Author(s): Zhao M; Jia W; Jennings S; Law A; Bourgon A; Su C; Larose MH; Grenier H; Bowness D; Zeng Y;

The objective of pilot training is to equip trainees with the knowledge, judgment, and skills to maintain control of an aircraft and respond to critical flight tasks. The present research aims to investigate changes in trainees' cognitive control levels during a pilot training process while t ...

Article GUID: 39428425

Author(s): Matthews TE; Lumaca M; Witek MAG; Penhune VB; Vuust P;

There are pronounced differences in the degree to which individuals experience music-induced pleasure which are linked to variations in structural connectivity between auditory and reward areas. However, previous studies exploring the link between white matter structure and music reward sensitivity (MRS) have relied on standard diffusion tensor imaging me ...

Article GUID: 39052097

Author(s): Delisle VC; Gumuchian ST; Kloda LA; Boruff J; El-Baalbaki G; Körner A; Malcarne VL; Thombs BD;

Objective: Peer facilitators play an important role in determining the success of many support groups for patients with medical illnesses. However, many facilitators do not receive training for their role and report a number of challenges in fulfilling their responsibilities. The ...

Article GUID: 27856483

Author(s): Lavoie-Tremblay M; Boies K; Clausen C; Frechette J; Manning K; Gelsomini C; Cyr G; Lavigne G; Gottlieb B; Gottlieb LN;

Background: Development of nursing leadership is necessary to ensure that nurse leaders of the future are well-equipped to tackle the challenges of a burdened healthcare system. In this context, the Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership program was delivered to 121 participants from 5 ...

Article GUID: 38746810

Author(s): Alrubaye Z; Hudhud Mughrabi M; Manav B; Batmaz AU;

Mirror drawing is a motor learning task that is used to evaluate and improve eye-hand coordination of users and can be implemented in immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) for training purposes. In this paper, we investigated the effect of color cues on user motor performance in a mirror-drawing task between Virtual Environment (VE) ...

Article GUID: 38288362

Author(s): Downey R; Gagné N; Mohanathas N; Campos JL; Pichora-Fuller KM; Bherer L; Lussier M; Phillips NA; Wittich W; St-Onge N; Gagné JP; Li K;

Background: Hearing loss predicts cognitive decline and falls risk. It has been argued that degraded hearing makes listening effortful, causing competition for higher-level cognitive resources needed for secondary cognitive or motor tasks. Therefore, executive function training has the potential ...

Article GUID: 37864139

Author(s): Emmanuel Frimpong

Recent evidence shows that a nap and acute exercise synergistically enhanced memory. Additionally, human-based cross-sectional studies and animal experiments suggest that physical exercise may mitigate the cognitive impairments of poor sleep quality and sleep restriction, respectively. We evaluated whether acute exercise may offset sleep restriction's ...

Article GUID: 37084788

Author(s): Caru M; Alberts NM; Freeman MC; Dandekar SC; Rao P; McKeone DJ; Brown VI; McGregor LM; Schmitz KH;

Background: Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. It is vital that children and adolescents receive adequate pain management early on in their cancer treatments to mitigate pain and cancer-related symptoms. Exercise ...

Article GUID: 36952029

Author(s): Depto DS; Rizvee MM; Rahman A; Zunair H; Rahman MS; Mahdy MRC;

Uncontrolled proliferation of B-lymphoblast cells is a common characterization of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). B-lymphoblasts are found in large numbers in peripheral blood in malignant cases. Early detection of the cell in bone marrow is essential as the disease progresses rapidly if left untreated. However, automated classification of the cell is ...

Article GUID: 36516574

Author(s): Downey R; Bherer L; Pothier K; Vrinceanu T; Intzandt B; Berryman N; Lussier M; Vincent T; Karelis AD; Nigam A; Vu TTM; Bosquet L; Li KZH;

Cognitive-motor dual-tasking is a complex activity that predicts falls risk and cognitive impairment in older adults. Cognitive and physical training can both lead to improvements in dual-tasking; however, less is known about what mechanisms underlie these changes. To investigate this, 33 healthy ...

Article GUID: 36408116

Author(s): Petrovic J; Mettler J; Argento A; Carsley D; Bloom E; Sullivan S; Heath NL;

Background: Accumulating evidence has underscored the importance of fostering children's emotion regulation (ER) within primary school settings and the role of teachers in such efforts. This study sought to assess the needs of teachers in supporting students' ER, through a better understanding of teachers' perceptions and use of healthy versus ...

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