a comparison of spatial ability bteween womenin the third trimester of pregnancy with women after delivery     vatanparast sh * [1] , alipour a [2] , zareh h [3] ,yadegari oa [4]    received: 19 apr, 2011 accepted: 6 jul, 2011   abstract  background & aims: this research was aimed to review the ability to compare spatial ability (mental rotation, visualization, water level task) between pregnan...

What is it to have a mental disorder? The paper proposes an ability-based view of disorder. It argues that such preferable biological dysfunction views as Wakefield’s Harmful Dysfunction Analysis and Boorse’s Biostatistical Theory. According the proposed view, having disorder basically matter certain type inability (or: ability not sufficiently high): respond adequately some one’s available rea...

social interaction requires the ability to understand people’s mental states (their intentions, desires and believes). the ability for attributing mental states is called “theory of mind.” theory of mind leads the person to explain and predict behavior. researchers showed a great interest in the relation of language and mind/language and thought. some researchers focused on methodological conce...