News tagged with reasoning
Brain-imaging tool and stroke risk test help identify cognitive decline early
UCLA researchers have used a brain-imaging tool and stroke risk assessment to identify signs of cognitive decline early on in individuals who don't yet show symptoms of dementia.
Neuroscience
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Children's complex thinking skills begin forming before they go to school
New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 23, 2013 |
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Study reveals long-term effects on child IQ of epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy
Research published today in the Lancet Neurology shows that taking the antiepileptic drug valproate during pregnancy affects the IQ of children up to the age of six.
Medications
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Study finds that age does not impair decision-making capabilities
(Medical Xpress)—Contrary to conventional wisdom that cognitive function declines beginning in the mid-40s, aging does not correlate with a deteriorating ability to think for ourselves. These are the findings of one of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Researchers find causality in the eye of the beholder
We rely on our visual system more heavily than previously thought in determining the causality of events. A team of researchers has shown that, in making judgments about causality, we don't always need to use cognitive reasoning. ...
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Early executive function predicts reasoning development
Although analogical reasoning is a core cognitive skill that distinguishes humans from other animals, its origins are still not well understood. Psychological scientists Lindsey Richland of the University of Chicago and Margaret ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2012 |
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Decreased kidney function leads to decreased cognitive functioning
Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to a study led by Temple University. This is the first ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Researchers investigate aggression among kindergartners
Not all aggressive children are aggressive for the same reasons, according to Penn State researchers, who found that some kindergartners who are aggressive show low verbal abilities while others are more easily physiologically ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Intense prep for law school admission test alters brain structure
Intensive preparation for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) actually changes the microscopic structure of the brain, physically bolstering the connections between areas of the brain important for reasoning, ...
Neuroscience
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Repetitious, time-intensive magical rituals considered more effective, study shows
Even in this modern age of science, people are likely to find logic in supernatural rituals that require a high degree of time and effort, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Early learning about spatial relationships boosts understanding of numbers
Children who are skilled in understanding how shapes fit together to make recognizable objects also have an advantage when it comes to learning the number line and solving math problems, research at the University of Chicago ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2012 |
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Aptitude test may be fairer way of selecting medical school candidates
Medical schools that use the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) as part of their admissions process reduce the relative disadvantage faced by certain socioeconomic groups, finds a study published in the British Medical Jo ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Gene variation predicts rate of age-related decline in mental performance
A tiny difference in the coding pattern of a single gene significantly affects the rate at which men's intellectual function drops with advancing age, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Study finds dairy products in adult diets improve cognitive function
Adults who consume dairy products at least once daily have higher cognitive function than those who rarely or never drink milk or eat dairy foods, according to a new study by researchers from the University of South Australia ...
Health
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Specific IQ genes still elusive, latest hunt finds
(AP) -- Scientists who hunt for "intelligence genes" used to think there were fewer than half a dozen of them.
Genetics
Aug 09, 2011 |
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