chess is considered as a cognitive game because of severe engagement of the mental resources during playing. the purpose of this study is evaluation of frontal lobe function of chess players with matched non-players. wisconsin card sorting test (wcst) data showed no difference between the player and non-player groups in preservation error and completed categories but surprisingly showed signifi...

conclusions there was a decrease in cognitive function, including attention, visual memory, naming, and executive function, as well as psychomotor function among residents of department of anesthesiology and intensive care, faculty of medicine, universitas indonesia, who underwent 12 working hours. results cognitive stimulation” test revealed statistically significant decrease at sequential ima...

background: cognitive impairment in patients with parkinson’s disease (pd) mainly involves executive function (ef). the frontal assessment battery (fab) is an efficient tool for the assessment of efs. the aims of this study were to determine the validity and reliability of the psychometric properties of the persian version of fab and assess its correlation with formal measures of efs to provide...

aim and back ground: impulsivity and risky decision making is a core element of plenty of individual and social deficits. on the other hand, history of attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity has been reported in many people with these problem particularly addiction. decision making requires basic cognition function such as inhibition, working memory and attention. the aim of the current s...

executive dysfunction theory in autism spectrum disorders is basis for many features of this disorders in social and non social areas. the purpose of research was study of response inhibition in children with autism spectrum disorders using computerized stroop test. this study was causal-comparative research. convenient sampling method were used for selected of 15 boy with autism spectrum disor...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between theory of mind and inhibitory responses in normal children and adhd. methods: this study is descriptive study, a sample size of 25 patients adhd children and 30 normal children, who were randomly selected. research instruments are questionnaires theory of mind and computerized stroop test. results: the results showed ...

the purpose of this ex-post facto research is study about relationship between executive function and cognitive distortion on delinquent juveniles and non-delinquent juveniles in tehran. statistical sample are 62 delinquent juveniles selected by purposeful selection from “the center of modification and training” and 82 people of non-delinquent juveniles selected by method of random sampling fro...