Previous studies in animals have revealed effects of both prenatal and current testosterone on brain organization and behavior. However, it is unclear how these effects translate to the human brain. Here, we refine previous procedures to clarify the relative contribution of prenatal versus current testosterone indices to cognitive function. Sixty-nine subjects performed four computerized tasks ...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

The current study was aimed to examine the relationship between alexithymia and anxiety among male schizophrenic inpatients. The study was of descriptive and predictive nature. The sample consisted of 50 male patients in Niayesh psychiatric hospital of Tehran, all of whom diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia (at least 2 years). The Toronto alexithymia scale and self-scaled anxiety scale were ad...

the current study was aimed to examine the relationship between alexithymia and anxiety among male schizophrenic inpatients. the study was of descriptive and predictive nature. the sample consisted of 50 male patients in niayesh psychiatric hospital of tehran, all of whom diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia (at least 2 years). the toronto alexithymia scale and self-scaled anxiety scale were ad...

objective: sexual addiction is a psychiatric disorder with unpleasant personal, inter-personal, legal, social, and physical outcomes for the patients. the cycle of this disorder is based on a false belief system known as early maladaptive schemas. this study aimed to examine and compare maladaptive cognitive schemas in sex addicts and normal people. methods: in the present study, a causal-compa...

AIM The aim of this study was to identify mild cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease (PD) prior to extensive neurodegeneration and to evaluate the extent to which dopamine depletion and other disease-related predictors can explain cognitive profiles. METHODS Neuropsychological performances of 40 nondemented early-stage PD patients and 42 healthy controls were compared across on or off dop...

abstract aim and background: according to role of cognitive - emotion regulation in control of positive and negative emotions, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between cognitive- emotion regulation and anxiety disorders in child and adolescent. methods and materials:the method of this study was applied.240 participants of child and adolescent (154 male and 83 female) ...