Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to compare the effect of neuropsychological therapy, rhythmic movements and cognitive empowerment on the executive functions of students with specific learning disorder with reading disorder. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group sample of 48 students with learning disabilities with...

Background and Aim: Both the cognitive and functional processes in an individual can be influenced directly by the central nervous system. Considering the widespread use of narcotics, an exact knowledge of the different dimensions of addiction and its relationship with the brain executive functions can help find strategies for its treatment and promote effectiveness of current intervention prog...

this study was intended to analyze the listening tapescripts of the elementary and pre-intermediate levels of total english textbooks from the pragmatic dimension of language functions and speech acts in order to see whether the listening tasks are pragmatically informative or not. for this purpose, 8 conversations from the two books were selected randomly, and then, the two pragmatic models of...

this study investigated the functions, types and frequencies of code switching in the teachers and students discourse in elt classrooms. to this end, the participants of this study including two groups of teachers and students were selected. the first group of participants were two efl teachers teaching general english courses (at two different levels of proficiency) in an institutional program...

Abstract Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of techniques based on executive functions of the brain on cognitive-attention syndrome in students with social anxiety. Methods: The statistical population was all high school male students of Talent in Maragheh who were studying in the academic year 97-96. The sample consisted of 20 students with social anxi...