Cancer treatment -- in particular, cranial radiation -- can also impair cognitive functioning, experts say.
Many go to the medicine cabinet in search of an edge, wanting something to enhance cognitive functioning.
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Coherence is directly associated with improved health, cognitive functioning - and a deeper sense of inner balance and happiness.
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The participants meditating also showed improved mental and cognitive functioning and lower levels of depression compared with the control group.
Giving chemotherapy directly into spinal fluid can also affect cognitive functioning, as can drugs such as steroids and methotrexate, she said.
When people choose to use powerful, and potentially dangerous, stimulant medications to enhance cognitive functioning they need to manage the risks.
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Dr. CORDER: Autism is a diagnosis that is a delay, a significant and progressive delay in neurological functioning, cognitive functioning and social skills.
He noted that the tests we have for measuring the cognitive functioning of infants, though admittedly crude, show the races to be almost the same.
As his files documented, as a child he suffered from poor nutrition, severe parental neglect, sustained physical and sexual abuse, early head injuries, learning disabilities, poor cognitive functioning and lead exposure.
Moreover, the Durham University study also found a link between the duration of breastfeeding and the growth of the brain after birth, causing researcher Barton to suggest two years of breastfeeding may lead to increased cognitive functioning.
Early environmental enrichments that include better nutrition, more exercise and cognitive stimulation from ages 3 to 5 both improves brain functioning at age 11 and also reduces crime at age 23 by 35%.
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