News tagged with adaptive behavior


Writing can be a therapy after a traumatic stress

This study demonstrates that writing therapy resulted in significant and substantial short-term reductions in post traumatic symptoms (PTS) and comorbid depressive symptoms. Writing therapy is an evidence-based treatment ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Examining adaptive abilities in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and/or ADHD

Prenatal exposure to alcohol often results in disruption to the brain's cognitive and behavioral domains, which include executive function (EF) and adaptive functioning. A study of these domains in children with heavy prenatal ...

Attention deficit disorders created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Creativity and human reasoning during decision-making

A hallmark of human intelligence is the ability to efficiently adapt to uncertain, changing and open-ended environments. In such environments, efficient adaptive behavior often requires considering multiple ...

Neuroscience created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The error-correcting brain: New insights into the neurobiology of adaptive behavior

(Medical Xpress) -- A key phenomenon studied by neuroscientists is the brain’s ability to recognize errors when they occur, link them to the associated behavior, and apply those errors in a way that modifies ...

Neuroscience created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature