My current research is focused around building frameworks for intelligent agents and agent-oriented software engineering. In my dissertation, I have developed a new formal framework for the analysis and implementation of multi-agent systems. Most of my other research activities are associated with applied computational intelligence—including fuzzy expert systems for natural language-based compu...

this study aims at evaluating the coursebooks taught at the intermediate level of adult and young adult departments of the iran language institute in terms of multiple intelligence types introduced by gardner (1983) to see to what extent such coursebooks represent the multiple intelligence theory. to fulfill the objectives, a checklist developed by botelho (2003) and localized by the researcher...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship of organizational commitment and job satisfaction with emotional intelligence of employees. the statistical population included all staff of physical education general dpeartment of lorestan province (n=50). due to the low sample size, the sample equaled the statistical population. to collect data,  the emotional intelligence questionnaire...

Abstract Controversy has not been yet resolved among L2 researchers as how to enhance higher-order thinking skills (HOTSs) in EFL contexts. Responding to the growing need to foster thinking skills, many L2 educators have recently attempted to investigate the effect of diverse teaching strategies on HOTS. Yet, few studies have focused on the infusion of Gardner’s (1999) theory of multiple intell...

Fluid intelligence is important for successful functioning in the modern world, but much evidence suggests that fluid intelligence is largely immutable after childhood. Recently, however, researchers have reported gains in fluid intelligence after multiple sessions of adaptive working memory training in adults. The current study attempted to replicate and expand those results by administering a...

Cognition is organized in a structured series of attentional episodes, allowing complex problems to be addressed through solution of simpler subproblems. A "multiple-demand" (MD) system of frontal and parietal cortex is active in many different kinds of tasks, and using data from neuroimaging, electrophysiology, neuropsychology, and cognitive studies of intelligence, I propose a core role for M...

Here we apply a method for automated segmentation of the hippocampus in 3D high-resolution structural brain MRI scans. One hundred and four healthy young adults completed twenty one tasks measuring abstract, verbal, and spatial intelligence, along with working memory, executive control, attention, and processing speed. After permutation tests corrected for multiple comparisons across vertices (...

The theory of multiple intelligences, developed by psychologist Howard Gardner in the late 1970's and early 1980's, posits that individuals possess eight or more relatively autonomous intelligences. Individuals draw on these intelligences, individually and corporately, to create products and solve problems that are relevant to the societies in which they live (Gardner, 1999). According to Gardn...