News tagged with visuospatial skills
Skills tests like 'connect the dots' may be early Alzheimer's indicator
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of mental decline in the years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease suggests that changing the focus of testing may help physicians detect signs of the disease much earlier. School of Medicine ...
Cognition already seriously impaired in first episode of schizophrenia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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Significant and widespread cognitive problems appear to exist in schizophrenia in its earliest phase, making it very hard for people with the disorder to work, study or be social, according to a new study published by the ...
Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...
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Declines in other thinking and learning skills may precede memory loss in Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Cognitive abilities other than memory, including visuospatial skills needed to perceive relationships between objects, may decline years prior to a clinical diagnosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report ...
Dyslexia varies across language barriers
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance ...
Cognitive rehab helps people with acquired brain injury
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work ...
Low-carb diets can affect dieters' cognition skills
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A new study from the psychology department at Tufts University shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories, but maintain ...
Teenage boys who eat fish at least once a week achieve higher intelligence scores
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Fifteen-year-old males who ate fish at least once a week displayed higher cognitive skills at the age of 18 than those who it ate it less frequently, according to a study of nearly 4,000 teenagers published in the March issue ...
Impaired kidney function linked to cognitive decline in elderly
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 28, 2009 |
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A new study published in the medical journal Neurology suggests that impaired kidney function is a risk factor for cognitive decline in old age.
Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, ...
Survey finds horticulture grads prepared for green jobs
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Professors Ann Marie VanDerZanden and Michael Reinert of Iowa State University (ISU) wanted to find out how their recent Department of Horticulture graduates were faring in the workplace. To learn more about ...
Music makes you smarter
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Regularly playing a musical instrument changes the anatomy and function of the brain and may be used in therapy to improve cognitive skills.
In combat zone, gastroenterologists put skills to test
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Most of today's gastroenterologists practice in relatively calm environments with patients of the same species. But for Dr. Leon Kundrotas and his colleagues working in Joint Base Balad, Iraq, the need to diagnose and treat ...
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