background: sulfur mustard (sm) is an alkylating agent that has been used as a chemical warfare gas during world war ii and by iraqi army in the iran-iraq conflict between 1983 and 1988. sm can cause serious organ damages especially ocular, neurologic, coetaneous, bone marrow and pulmonary complications. on the other hand dexmedetomidine is a α2 agonist with sedative and analgesic effect with a...

objective: the objective of this study was analyzing the effect of meta-cognition elements on depression, trait and state anxiety symptoms.  methods: in this study, the sample consisted of 224 students of university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences that answered three questionnaires including metacognitive questionnaire (mcq-30), beck depression inventory (bdi-ii) and spielberger s...

Awake but not aware: This puzzling dissociation of the two central elements of consciousness defines the vegetative state. Traditionally, this condition has been believed to imply a brain with preserved hypothalamic and brainstem autonomic functions but with no capacity for cortical cognitive processes. As is discussed in this review, over a 20-year span neuroimaging techniques have clearly dem...

Given the vital role that vocabulary plays in learning a language along with the fact that sense-induced emotions are noteworthy due to their influence on cognition, this study examined the impact of emotioncy-based language instruction on the long-term memory (LTM) vocabulary retention of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 32 participants were selected based on their level of trait/state anxie...

objective: to correlate serum estrogen levels with cognitive functions calculated objectively as per mini mental state examination (mmse) in the females in reproductive age group and those attaining menopause. materials and methods: this study was conducted in christian medical college and hospital, ludhiana, punjab, india. 150 subjects (100 postmenopausal females and 50 regularly menstruating ...

The overwhelming majority of work in social cognition has focused on adults, what can be called end-state social cognition. We argue that development (and especially cognitive development) can provide a theoretical and methodological tool to advance the study of social cognition. Developmental psychology can offer unique insight into the origin of end-state processes, providing insight into how...

this study examines differences in non-native efl teachers’ beliefs about grammar and teaching grammar. the differences were sought across teachers’ work environment- private school versus state schools-, degree, gender, and teaching experience. a sample of 130 efl teachers teaching at junior high school, high schools, and private language institutes were randomly selected. the sample consisted...