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Ahmad Alipour; Samira Hasan zadeh pashang; Afshin Saberi
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 9-30
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder ...
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Introduction: Since cognitive defects have an effective role in the life of people with bipolar and schizophrenia disorders, the current research mainly aimed at comparing the status of executive functions and attention of the patients affected by schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar disorder type I .It also aimed at comparing their functions with a normal group. Method: This study is a descriptive-comparative study thorough which the executive functions have been compared among five groups. The statistical population consists of all outpatient and inpatient patients affected with acute and chronic schizophrenia and acute and chronic bipolar type I in the manic episode who had referred to the Psychiatry Clinic of Shafa, Rasht. The participants were selected through convenience sampling within 2014-2015 and 60 male patients were selected. Age range of the subjects was 16-50 and they were paralleled in variables of gender, age, and education levels in the groups. Stroop Test and Tower of London 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≤ 0.05) between the groups with acute and chronic schizophrenia, acute and chronic bipolar disorder sufferers in the manic episode with normal people in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Continuous Performance Test. Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients had weaker executive function and attention disorder than the Bipolar disorder I patients and normal subjective. And chronicity had a great effect on executive function and attention disorder among the patients.
Original article
fatemeh salami; Hassan Ashayeri; Mahnaz Estaki; Valiollah Farzad; Roya Koochak Entezar
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 31-44
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Introduction: The aim of the present study is to examine the impact of combined training, based on sensory integration and executive function, to mothers of children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its impact on symotoms of ADHD. Method: The survey followed pre-test post-test ...
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Introduction: The aim of the present study is to examine the impact of combined training, based on sensory integration and executive function, to mothers of children with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its impact on symotoms of ADHD. Method: The survey followed pre-test post-test model with two groups. For this purpose, among mothers of first, second and third grade primary school students in Shiraz, 40 mothers were selected and were randomly assigned in two groups of experimental (n = 20) and control group (n = 20) through internet call from Education site, and by Clinical Interview, implementation of CSI-4 parent form, and in line with to the criteria for entry and after matching. Combination training based on sensory integration and executive function includes 24 sessions of an hour and a half, in one group that was held three times a week. Pre-test and post-test in both groups were performed using CSI-4 parent form. Findings: The data were analyzed by through SPSS Software and Covariance analysis technique. The results showed that combined training based on sensory integration and executive function mother-based reduces attention deficit and hyperactivity. Conclusion: According to the results this training could lead to treatment of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in children.
Original article
mahdye Rahmaniyan; Zahra Sarvarian; Maryam Zamani
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 45-56
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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of music therapy and neurofeedback, as two non-invasive methods, on the reduction of pain in patients with somatic complaints. Method: The samples of the study include 86 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran who were selected ...
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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of music therapy and neurofeedback, as two non-invasive methods, on the reduction of pain in patients with somatic complaints. Method: The samples of the study include 86 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran who were selected on the basis of the complaints of physical pain and medical diagnosis. All participants completed measures of pain, physical symptoms, and Takata responded Sakata. Then they were divided into two intervention groups and received either music therapy or neurofeedback. The data were analyzed through running Covariance analysis. Findings: The results indicated that neurofeedback, compared to music therapy, had significant impact on reducing the patients' physical symptoms, especially on their headache. Conclusion: According to the results it could be argued that neurofeedback due to its effect on brain waves can be effective for adjusting and reducing psychosomatic pains.
Original article
Sajad Parsayi; Rasoul Abedanzadeh; Nahid Shetab boushehri; Masoumeh Shojaee
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 57-74
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Introduction: Mental imagery is an important skill that athletes should always work on and apply with high confidence; especially during competition in order to relieve stress and improve performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mirror neuron on different speeds of mental imagery ...
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Introduction: Mental imagery is an important skill that athletes should always work on and apply with high confidence; especially during competition in order to relieve stress and improve performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mirror neuron on different speeds of mental imagery on basketball dribbling performance. Methods: The research method was semi-empirical and a pretest-posttest design was used. The participants were 30 female students (average age 22± 1.12) selected through a purposive sampling method and categorized in three groups of rapid-speed, equal-speed, and low-speed imagery. Following the basketball dribble function in pretests, the participants were involved in imagery for a period of four consecutive days, and were subsequently tested for the real dribble function in the posttests. They were also subjected to electroencephalographic assessment during imagery, focusing primarily on the reaction of the mirror neurons within the process. The findings were then analyzed using the intragroup analysis of variance. Findings: The results showed that dribble function in all groups improved (p≤0.05). However, investigation of the effect size indicated a significant improvement in the groups with slow-speed and equal-speed imagery compared to those receiving high-speed imagery. Mu rhythm suppression in areas C4 and Cz were observed in all groups (p≤0.05). C3 area was active only in slow-speed group. Conclusions: Mental imagery causes required movements encoding for performing skill in the brain by activating mirror neurons. In brain, this movement encoding leads to facilitation in motor skills.
Original article
Gholam Hossein Javanmard; Foroogh Abiri
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 75-90
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Introduction: The relationship between body and mind is one of the issue about integration of different aspects of human being and it seems the neuro-psychological aspects are not separate from each other. The aim of the present study was to compare the explicit memory (recognition memory and recall ...
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Introduction: The relationship between body and mind is one of the issue about integration of different aspects of human being and it seems the neuro-psychological aspects are not separate from each other. The aim of the present study was to compare the explicit memory (recognition memory and recall memory) of bulimic women and normal women. Method: The study was a descriptive with ex-post facto design. Two sample groups, 20 bulimic women, from therapeutic clinics, who were seeking therapy for bulimia, and 20 normal women, were selected with targeted selection method. Bulimia Questionnaire (with adequate reliability and validity) and Explicit Memory (recall and recognition) Inventory were administered to the participants in each group. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) method by using SPSS software. Findings: The results of study revealed that there was a significant difference in recognition memory (F=6/74, Sig=0/013) between two groups and therefore the bulimic group performed lower than the normal group. But there was no difference in recall memory (F=13, Sig=0/261) between the two groups. Conclusion: The findings indicated that Bulimic women have low performance in some aspects of memory than the normal women do.
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Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 91-106
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Introduction: Nowadays, the research results suggest that brainwaves change in different Psychological conditions. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the cognitive challenges on quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) pattern. Method: EEG was recorded from Cz in 26 right-handed individuals ...
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Introduction: Nowadays, the research results suggest that brainwaves change in different Psychological conditions. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the cognitive challenges on quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) pattern. Method: EEG was recorded from Cz in 26 right-handed individuals including 13 male and 13 female students. During two conditions: At rest condition Subjects looked at the white screen computer for one minute from a distance of 90 cm. Then, ‘React Traking soccer’ was run for one minute (cognitive challenges condition). Findings: The data analysis showed that the main effect of mental condition (from rest to cognitive challenge) was not significant (F=2/73, P
Original article
Seyed Younes Mohammadi; Ali Pourmajidi
Volume 2, Issue 4 , June 2017, Pages 107-116
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Introduction: This study aimed to compare the speed of learning and the transfer of information between the brain hemispheres among normal people and people with substance abuse. Methods: The study population consisted of boys with substance abuse who referred to the related centers in 1395 for giving ...
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Introduction: This study aimed to compare the speed of learning and the transfer of information between the brain hemispheres among normal people and people with substance abuse. Methods: The study population consisted of boys with substance abuse who referred to the related centers in 1395 for giving up taking drugs and normal boys. The sample was selected through cluster sampling. The participants were 115 normal and 115 boys diagnosed as addicted to drug abuse. The methodology of the study is causal-comparative. In order to collect data, the draw in the mirror was used as the instruments. The results were analyzed through running ANOVA using SPSS 20 software. Findings: The results showed that the speed of learning and the transfer of information between the brain hemispheres of ordinary people and people with substance abuse were statistically significant. Conclusion: As the results indicated, it can be concluded that people with substance abuse quickly learn and exchange information between the two hemispheres weaker than normal people do.
