MMPs in learning and memory and neuropsychiatric disorders

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Dopamine in Reward Learning and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Context and Salience: the Role of Dopamine in Reward Learning and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

iii Abstract Evidence suggests that a change in the firing rate of dopamine (DA) cells is a major neurobiological correlate of learning. The Temporal Difference (TD) learning algorithm provides a popular account of the DA signal as conveying the error between expected and actual rewards. Other accounts have attempted to code the DA firing pattern as conveying surprise or salience. The DA mediat...

the effects of keyword and context methods on pronunciation and receptive/ productive vocabulary of low-intermediate iranian efl learners: short-term and long-term memory in focus

از گذشته تا کنون، تحقیقات بسیاری صورت گرفته است که همگی به گونه ای بر مثمر ثمر بودن استفاده از استراتژی های یادگیری لغت در یک زبان بیگانه اذعان داشته اند. این تحقیق به بررسی تاثیر دو روش مختلف آموزش واژگان انگلیسی (کلیدی و بافتی) بر تلفظ و دانش لغوی فراگیران ایرانی زیر متوسط زبان انگلیسی و بر ماندگاری آن در حافظه می پردازد. به این منظور، تعداد شصت نفر از زبان آموزان ایرانی هشت تا چهارده ساله با...

Editorial: 5-HT2A/2B/2C Receptors, Memory, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

It is very well known that memory formation and forgetting represent important cognitive functions modulated by several neurotransmitters, including serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) (e. How does the brain become dysfunctional? Such a question has intrigued neuroscientists for many years. Over recent decades, neuroscience research has shed light on this complex issue and growing evidence is...

Bilingualism and neuropsychiatric disorders

A range of psychotic manifestations (including auditory hallucinations, delusions, conceptual disorganization, anxiety, and depression) have been reported to occur in either one or all of a patient’s languages. The reasons why one of the patient’s languages may be more affected than others is investigated. Whether a particular language should be used in psychotherapy, and if so, which one, is a...