Hadis Ghafari Khalig; ahmad alipour; Amin Rafiepoor; Mohammad Oraki
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Abstract: Introduction: Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have some impairment in emotional relationship which can be due to problems in emotional processing. The present study uses the event-dependent potential (ERP) method to investigate the neural correlations of the early ...
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Abstract: Introduction: Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have some impairment in emotional relationship which can be due to problems in emotional processing. The present study uses the event-dependent potential (ERP) method to investigate the neural correlations of the early stages of emotional face processing in the N170 component when observing faces with different emotions in adults with ADHD compared to adults without ADHD.Methods: A total of 12 adults between 20 and 42 years old (6 males and 6 females) with ADHD were compared with 12 adults without ADHD (6 males and 6 females). Participants identified faces with different emotions while their brain activity was recorded using the event-dependent potential method.Results: The results showed that the N170 component for a neutral face was significantly different both for women with ADHD in the P8 region and men with ADHD in the O1 region comparing to adults without the disorder. (P <0.05)Conclusion: The present study supports the notion that people with ADHD in the early stages of facial processing and facial expressions are different from people without the disorder, which can affect the interpretation of facial expressions and emotions.
razieh zahedi; amin rafieepoor; safiyeh behzadi; Nahid Khanbabaei
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Aim: Since interpersonal parables and cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with Borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia disorders, the aimed current research at comparing their executive functions and Theory of Mind ability in with a normal group. Method: This ...
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Aim: Since interpersonal parables and cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with Borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia disorders, the aimed current research at comparing their executive functions and Theory of Mind ability in with a normal group. Method: This study is a descriptive comparative study thorough which the executive and functions Theory of Mind ability have been compared among three groups. The statistical population consists of all outpatient and inpatient patients affected with chronic schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder who had referred to the Psychiatry Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital in Tehran in 1397. The participants were selected through convenience sampling 74 patients were selected. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test were administered to all subjects in individual sessions and finally, data were analyzed via using Multivariate Analysis Test and Tukey Follow-up Tests. Findings: Results indicated that there is generally a significant difference(p≤ 0.01) between the group’s Borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia disorders with normal people in executive functions and Theory of Mind ability and also significant difference(p≤ 0.05) between the group’s Borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia disorders in sub scale executive functions and Theory of Mind ability and Schizophrenic patients are weaker than those with borderline personality disorder. Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients had weaker executive function and Theory of Mind ability than the Borderline personality disorder and normal subjective. And chronicity had a great effect on executive function and Theory of Mind ability disorder among the patients.
