halassa, modestly treating a singular achievement as a methodological tangent.

LA JOLLA, CA — A multi-institutional team headed by Ursula Bellugi, professor and director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has been awarded a $ 5.5 million Program Project Grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to link social behavior to its underlying neurobiological and molecular genetic basis using Williams syndrome as a model.

Schall, Gordon Logan and Thomas Palmeri are linking the dynamics of neuron signals to cognitive processes through the use of mathematical models.

Identifying the molecular triggers for the onset of AD - related cognitive decline presently requires the use of suitable animal models, such as the 3xTg - AD mice, which develop both amyloid and tangle pathology.

Because of the effective use of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizures (see above), it has been suggested that it may also improve the clinical status in brain injury, especially by reducing the incidence of long - term consequences, such as epilepsy.79 Positive effects of a ketogenic diet have also been reported in reducing the cortical contusion volume in an age - dependent manner in an animal model of cortical injury, which is related to the maturation - dependent variability in brain ketone metabolism.92 These findings were also supported by the demonstration that a ketogenic diet reduced post-traumatic cognitive and motor function impairment, at least in a rat model.93

Many of these models are based on new findings in brain research and cognitive development, and they embrace a variety of approaches: using the arts as a learning tool (for example, musical notes to teach fractions); incorporating arts into other core classes (writing and performing a play about, say, slavery); creating a school environment rich in arts and culture (Mozart in the hallways every day) and hands - on arts instruction.

Apply the principles of the Situated Cognition Theory and use the eLearning tips I gave you for integrating the teaching strategies involved in the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model to the instructional design of your next eLearning course, to provide your audience with a memorable eLearning experience.

Consequently, based on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia learning model, both channels of sensation are used, creating in the long - term memory a fuller and more structured representation that contributes to the acquisition of knowledge.

Schools pledge to use Summit's teaching model, which has three pillars: project - based learning focused on cognitive skills; self - paced learning to mastery in content areas; and one - on - one mentoring to help students set and meet goals.

The model most commonly used in discussions of cognitive learning theory is schema theory.

Our journey starts from the beginning of the 20th century, and includes, inter alia, the famous Pavlovian Conditioning and Skinner's Operant Conditional Theory, continues through the mid 50s and the first time computers were used in learning environments, the influential Problem - Based Learning inspired by Howard Barrows in the 60s, David Merrill's Component Display Theory, the Cognitive Flexibility Theory in the late 1980s that aims to develop the learner's ability to comprehend multidimensional situations, the introduction of multimedia and CD - ROMs in educational environments in the 90s, to the development of WebQuest in 1995, and the launch of the Authentic Learning Model in the late 2000s by Marilyn Lombardi.

Why Should Cognitive Learning Models Be Used as the Foundation for Designing Next Generation Assessment Systems?

This PISA report, presented at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, uses economic modeling to relate cognitive skills (as measured by PISA) to economic growth.

In terms of helping new teachers learn to use this tool, teachereducators need to address issues related to the hardware and software, understandtheir preservice teachers» perceptions of the TI - 83, and integrate the toolinto class in ways that model high cognitive engagement with technology.

Brown, Collins, and Duguid (1989), in their discussion of situated cognition, advocated for the use of cognitive apprenticeship, in which teachers model problem solving strategies, coach students to develop their own understandings of the material, and gradually decrease their level of support as student thinking develops.

At our four - day workshop you'll learn how to use Cognitive Coaching as a model for working with your teachers and school leaders to establish a culture of high expectations, where trust and respect serve as the foundation for your school's long - term success.

PRI's book Moonshots in Education cites the success of Summit public charter schools in implementing a blended - learning model, where cognitive skills such as writing are taught by teachers, but students also spend 16 hours a week acquiring other skills and knowledge through the use of the school's online resources.

Over one million students have used the SSS model to help them develop the key cognitive, social and self - management skills they need to succeed.

Using twin fixed effects models, we find that the effects of birth weight on cognitive development are essentially constant through the school career; that these effects are very similar across a wide range of family backgrounds; and that they are invariant to measures of school quality.

Many strategies for teaching self - regulated behaviors relate specifically to Shulman's notion of PCK, in that they involve the use of cognitive strategies such as modeling, analogies, and metaphors to aid in understanding the content - related material.

When taught correctly, learning strategy interventions and direct instruction provide students with appropriate modeling, practice, and feedback to master skills and cognitive strategies for independent use in a variety of situations in and outside of school.

In the virtual media space, in so doing city - like ordering systems emerge as models of cognitive perception, or as models of changing perspectives on various layers of perception that the artist symbolizes using color.

As an integrative counsellor I work within different therapeutic models including Transpersonal, CBT and REBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy) and I also use Mindfulness techniques.»

In my work with individuals, couples, and families, I use a combination of clinical models including: Structural Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems model.

I specialize in the use of cognitive - behavioral therapy and solution focused brief therapy (both evidenced - based models).