Wisdom Mind is an empirically-supported mindfulness intervention program for older adults - those who are cognitively healthy as well as those who may be experiencing subjective cognitive decline. While mindfulness is already known to benefit a wide variety of individu... Lees meer.

Based on the earlier work of Dr. Robert J. Marzano this instructional guide provides explicit steps examples and adaptations to help educators effectively teach students how to investigate experiment solve problems and deepen their understanding of content. Bas... Lees meer.

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Cognitively Informed Intelligent Interfaces. Systems Design and Development analyzes well-grounded findings and recent insights on human perception and cognitive abilities and how these findings can and should impact the development and design of applications through t... Lees meer.

The second edition of this concise plain-English guide fully explains all of the common areas of difficulty for more cognitively advanced individuals with autism Asperger syndrome and PDD NOS and provides much-needed support uncomplicated advice and practical posi... Lees meer.

Computer Assistive Technologies for Physically and Cognitively Challenged Users focuses on the technologies and devices that assist individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities. These technologies facilitate independent activity and participation serving to im... Lees meer.

This title aims to improve coping skills of older adults. It builds on traditional interpersonal psychotherapy an evidence-based treatment that has been found useful in treating depressed elders. Cognitive impairment a common occurrence in the older population due to... Lees meer.

Reseach in cognitive science and psychology has yielded an improved understanding of the nature of knowledge and cognitive skills that psychological testing attempts to measure. This volume presents some accomplishments in the effort to bring testing and cognitive theor... Lees meer.

Imagine a child with a rare and degenerative disease with ten specialists four therapists a weekly infusion a clinical trial and regular medical procedures. Now imagine a laughing singing child who pretends to be a nurse to his stuffed animals relatively untraumat... Lees meer.

This book shows ways of augmenting the capabilities of Natural Language Processing NLP systems by means of cognitive-mode language processing. This book shows ways of augmenting the capabilities of Natural Language Processing NLP systems by means of cognitive-m... Lees meer.

How does liturgy impact the formation of faith. The Protestant Church has traditionally emphasized human reason and doctrinal knowledge. But there is another method with great formative power--participation in liturgy. Human beings gain important knowledge not only thr... Lees meer.

During the past two or three decades research in cognitive science and psychology has yielded an improved understanding of the fundamental psychological nature of knowledge and cognitive skills that psychological testing attempts to measure. These theories have reached... Lees meer.

Reseach in cognitive science and psychology has yielded an improved understanding of the nature of knowledge and cognitive skills that psychological testing attempts to measure. This volume presents some accomplishments in the effort to bring testing and cognitive theor... Lees meer.

Change is frequent in healthcare yet change management is often far from perfect. This book considers the complexity of change within large organisations explores existing models of change and emphasises the vital role of emotional and cognitive readiness in successf... Lees meer.

Correctional facilities are not geared to accommodate the needs of a growing aging population. With the natural slowdown of physical mobility and cognitive processes aging prisoners are prone to predation and humiliation. Early onset dementia including Alzheimer s Dis... Lees meer.