While considerable knowledge has been gained through the use of established cognitive and motor assessment tools, there is a considerable interest and need for the development of a battery of reliable and validated assessment tools that provide real-time and remote analysis of cognitive and motor function in the elderly. Smartphones appear to be an obvious choice for the development of these "n...

objective neuropsychological impairment is an important co-morbidity of chronic epilepsy. the aim of this study was to determine the state of the cognitive and motor development of patients with refractory epilepsy. materials & methods  we studied 150 consecutive children with epilepsy who were referred to mofid children hospital, a third level public referral university hospital in tehran, ira...

BACKGROUND To validate a short cognitive test: the Test Your Memory for Mild Cognitive Impairment (TYM-MCI) in the diagnosis of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer's disease (aMCI/AD). METHODS Two hundred and two patients with mild memory problems were recruited. All had 'passed' the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Patients completed the TYM-MCI, the Test ...

the present study investigated factors affecting cognitive failure including, age, sex, occupation, type of degree,  terms of conditional  and also cognitive failure associated with academic failure.  the study is descriptive and correlation.  statistical society includes all students  of azad university , yadegar-e-emam khomeini (rh) shahreray  branch(n=22904). students were studying in 93-92 ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether people exposed to the Chinese Famine in fetal period or in multiple stages of childhood are associated with cognitive decline in adulthood. Furthermore, the nutritional environment of adulthood was explored as an important factor in this correlation. Methods: 1162 adults born between 1952 and 1964 were recruited. They were divided into...

An approach is presented to multi-expert’s opinions combination based on the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory. In the method, we use multi-expert’s knowledge as evidence, the possible value of weight as frame of discernment, expert’s evaluation to a weight on frame of discernment as basic probability assignment, and use D-S rule combining to give fusion basic probability assignment m. Finally, t...

BACKGROUND Controlled induced hypotension guarantees less blood loss and better visibility of the surgical site. The impact of hypotension on post-operative cognitive functions is still being discussed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of controlled induced hypotension on the cognitive functions of patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). MATERIAL...

Colonoscopy is a common procedure used in the diagnosis and treatment of a range of bowel disorders. Prior preparation involving potent laxatives is a necessary stage to ensure adequate visualization of the bowel wall. It is known that the sedatives given to most patients during the colonoscopy cause a temporary impairment in cognitive function; however, the potential for bowel preparation to a...

To the Editor: Janos et al. (1) argued in a recent editorial that multiple cognitive tests should be administered to assess the effects of overactive bladder (OAB) treatment on cognition, and criticised a recent study we conducted (2) for relying on a single measure, the Name-Face Association Test (NFA; 3). In fact, we measured multiple cognitive domains using tests from two state-of-the-art co...