Paying attention may be one of the most fundamental and important cognitive abilities we have.
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People seem to be pretty familiar with the things that can impair our cognitive abilities.
Cash is mute, has limited cognitive abilities, and walks haltingly with the aid of braces.
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The lead industry tried to discredit a scientist who found that lead exposure hurt children's cognitive abilities.
Researchers tested participants for their cognitive abilities by administering standardized tests of memory, information processing, and thought organization.
Some short-term studies have found meditation can improve cognitive abilities such as attention and memory, said Dr. Doraiswamy.
Rehab doctors will give Giffords a series of tests to assess her physical and cognitive abilities, he said.
That there are long-term, positive impacts on cognitive abilities from this increased early stimulation is no surprise either.
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Many cognitive abilities don't fully develop until the early teenage years, he says.
Gains Through Gaming tested thirty-nine adults between the ages of 60 and 77 for certain cognitive abilities, such as spatial reasoning.
Vegetative patients who have recovered full cognitive abilities say that waking up is nothing like movies make it out to be.
And there's no way to halt or reverse the decline of memory and other cognitive abilities once Alzheimer's has been diagnosed.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Melanie Phillips said there might be a case "for some kind of basic testing of jurors' cognitive abilities".
The reduction in performance on these tasks associated with a 25-decibel hearing loss (classified as "mild") was equivalent to an ageing effect of seven years in cognitive abilities.
Interestingly, the volunteers who saw the greatest improvements in cognitive abilities were those who had scored lowest on the initial, baseline test that had been administered two weeks prior.
Rensselaer faculty and students will seek to further sharpen Watson's reasoning and cognitive abilities, while broadening the volume, types, and sources of data Watson can draw upon to answer questions.
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Dr. Gow said previous research with the Lothian group suggested people who participated in more social and intellectual activities at age 70 and had better cognitive abilities were the ones who scored higher on mental ability tests at age 11.
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For the past 30 years, Dr Pepperberg, who studies parrots at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, has been producing research papers on the cognitive abilities of her African Grey, Alex, who died in September 2007 and who was the subject of an Economist obituary.
Whether hearing loss is truly a cause of cognitive decline or merely a risk factor associated with the ageing brain, the decline of cognitive abilities into dementia is set to explode financial models of health and social care in Western societies and requires urgent attention.
For example, one day we might be able to design apps that allow people to probe their own cognitive abilities (processing speed, memory, decision-making, etc.) at any time during the day and track these abilities over the years, transmitting the results from their smartphones to a health care provider if desired.
And although imaging studies show that middle-aged people may use different brain regions to do the same old tasks, cognitive tests show that apart from brute speed, the brain's abilities are not diminished in middle age.
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