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The Prediction of Artistic Performance From Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Measures
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Utility of traditional cognitive measures in the prediction of neuropsychological dysfunction in children
… the utility of traditional psychoeducational measures in the prediction of neuropsychological impairment in learning disabled children. The subjects were 368 learning disabled children ranging in age from 9 to 14, with a mean age of 10.68 years, and a standard deviation of 1.62. In addition to …
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Novel Applications of Statistical and Machine Learning Methods to Analyze Trial-Level Data from Cognitive Measures
<p>Many cognitive tasks and measures can benefit from trial-level analyses including Item Response Theory models as well as other Bayesian and Machine Learning models. Specifically, this dissertation focuses mainly on task-based measures of metamemory and how within-set variability as well as …
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The Emotional Intelligence Profiles and Cognitive Measures of Nurse Anesthesia Students in the Southeastern United States
… criterion.</p> <p>Emotional intelligence measures therefore seem to provide some corroborating data for predicting success. However, this study provided only a first step to exploring the usefulness of EI in nurse anesthesia programming. In light of the finding in this study that transfer …
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Understanding Cognitive Variability in Alzheimer’s Disease
… the clinical presentation is assessed with cognitive measures. This inhibits clinical trial success and earlier diagnosis of individuals. Marrying the clinical presentation to the pathology of the disease has so far proved troublesome. This thesis will look at how cognitive measures can best …
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Relevant Versus Extraneous Music in Multimedia Instruction: A Study of the Coherence Principle
… in retention, cued-retention, and transfer cognitive measures. This study tested the coherence principle of multimedia learning which holds that the addition of nonessential content that is not relevant to the instruction is detrimental to learning. This study tested this principle by …
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Children's Primary Health Care Services: A Social-Cognitive Model of Sustained High Use
This study tested portions of a social-cognitive model that explained the mechanisms involved in the parent decision-making process that ultimately drive and maintain children's health care use. Eighty-seven primary caretakers of children ages 4 to 9 years completed measures of child health and …
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The effects of postural threat on cognitive strategies used to maintain upright stance
… postural threat result from alterations in cognitive strategies. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of elevated postural threat on cognitive strategies and to determine the relationship between postural control, psychological, and cognitive measures. It was hypothesized …
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Feasibility of a Dietary Intervention Using Coconut Oil on Cognition and Quality of Life in Older Adults: Randomised Controlled Pilot study.
… diet and nutrition-related habits on the cognitive trajectory throughout the life span has been increasingly investigated. Empirical evidence to date has demonstrated associations between nutrition and cognitive impairments in older adults specifically with the relation between glucose …
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Exploration of a Brunswik learning environment developed to instruct basic statistical concepts
… psychology and 102 master and doctoral students' cognitive styles. The study investigated the ability of two cognitive measures to predict the CAI presentation method best suited for an individual's cognitive ability. Two different cognitive measures were regressed against three different CAI …
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Performance of Adults With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Measures of Response Inhibition and Frontal Lobe Functioning
… with and without ADHD, were studied in terms of cognitive functioning and symptoms of ADHD, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Due to the difficulties in diagnosing ADHD in this population three methods of diagnosis were used and the resulting findings presented. The groups did not differ …
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The Predictive Accuracy of Conscientiousness when Responses are Dissimulated: Does Self-Consistency Matter?
… to explore the criterion-related validity of non-cognitive measures as related to personnel selection. The focal study investigated psychological processes resulting from situational causes of motivation to distort item responses. In particular, I investigated whether differences in the motivation …
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Preschoolers' Saving Performance: The Role of Budgeting and Psychological Distance
… more likely to be Savers, p =.009. The other cognitive measures were not significant predictors of saving.
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Examining the Role of Cognition in the Risk of Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Injuries and Concussions Among Elite Athletes
… and temporal stability of the VTS. Across cognitive tests, reliability ranged from poor to good (0.34-0.83). Cognition significantly changed across time points, most notably in cognitive flexibility. Study 2 (N = 145) explored cognition and concussion history as risk factors of injury. …
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Intellectual and Psychosocial Predictors of Success in the College Transition: A Multi-Ethnic Study of Freshmen Students on a Predominantly White Campus
… of gender, standardized test scores, and non-cognitive predictors for academic success and psychological well-being for a racially and ethnically diverse sample of 449 college students. Stress and coping models offered a coherent conceptualization of how non-cognitive factors may operate. …
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How Epistemic Affects, Curiosity, and Personality Are Associated With Mind Wandering: Evidence from a Health-related Three-Armed Bandit Task
… that mind wandering is influenced by a range of cognitive measures; however, its relationship with epistemic affects, especially with regard to thought content, has not been investigated. Moreover, while previous studies have shown that trait curiosity and personality are related to mind …
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The relative effectiveness of alternative treatments for young children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
… during compliance and attention tasks, cognitive measures (Continuous Performance Task), and parenting and family factors. Analysis of results showed that either active treatment component (i.e., methylphenidate versus parent training) was not better than the other. The combination of …
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Factors Influencing the Face Validity of Effort Tests: Timing of Warning and Feedback
… on) effort and standard neuropsychological measures. All participants were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP) as well as a brief battery composed of standard cognitive measures. Following administration of all tests, participants …
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Factors Influencing the Face Validity of Effort Tests: Timing of Warning and Feedback
… on) effort and standard neuropsychological measures. All participants were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP) as well as a brief battery composed of standard cognitive measures. Following administration of all tests, participants …
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