VOA NEWS: EATING VEGETABLES MAY HELP SLOW MEMORY LOSS IN ELDERLY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 30, 2006 ;     366 words ......administer tests that measure their thinking ability. So that we can look at changes in their thinking ability over time." Morris had people record...rate of their decline in their thinking ability, compared to people who consumed...

DON'T BLAME HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FOR MENTAL SLIPS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 3, 1999 ;     300 words ......high blood pressure and a decline in thinking ability as people age. ``I'd hoped to find...undergone tests of blood pressure and thinking ability at three-year intervals over a period...adulthood. The new work may have measured thinking ability too late in the subjects' lives to...

Does Smoking Cloud the Brain? Long-Term Tobacco Use Associated With Dulled...

AScribe Health News Service;  October 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the speed and accuracy of a person's thinking ability and bringing down their IQ, according...smoking was associated with diminished thinking ability even after alcohol and drug use were...smoking is associated with diminished thinking ability even among men without alcohol ...

Hypertension, mental decline link not found

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 22, 1999 ;     243 words ......high blood pressure and a decline in thinking ability as people age, according to a recent...undergone tests of blood pressure and thinking ability at three-year intervals over a period...adulthood. The new work may have measured thinking ability starting too late in people's lives...

Man burnt in 'suicide' car.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 1, 2008 ;     200 words ......attempt to gas himself has been ordered to complete an enhanced thinking skills course. Ian Noll, 39, rigged up a gas canister in...12 months community order and was ordered to complete an enhanced thinking skills course. His licence was endorsed for taking a vehicle...

WALES: Learn to think; He fed a live rabbit to an alligator, he handled a...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  July 6, 2007 ;     411 words ......French, 21, was ordered to attend an Enhanced Thinking Skills course, run by the probation...on condition that he attends the Enhanced Thinking Skills course. He must pay pounds...alligator, has been ordered to attend an enhanced thinking skills course after he admitted handling...

British Psychological Society: Cold dark days of winter make us think...

The Independent - London;  December 22, 1999 ;     254 words ......people feel depressed but they also improve brain power and thinking ability, psychologists said yesterday. New research conducted on...function was not known," he said. "Although the differences in thinking ability are modest, the majority are winter advantages." The findings...

Your letters Sept. 27, 2007

St. Joseph News-Press;  September 27, 2007 ;     366 words ......the nation behind Massachusetts. It attempts to test students' thinking ability in English, math and now science, not basic knowledge. Any time a student's thinking ability is measured, fundamental innate ability and maturity come into...

Just fancy that...(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  July 4, 2008 ;     51 words ......changed his mind and lit a fag instead, causing an explosion. Convicted of arson, he was given 12 months' community service - and ordered to take an enhanced thinking skills course. I hope it isn't but why do I think this might be a waste of time?

Study: No Problem Heading Soccer Ball

AP Online;  March 17, 2002 ;     639 words ......Aptitude Test or on research tests of thinking ability. Some earlier studies had found soccer...say. SAT scores and results of the thinking ability tests were equivalent in all three...finds no evidence that soccer damages thinking ability. However, an outside expert says the...

Should police get paid more for less?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 31, 1997 ;     72 words ......plenty of overtime much of it doing paperwork. Now the City of Milwaukee has de-emphasized written tests of knowledge and thinking ability for applicants to the police force. Is the likely result of time-and-a-half pay for work of a lower quality that offenders...

Slap miss hit child.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 30, 2002 ;     62 words ......aiming for her daughter was placed on 18 months community rehabilitation by Llandudno magistrates and urged to go on an ``enhanced thinking skills'' course . The Old Colwyn woman had rowed with her daughter two days before Christmas on returning from a pub. She...

A Weekly Shot of News and Notes

The Washington Post;  September 30, 2003 ;     407 words ......therapy, a form of talk therapy, appears to improve both thinking ability and quality of life for people with dementia, new research...Those in the treatment group showed an improvement in thinking ability and in quality of life compared with the others. The authors...

Longitudinal Assessment of Critical Thinking in Pharmacy Students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......was to describe changes in critical thinking ability and disposition over a 4-year Doctor...follow the development of critical thinking ability and disposition during a 4-year professional...Conclusion. The generic critical thinking ability of pharmacy students at NDSU's College...

Ban driver was pulled by police

South Wales Evening Post;  April 26, 2008 ;     83 words ......driving while disqualified and using a car without insurance. He was banned for a further year, ordered to pay pounds60 costs and placed under supervision for 18 months with the requirement that he complete an enhanced thinking skills course.