Little is known about activation changes reflecting overlearning, i.e., extensive motor training beyond asymptotic performance. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to trace the neural shifts from an initial to a skilled (learning) and finally overlearned stage (automatization). Scanning occurred before training (PRE) and after 1 (MID) and 2 weeks (POST) of intensive practice on a...

objective: this research was conducted to study the effectiveness of self-regulation training among female students’ academic achievement motivation in birjand city, iran. methods: in this interventional comparative study (pretest-posttest design with control group), 84 eighth grade students (from public intermediate schools) in birjand were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. they w...

background: the cholinergic system plays an important role in learning and memory. administration of crocus sativus (saffron) or its constituent, crocin, facilitates the formation of memory. based on above findings, in the current study the effect of crocin in antagonizing retrograde amnesia induced by scopolamine, a cholinergic receptor antagonist, in rats was investigated by using shuttle box...

introduction:  clinical settings and teaching methods play a key role in students' learning. so, the present study aimed to investigates the effect of holding special training rounds on performance of pediatric residents. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 30 residents. they were randomly divided into two case (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. two groups received prete...

background and aims: pain diagnosis is a frustrating effort especially due to the barriers in communication with patients in low level of consciousness therefore this study ,aimed at the evaluation of  utilizing bps by nurses for patients who are unable to express their pain because of their low level of consciousness, has been designed. materials and methods: this research is a semi-empirical ...

Introduction: Since muscle injuries trigger inflammatory processes and inflammation generates heat due to increased local metabolism, hence the level of inflammation can be measured by the temperature gradient. Objective: To assess the feasibility of application of thermography in the diagnosis of injuries caused by physical training. Methods: The study was conducted with adolescent athletes of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether the altered organization of post-training sleep in patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy (NC) is associated with a lower off-line improvement in the consolidation of motor skills compared with normal subjects. STUDY DESIGN Fourteen drug-naive NC patients, fulfilling the international clinical and polysomnographic diagnostic criteria, and ...