PURPOSE The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between the caregivers’ perception of patients’ cognitive deficits (i.e., neurocognition and social cognition) and their quality of life (QoL), after adjusting on clinicians’ assessment of neurocognitive deficits and sociodemographic confounding factors. METHODS The study included 253 patients with schizophrenia an...

BACKGROUND Homework is a universal practice used in schools, and is commonly related to academic achievement. According to literature, parental homework involvement has positive and negative aspects, depending on parents’ behaviors. METHOD Assuming a phenomenographic perspective, this study examined 4th graders’ parents’ conceptions of their involvement in homework. With the...

Several alternatives to medication exist as treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). One alternative treatment modality is Cognitive Remediation, or Neuropsychological Remediation, as it is sometimes called. Cognitive remediation is a therapeutic approach targeting specific cognitive functions, such as attention, organization, planning, or memory, that constitute an indiv...

BACKGROUND Sheep’s milk has a high content of total solids, which qualifies it as a very good raw material for the production of fermented milk drinks. Currently, there are commercially produced kefirs and yogurts from sheep’s milk in the countries of the Mediterranean region. The growing interest in the consumption of these products is justified not only by their taste merits, but ...

BACKGROUND Acknowledgement/rejection of adoption related differences and communication about adoption are two of the most important features of  adoptive family dynamics. The present study focuses on the role played by these two variables on the adoptees’ emotion regulation. METHOD The adoptive parents of 70 school-aged children participated in the study. RESULTS Data showed that...

Synaptophysin and synaptobrevin 2 associate closely with packaging and storage of synaptic vesicles and transmitter release, and both play important roles in the development of rat cochlea. We examined the differential expression of synaptophysin and synaptobrevin 2 in the developing Sprague-Dawley rat cochlea, and investigated the relationship between their expression and auditory development....

BACKGROUND The situation of lesbians and gay men (LGs) in Spain has improved significantly in recent decades. However, Spanish society still exhibits prejudice and discrimination. The current study pursues three main goals: 1) to analyse the extent to which LGs perceive blatant and subtle discrimination, 2) to explore the relationship between perceived discrimination and LGs’ psychologica...

The occurrence of altered brain glucose metabolism has long been suggested in both diabetes and Alzheimer’s diseases. However, the preceding mechanism to altered glucose metabolism has not been well understood. Glucose enters the brain via glucose transporters primarily present at the blood-brain barrier. Any changes in glucose transporter function and expression dramatically affects brai...

A study published in the journal Age and Ageing, in October 2007, reveals that performance declines in bowling at an elite level are far less than other sports. Specifically, over a 50 year period, an elite (professional and master) bowler’s performance will decline approximately 8%, far less than the norm of a 10% performance decline with each additional decade of a person's life with sp...

The advergames has become one of the most promising areas of advertising media in recent years. Previous studies only show how it increases the level of brand recall while giving very little attention to the effectiveness of persuasion through the consumer’s cognitive and affective modes. In this study, advergames are used to represent interactivity with different levels of website richne...