Is the cognitive function of older patients affected by antihypertensive treatment? Results from 54 months of the Medical Research Council's treatment trial of …

MJ Prince, AS Bird, RA Blizard, AH Mann - 1996 - bmj.com
Objective: To establish whether initiation of treatment with diuretic or β blocker is associated
over 54 months with change in cognitive function. Design: A cognitive substudy, nested …

Team structure and success as related to cohesiveness and leadership

AM Bird - The journal of social psychology, 1977 - Taylor & Francis
Based upon the structural characteristics associated with interacting teams, two hypotheses
were tested. Hypothesis I predicted that both players and coaches of successful volleyball …

Localized muscle fatigue and dynamic balance

PK Miller, AM Bird - Perceptual and motor skills, 1976 - journals.sagepub.com
This investigation was designed for the purpose of ascertaining if one muscle group (dorsi
flexors, abdominals, plantar flexors, or knee and hip flexors and extensors) could be identified …

First Nations status and emergency department triage scores in Alberta: a retrospective cohort study

…, L Mackey, L Bill, K Rittenbach, BR Holroyd, A Bird… - CMAJ, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Previous studies have found that race is associated with emergency department
triage scores, raising concerns about potential health care inequity. As part of a project on …

The effect of auditory and visual models on acquisition of a timing task

SG Doody, AM Bird, D Ross - Human movement science, 1985 - Elsevier
While research on observational learning has typically employed visual models of correct
performance, the characteristics of perceptual systems support the suggestion that an auditory …

Development of a model for predicting team performance

AM Bird - Research Quarterly. American Alliance for Health …, 1977 - Taylor & Francis
The present investigation attempted to develop and test a model for competitive team success
which would be capable of prediction regardless of the skill level of the players. The first …

Atrophy in two attention networks is associated with performance on a Flanker task in neurodegenerative disease

TL Luks, M Oliveira, KL Possin, A Bird, BL Miller… - Neuropsychologia, 2010 - Elsevier
This study investigated the neurobiological basis of attentional control dysfunction in
neurodegenerative disease by determining the effect of regional brain atrophy on Flanker task …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of racism on First Nations patients' emergency care: results of a thematic analysis of healthcare provider interviews in Alberta, Canada

…, C Healy, K Rittenbach, TB Plume, L Bill, A Bird… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background First Nations people experience racism in society and in the healthcare system.
This study aimed to document emergency care providers’ perspectives on care of First …

Cognitive anxiety and mental errors in sport

AM Bird, MA Horn - Journal of Sport and Exercise …, 1990 - journals.humankinetics.com
This investigation tested the relationship between level of cognitive anxiety and degree of
mental errors in a sport setting. Subjects were female high school varsity softball players. The …

Without Contraries is no Progression”: Dust as an All-Inclusive, Multifunctional Metaphor in Philip Pullman's “His Dark Materials

AM Bird - Children's Literature in Education, 2001 - Springer
Drawing on John Milton's Paradise Lost and on motifs found within Gnostic mythology and
the poetry of William Blake, this article explores Philip Pullman's reworking of the Judeo-…