Recently, much research has focused on the development and utilization of various motivational assessment techniques designed to identify malingered neuropsychological test performance. Other findings have suggested a strong link between the motivation of the subject and the degree to which the neuropsychological test results validly represent the individual's true level of functioning. However...

Observers completed perceptual categorization tasks in which base rates and payoffs were manipulated separately or simultaneously across a range of category discriminabilities. Decision criterion estimates from the simultaneous base-rate/payoff conditions were closer to optimal than those predicted from the independence assumption, in line with predictions from the flat-maxima hypothesis. A hyb...

conclusions this biobehavioral-based multimodal physical rehabilitation treatment combining mt, tpe and mcte produced a substantial reduction in pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, disability and the impact of headaches on patient’s life. case presentation a 34-year-old woman was known to have chronic tth. initially, the patient presented moderate headaches 5 days per week, mechanical neck pa...

Stem cell-based cellular therapy is a promising tool for the treatment of pathological conditions with underlying severe tissue damage or malfunction like in chronic cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, inflammatory conditions. One biggest technical challenges use natural stem cells, however, prevention their premature senescence during therapeutical manipulations. Culturing cells under hypoxic bel...