The neural correlates of working memory training in typically developing children     

Jonathan S. Jones  Anna-Lynne R. Adlam  Abdelmalek Benattayallah  Fraser N. Milton 《Child development》2022,93(3):815-830

Working memory training improves children's cognitive performance on untrained tasks; however, little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms. This was investigated in 32 typically developing children aged 10–14 years (19 girls and 13 boys) using a randomized controlled design and multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (Devon, UK; 2015–2016). Training improved working memory performance and increased intrinsic functional connectivity between the bilateral intraparietal sulci. Furthermore, improvements in working memory were associated with greater recruitment of the left middle frontal gyrus on a complex span task. Repeated engagement of fronto-parietal regions during training may increase their activity and functional connectivity over time, affording greater working memory performance. The plausibility of generalizable cognitive benefits from a neurobiological perspective and implications for neurodevelopmental theory are discussed.  相似文献   

Early Childhood Parenting Predicts Late Childhood Brain Functional Connectivity During Emotion Perception and Reward Processing     

Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley  Marilyn Cyr  Megan C. Finsaas  Jonathan Orawe  Anna Huang  Nim Tottenham  Daniel N. Klein 《Child development》2020,91(1):110-128

Seventy-nine 3-year olds and their mothers participated in a laboratory-based task to assess maternal hostility. Mothers also reported their behavioral regulation of their child. Seven years later, functional magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired while viewing emotional faces and completing a reward processing task. Maternal hostility predicted more negative amygdala connectivity during exposure to sad relative to neutral faces with frontal and parietal regions as well as more negative left ventral striatal connectivity during monetary gain relative to loss feedback with the right posterior orbital frontal cortex and right inferior frontal gyrus. In contrast, maternal regulation predicted enhanced cingulo-frontal connectivity during monetary gain relative to loss feedback. Results suggest parenting is associated with alterations in emotion and reward processing circuitry 7–8 years later.  相似文献   

Graduate Studies in the UK: Some Impressions and Suggestions     

Edward A. Holdaway 《Higher Education Quarterly》1993,47(3):237-258

Many western countries are paying increasing attention to the organization and administration of graduate studies. Such attention has developed from primary concerns about completion times, completion percentages, programme quality, and student quality, as well as secondary concerns about supervisors, funding, coursework, inter-organizational co-operation, and policies and practices of both universities and research councils. Using information about British graduate programmes as a basis, the article presents policy issues related to research councils, funding councils, and control, followed by discussion of the themes of the nature of programmes, supervision and evaluation, completion time, quality, and innovation. The final sections address several concerns and offer some suggestions.  相似文献   

Reforming the schools: Some cautions for conservatives     

Edward A. Wynne 《Academic Questions》1990,3(1):51-59

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Electronic circuits and tubes: by the Electronics Training Staff at the Cruft Laboratory,Harvard University. 948 pages,illustrations, 15 × 23 cm. New York,McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1947. Price, $7.50     

H.N. Michael 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1948,245(6):533-534

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Detoxication mechanisms.The metabolism of drugs and allied organic compounds: by R. Tecwyn Williams. 288 pages, 14 × 22 cm. New York,John Wiley & Sons,Inc., 1948. Price, $5.50     

Henry N. Michael 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1948,245(6):528

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Field practice: by Elwyn E. Seelye. A Data Book For Civil Engineers.306 pages,tables, drawings and illustrations, 13 × 211 curs. New York,John Wiley & Sons,Inc., 1947. Price $4.50     

H.N. Michael 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1948,245(5):445-446

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Book reviews     

Ronald J. Zboray  Anita A. Jones  Shirley Kessel  Clarkson N. Potter  Megan Benton  William A. Wortman  Barbara Kiefer  Richard C. Rowson 《Publishing Research Quarterly》1992,8(4):86-106

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Ethical considerations in testing victims of sexual abuse for HIV infection     

N Fost 《Child abuse & neglect》1990,14(1):5-7

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Teachers' Perceptions of a Learner-Centered Teacher Evaluation System     

Ovando  Martha N. 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2001,15(3):213-231

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability - Promoting success for all students is the driving force to develop and implement sound teacher evaluation systems. As Stronge suggests,...  相似文献