180 Search Results for Cognition and Aging
Another study sponsored by these marketing firms was published in the August 2001 issue of the Neurology and claimed that it improved cognition, behavior and daily activity in 290 Alzheimer's patients, only 80 of whom had a severe stage. The effect Continue Reading...
For instance, a decline in peripheral vision may impact the ability to pass approaching vehicles safely, and the decreased range of motion in an older person's neck may impair the ability to look behind when backing up. Also, reaction time decreases Continue Reading...
Technology has emerged and pervaded the lives of many people as it becomes more advanced and more a part of society. A good and prominent example of this is video games. Even with the leisure and perceived positive effects of video games, their effec Continue Reading...
positive outcome in the educational progress for the students resulting from applying the Z. Model framework. In Mr. Zander's classroom, the average improvement in test scores is 16.75 points. The is the rise in test scores resulting from the studen Continue Reading...
Classic examples of these are relational problems within families, which are missing in DSM-IV-TR. A research team investigated how relational problems are handled in DSM-IV. From its findings, the team recommended the inclusion of relational proble Continue Reading...
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In this article, Drs. McCann and Ames of the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in Oakland, California, discuss their findings made in several important studies related to the suggestion that since "Vitamin D deficiency Continue Reading...
self-absorption. This becomes a time of self-reflection and if all bodes well a time of increased creativity (Erickson & Erickson, 1997). However, should there be increasing family or financial stress, if there has been problems with their husba Continue Reading...
Biopsychosocial Assessment and AgingAging involves a whole person, so a biopsychosocial assessment of our clients is critical to guide effective interventions. Biopsychosocial assessment is essential in guiding effective interventions because it is a Continue Reading...
Neuroeconomics
What is Neuroeconomics? Provide two examples that standard economics failed to explain but the Neuroeconomics can.
The term is a combination of two sciences that, until recently, were thought to not connected. Neuroscience looks at w Continue Reading...
Pleasant vs. Unpleasant Stimuli on Free Recall
Memory is a mental process where information is encoded, stored, and then retrieved at sometime in the future. There is the great deal of research attempting to ascertain what particular factors associ Continue Reading...
, 1998). Cognitive functioning, particularly memory performance has been found to be impaired in patients with childhood onset of growth hormone deficiency and HGH replacement therapies have been found to offset this memory impairment (Arwert et al., Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices in psychological health
Introduction
Numerous years of research and studies in clinical psychology have illustrated that how individuals process received information, particularly with an attentional bias (AB) to Continue Reading...
Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatment
Clinical Presentation of Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatments
On January 13, 2015, Andrew Brannan, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran was executed in Georgia for killing police officer Ky Continue Reading...
learning experience related to end of life care surrounded two particular issues: communication with the patient and family members and the concept of caregiver grief. This internal grief fits well with the communication issue because communication Continue Reading...
Expertise
Professional development requires us to reflect on our successes and failures and the ways in which we can learn from them. Nothing stays still. One certainty is that the hazards we face next year will be different ones. It is important t Continue Reading...
Chapter 2:
Review of Related Literature
Chapter Introduction
This chapter provides a review of the literature concerning hypnosis, Eastern Meditation, Chi Kung, and Nei Kung and how these methods are used to treat various ailments and improve ph Continue Reading...
A. Harvard Women's Health Watch (2010) Preserving and improving memory as we age. Feb 1: NA
B. This is an article that is written directly to consumers who are over the age of 50 and are starting to notice changes in the ability to remember things Continue Reading...
Clinical Psychology / Bulimia Nervosa
The beginnings of clinical psychology date back to the year 1492, and it has changed from the mere treatment of mental illness to an entire field of research and experimentation, which has helped those individua Continue Reading...
Adult Education and the Internet
Higher Education, the Internet, and the Adult Learner
The concept of using the Internet in the pursuit of higher education is not exactly new. Indeed, the institution of "distance learning," has been in full swing s Continue Reading...
Assess Active Senior ActivitiesIntroductionThe elderly\\\'s programs allow creative, musical, social, and group environments that promote interactions at a personal level, community involvement, and regular attendance. Activity programs offer a poten Continue Reading...
High Fat Diet
Introduction
High-fat diets have caused a major controversy during the past decade. In fact, the Western diet, ketogenic diet and other types of high-fat diets have become more and more popular even though studies have been produced tha Continue Reading...
population of seniors grows in number, an understanding of how age affects memory becomes increasingly important. Yet the awareness of age-related memory loss can itself be a problem, causing a type of self-fulfilling prophecy known as stereotype th Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1.Thyroid Disorders and Mental Health:
Explore how thyroid imbalances can influence mood, cognitive functions, and mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.
2.Thyroid Effects on Pregnancy:
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how the U.S. states offer special education services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of the children with disabilities from birth to age 21, and involves mo Continue Reading...
Managing Diversity
Diversity is a fact of American and International business and is a broader, more complex issue than one might initially believe. A universally vital element of global commerce, Diversity has spawned an abundance of theorists, jou Continue Reading...
While on the one hand many are concerned that scientific discoveries like the atomic bomb could mean the end of civilization, others like the inventor Ray Kurzweil argue that, "to relinquish technologies because they could be used for ill means giv Continue Reading...
Commenting on Edge, Banaji noted that instead of changing the way she thinks, "…what the internet has surely done is to change what I think about, what I know, and what I do" (n.p). Others with dissenting views include Bavelier and Green. Whil Continue Reading...
Music on Emotions and Behavior
Music and education
Psychological implications
The effect of music on word recall
Several studies have been dedicated to the study of the effect of music on the memory. Most of the studies have been dedicated to th Continue Reading...
The relevant topics include mental workload, cognition, decision-making, skilled performance, human-computer interaction, human reliability, work stress, training, cultural differences, attitudes, pleasure and motivation.
Organisational ergonomics: Continue Reading...
medical condition, delirium, and its relationship to the nursing profession. The paper is partially a literature review as well as a literary comparison. The Journal of Gerentologic Nursing defines delirium as "a syndrome characterized by the rapid Continue Reading...
Psychology Treatment
For most of U.S. history up to the time of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, the mentally ill were generally warehoused in state and local mental institutions on a long-term basis. Most had been involuntarily committed by Continue Reading...
For example, the individual has developed a serviceable way to tie his or her shoes they therefore do not need to learn alternative ways to do so. Yet, when the individual is faced with a broken finger he or she must learn a new way to do the task, Continue Reading...
Disabled employees are protected by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Employers must make reasonable adjustments to working conditions to ensure that disabled people are not treated less favourably than other employees. The HSE regulations 20 Continue Reading...
The Prevalence and Effects of Alzheimers Disease Among American WomenDescription of Topic for Dissertation ResearchAt present, there are more than 5 million cases of Alzheimers disease in the United States, and this figure is projected to increase by Continue Reading...