Sentence examples for manual and cognitive from inspiring English sources

Both self-reported left-hand preference and left-hand superiority in baseline typing were associated with reduced interference on the cognitive task, and the reduced interference in those groups seemed to reflect relatively loose coupling between manual and cognitive tasks.

Subjects also rated themselves significantly less sleepy (P <.01), happier (P <.01), and more clear thinking (P <.01) when working day versus night shifts.Attending emergency physicians get less sleep and are less effective when performing manual and cognitive tests while working night shifts with day sleep compared with working day shifts with night sleep.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 12% of all fatal crashes involving at least one distracted driver are estimated to be related to cell phone use while driving.1 Given the combination of visual, manual, and cognitive distractions posed by texting, this is an issue of major public health concern for communities.

"We took great care to follow NHTSA and JAMA guidelines to minimize driver distraction, including reducing visual, manual and cognitive load," Edis explains.

One worry with digital art is that its production relies on the computer automation of many of the tasks, both manual and cognitive, traditionally involved in making art.

Computerization is associated with a decline in the demand for routine manual and cognitive tasks and with an increase in the demand for non-routine abstract tasks requiring a wider human capital.2.2

While the contribution of routine manual and routine cognitive skills (cognitive skills that can be replaced by computers, such as bookkeeping, clerical work) to the U.S. labor market has declined in the past 50 yr, the contribution of the nonroutine cognitive tasks (those that require critical-thinking and science-process skills) has been on the rise (Autor et al., 2003; Autor and Price, 2013).

Of course, distraction isn't just about phones--eating, grooming, reading and arguing all divert manual (hands) and cognitive (mind) attention from the road.

There have been numerous studies into the effects of heat on manual dexterity and cognitive performance.

1 This has been shown to adversely affect their health and societal participation. 2 Low weight has also been associated with increased mortality in this group of children. 3 Feeding difficulties are common in this population due to a combination of poor oro-motor coordination, manual function and cognitive impairments and can result in significant nutritional deficits.

In the proposed trial, a modified version of the manual will be applied: The mindfulness elements are adopted from the original manual, and the cognitive elements are tailored to patients with OCD [ 35].