In information-integration categorization, accuracy is maximized only if information from two or more stimulus components is integrated at some pre-decisional stage. In many cases the optimal strategy is difficult or impossible to describe verbally. Evidence suggests that success in information-integration tasks depends on procedural learning that is mediated largely within the striatum. Althou...

Several approaches to rehabilitation of the hand following a stroke have emerged over the last two decades. These treatments, including repetitive task practice (RTP), robotically assisted rehabilitation and virtual rehabilitation activities, produce improvements in hand function but have yet to reinstate function to pre-stroke levels-which likely depends on developing the therapies to impact c...

objectives: the aim of current study was to determine the effects of hata yoga training on dynamic and static balances of elderly women in mashhad. methods and materials: the present study enjoys the semi-experimental design. the statistical population of the study, which has been carried out in 2009, were elderly women of mashhad who were voluntarily invited to participate in the research. 29 ...

Sensory feedback is critical for motor learning, and thus to neurorehabilitation after stroke. Whether enhancing sensory feedback by applying excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the ipsilesional primary sensory cortex (IL-S1) might enhance motor learning in chronic stroke has yet to be investigated. The present study investigated the effects of 5 Hz rTMS over IL-...

Background Motor intervention plays an important role in reducing the disabilities of Down syndrome (DS). A lack of balance and postural control has created motor problems in DS patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of backward walking on postural stability of DS patients. Materials and Methods Sixteen DS children with 8-10 age range were selected by convenience s...

BACKGROUND Neurorehabilitation studies suggest that manipulation of error signals during practice can stimulate improvement in coordination after stroke. OBJECTIVE To test visual display and robotic technology that delivers augmented error signals during training, in participants with stroke. METHODS A total of 26 participants with chronic hemiparesis were trained with haptic (via robot-ren...