Objectives: Among the most important problems of autistic children are the behavioral disorders due to sensory processing deficiency, which are typically reflected in behaviors such as impulsivity, attention and concentration disorders, undesirable emotional reactions, sensory seeking in the form of stereotype behaviors, self-injury and self-stimulating. The present study aimed at exploring the...

We investigated three types of volitional control mechanisms that may impact people’s knowledge management (KM) practices. Our results show that, when employing KM, people do not always perform in a manner consistent with their beliefs concerning attitudes and intentions. This cognition-behavior inconsistency can be explained by volitional control mechanisms. Specifically, both perceived self-e...

Background: Vaginismus is an involuntary spasm of the muscles of the outer third of the vagina caused by real or anticipated attempt of vaginal penetration.  It could lead to marital disharmony, guilt feeling and depression.  Cognitive behavioral models for therapy of this disorder have gained considerable attention during last three decades. Objective: To determine the efficacy of self-finger ...

objective: currently, cellular transplantation for spinal cord injuries (sci) is the subject of numerous preclinical studies. among the many cell types in the adult brain, there is a unique subpopulation of neural stem cells (nsc) that can self-renew and differentiate into neurons. the study aims, therefore, to explore the efficacy of adult monkey nsc (mnsc) in a primate sci model. materials an...

Social attention is one special form of attention that involves the allocation of limited processing resources in a social context. Previous studies on social attention often regard how attention is directed toward socially relevant stimuli such as faces and gaze directions of other individuals. In contrast to attending-to-others, a different line of researches has shown that self-related infor...

results the results showed that compared to the control group, relaxation (23.2) and positive self-talk (21.25) treatment methods alone can reduce pms (p < 0.001). on the other hand, a combined (relaxation + positive self-talk) treatment method (13.75) was more effective in reducing pms compared to relaxation or positive self-talk alone. conclusions it seems that psychological therapy based on ...

CONTEXT Physical activity can improve cognitive and mental health, but the underlying mechanisms have not been established. OBJECTIVE To present a conceptual model explaining the mechanisms for the effect of physical activity on cognitive and mental health in young people and to conduct a systematic review of the evidence. DATA SOURCES Six electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, Ovi...