They brought in a second set of study participants and asked them to perform the same four mental tasks.
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Computers can not only perform repetitive mental tasks much faster than human beings.
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It is known that the brain has the capacity to reduce activity in one region so that resources can be shifted to other areas where more challenging mental tasks are currently being processed.
Consider the findings of a study in this month's issue of Social Psychology, examining how the "mere presence" of a cell phone -- even when it is not being used -- influences people's performance on complex mental tasks.
Resting your brain in between challenging tasks helps you recharge your mental battery and embark on the next task refreshed.
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Before beginning the study, participants were given standard cognitive tests, many involving executive-function tasks such as concentration and shifting from one mental task to another.
Or do we turn a blind ear to last night and just try to stay focused on the tasks currently at hand while simultaneously nudging the mental images out of our mind?
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Animals that help people with psychological problems are considered service animals if they are " individually trained to do work or perform tasks, " such as alerting someone with mental illness when it's time to take medication, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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By a system of organized mental folders and subfolders, it can then deal effectively with a potentially infinite number of tasks, concretes, and ideas.
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Shorter working hours and fewer tasks were among the key working aspects reported to be beneficial to the employee's mental health.
In particular, you would need to measure their ability to perform different tasks in a standardized way, such as walking on a treadmill, ability to lift weights, mental acuity etc.
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