Tag Archives: performance

Dr. Charles Morgan on Psycho-Neurobiology and War

Posted on December 27, 2020 by kwc

Modern War Institute | youtube.com Dr. Charles Morgan speaks to cadets and faculty at West Point about a range of topics, including psychology, neurobiology, and the science of humans at war. Dr. Morgan’s neurobiological and forensic research has established him … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Related, Science, Science, Society, Society, Technology, Technology, Videos | Tagged humans, memory, performance, post traumatic stress disorder, psycho-neurobiology, Psychology, PTSD, science, stress, War | Comments Off

Obese Kids as Bright as Thinner Peers

Posted on July 13, 2012 by kwc

Science Daily Obesity is not to blame for poor educational performance, according to early findings from research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). In a study that combines statistical methods with genetic information, researchers dispel the false … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Psychology | Tagged Association, being overweight, Bright, Council, Daily, Economic, economic and social research council, educational consequences, educational performance, esrc, exam results, false idea, Family, family dr, genetic information, health, health problems, hinke, idea, information, information researchers, kessler, kids, Obese, obese kids, obesity, overweight, peers, performance, Research, science, social, social research council, statistical methods, stephanie, Study, University, von | Comments Off

Vitamin B: The Happy Vitamin that Packs a Punch

Posted on June 28, 2012 by kwc

Melissa Crossman Prevent Disease Vitamin B is sometimes called the “happy vitamin,” and for very good reason. Vitamin B is a dietary powerhouse, boosting energy levels and enhancing performance of nearly every system in the body. Hundreds of delicious and … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Mental Health, Naturopathy, Nutrition | Tagged Action, anemia, b vitamin, Birth, birth defects, blood cell production, bloodstream, body, body hundreds, bounce, complex, consumer, crossman, diet, disease, energy levels, enhancing performance, function, good reason, Happy, heart disease, nervous system function, nutrients, performance, PMS, pms symptoms, Power, powerhouse, production, punch, raw power, reason, red blood cell, risk, Severity, vitamin b complex, vitamin b6, way | Comments Off

Kinect to watch your emotions and serve up ads

Posted on June 13, 2012 by kwc

Jacob Aaron New Scientist Online adverts are already tailored to your search and browsing history, but now Microsoft has plans to add emotions to the mix. In a recently revealed patent application the company suggests that using its Kinect sensor … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyberspace, Headlines, Technology | Tagged adverts, analyse, analysis, application, body, body language, Company, Emotional, emotions, face, face and body, gaming, gaming performance, history, jacob, Kinect, language, microsoft, Mix, new scientist, Online, patent, patent application, performance, SCIENTIST, search, search terms, sensor, Target | Comments Off

Why Teamwork is Overrated

Posted on March 30, 2012 by kwc

Psych Blog Does teamwork always enhance the performance of organisations? It might seem like a question that’s too obvious to ask. Practically every job description ever written demands ‘a good team player’. Teams of all kinds pop up everywhere in … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Philosophy, Society | Tagged ability, amp, assumption, benefits of teamwork, Blog, brainstorming, description, evidence, fashion, Hackman, Hecht, implementation, job, job description, organisational, organisations, performance, Player, Power, Practically, question, Research, squabbling, Team, team player, Teamwork, time, typical characteristics, variations, waste, waste time | Comments Off

Obesity increases the risk of brain decline

Posted on March 26, 2012 by kwc

Dae Hyun Yoon Press TV A recent study conducted by Korean scientists suggests that being overweight can increase the risk of brain decline and result in a poor cognitive performance. Researchers studied the relationship between being overweight and cognitive performance … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Mental Health, Psychology, Society | Tagged being overweight, BMI, body, body mass index, body mass index bmi, brain, cognitive performance, Dae, dae hyun, Decline, Hyun, index, korean scientists, Mass, obesity, overweight, participants, performance, Press, Relationship, result, risk, Study, Yoon | Comments Off

Why Interacting with a Woman Can Leave Men “Cognitively Impaired”

Posted on March 14, 2012 by kwc

Daisy Grewal Scientific American Movies and television shows are full of scenes where a man tries unsuccessfully to interact with a pretty woman. In many cases, the potential suitor ends up acting foolishly despite his best attempts to impress. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Psychology, Society | Tagged ability, attractive woman, baseline, baseline measure, blue ink, brain, cognitive impairment, cognitive performance, colored inks, Decline, different colors, grewal, Help, hen, impairment, Interacting, john ridley, man, meaning of the word, measure, mental performance, Nauts, performance, pretty woman, Radboud, rate, scientific american, series, stroop test, Study, suitor, television, television shows, test, University, university nijmegen, way, woman men, word blue | Comments Off

TEDxPortsmouth – Dr. Chris Shambrook – Serious About Performance

Posted on March 14, 2012 by kwc

Chris Shambrook TED Chris has been working in the area of performance enhancement as a sport psychologist since 1996. Chris has also worked extensively in business, consulting at all levels within his customers companies. The focus of his corporate work … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Psychology, Videos | Tagged area, business, consulting, dr chris, enhancement, Focus, gold medals, performance, performance enhancement, psychologist, sport, sport psychologist, success, ted, TEDxPortsmouth, work, world | Comments Off

In recognizing faces, the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts

Posted on March 10, 2012 by kwc

Lucy Hyde EurekAlert How do we recognize a face? To date, most research has answered “holistically”: We look at all the features—eyes, nose, mouth—simultaneously and, perceiving the relationships among them, gain an advantage over taking in each feature individually. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Science, Technology | Tagged Association, bosco, california, california los angeles, date, face, Faces, facial features, facial recognition, feature scores, greater than the sum, Indiana, indiana university, information processing, integrator, investigators, Journal, Los, lucy hyde, model, mundy, optimal, participant, performance, Psychological, psychological science, recognition, relationships, score, series, someone, sources of information, Study, sum, theoretical model, theory, University, university of california, university of california los angeles | Comments Off

Means test selective parents

Posted on March 4, 2012 by kwc

Rachel Browne Sydney Morning Herald THE families of children attending selective public high schools are among the most affluent, prompting questions about the equity of the system and whether parents should face a means-tested levy. Entry to a selective school … Continue reading →