JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Year:2016 | Volume:2 | Issue:2 (5) |Papers Count:7

Introduction: The current research used an experimental, applied and available sampling design, selecting the samples from Tehran Autism Center. The research aims to examine the relationship between mirror neurons stimulation by intentional movement imitation and verbal imitation with grammatical understanding development in autistic children.Method: Accordingly, first, the researchers designed an applied and easy model for autistic children rehabilitation based on mirror neurons stimulation using purposeful movement imitation and verbal imitation. Then, based on TPR technique, an 7-year-old autistic girl underwent an pilot study for 12 sessions, whereby positive and effective results were observed; Then, five autistic girls aged 5-8 years were selected and underwent 42 sessions during 14 weeks. In order to examine grammatical understanding skills of the subjects before and after intervention, TOLD-P3 test was used. Each subject, as her control was examined before and after intervention. Furthermore, two months after a 14-week stopping period, all the subjects were re-examined, and finally, results stability was examined.Findings: Research findings were analyzed using SPSS16 software by Paired-samples t-test. The obtained results suggest that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores of grammatical understanding (P=0.003) (supposing P<0.05).Conclusion: On the other hands the findings show that mirror neurons stimulation in autistic children through intentional movement imitation and verbal imitation has a positive effect on grammatical understanding skill improvement on these children thereby facilitating their verbal communication.

Introduction: Manual preference in the students affects on their learning in the school and daily life. The goal of the present study was to test whether there is a relationship between manual preference and sexuality with finger counting habits in (74) primary school children.Method: Manual laterality was evaluated with The Handedness Questionnaire of Chapman and Chapman (1987) and finger counting habits in children were examined with interview.Findings: The results indicated that whereas most left-handers started counting with the left hand, most of the right-handers started with the right hand. The transition between the two hands during the counting showed equal proportions of symmetry-based and spatial continuity-based patterns among the left-handers and right-handers. No significant difference was found between boys and girls in finger counting habits. These findings demonstrated that manual laterality contributes to finger counting directionality.Conclusion: Taken together, these results indicate that finger-counting habits integrate biological and cultural information.

Introduction: Objective of this study was comparing three groups of women with MS comorbid with, and without depression, and normal women. Method: This study was a causal-comparative research design. Among women who have referred to the MS Society in Markazi Province were recruited 24 women comorbid with depression through the Beck Depression Inventory and Structured Clinical Interview for Depression (SCID). Furthermore, they were screened after the consideration of inclusion criteria. Also, another group, patients with multiple sclerosis without depression symptoms among screened women who didn't show depression symptoms were selected. Finally, a group of normal women based on inclusion and exclusion criteria was chosen. Stroop test, Tower of London test and Digit span were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using multivariate statistical analysis (MANOVA).Findings: The study showed significantly women who suffered from MS and depression in the same time had a weaker performance in Stroop test, Tower of London test and Digit span rather than two other groups. Also, this study showed significant difference in terms of performance tests between women with multiple sclerosis without depression symptoms and normal group.Conclusion: The findings indicated that in addition to the difference in executive functions in MS patients compared to normal subjects, depression can intensify this difference. Due to this effect, paying attention to depression in the design of treatment is recommended.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate effect of exercise on visual-auditory and auditory-visual dual frequency assignment in psychological refectory period.Method: 45 students from 18 to 28 years were chosen through a Purposeful for Khorramshahr and randomly divided into three groups of 15 persons, practicing with task visual-auditory, task auditory-visual and control group were classified. The dual task test visual-audio and audio-visual was done of all subjects. The interval between the two stimuli was 50 and 75 (short distance) 200 and 250 ms (long distance) (Generally 8 trial visual-audio and 8 trial audio-visual). The training program was includes 5 sessions in 5 days. That each session was includes 12 blocks of 8 trials with visual-auditory double task personification pre-test and the two-minute rest intervals between blocks.Findings: The results of analysis of data showed that all sequences in all four stimulus onset between test and control groups there was a significant difference but does not exist significant difference between the display of the visual stimulus presentation compared to auditory on posttest and retention.Conclusion: Double Task Practice by increasing the stimulus-response compatibility reduces the need for attention and by reducing the required capacity attention to two stimuli at the same processing tasks are possible which can be effect positive on in psychological refectory period in task of visual-auditory and auditory- visual with an interval of high and low.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate neurofeedback treatment on assertiveness and anxiety had a panic attack sufferers.Methods: This study is due to outline its goals and assumptions of quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group was run On 20 people who counseling and treatment centers and psychiatric clinics were visited Tehran in 1395 Through random sampling from patients attending psychiatrist's diagnosis, people with panic disorder were identified were placed randomly selected Participants were divided into two groups of 10 patients tested. The experimental group received 20 sessions of neurofeedback treatment (45 minutes) was conducted The control group received no intervention. Both pre-test and post-test in two stages by Beck Anxiety Inventory questionnaire to determine the level of anxiety and self-expression were evaluated Gambrill and Ridgecrest. To analyze the data variance analysis and multivariate analysis of variance was used.Results: The results show that neurofeedback treatment, on reducing anxiety and increasing assertiveness have significant effects in patients with panic (P<0.05).Conclusion: neurofeedback treatment, on reducing anxiety and increasing assertiveness of patients with panic effective.

Introduction: The aim of present study was the effect of the normative feedback regarding perceived competence on performance and learning of throwing task in male students of Ahvaz.Methods: Therefore 60 students selected in available and purposely manner and participants put into high (15 person normative feedback and 15 person control) and low (15 person normative feedback and 15 person controls) perceived competence groups. Acquisition stage performed in two sessions with 100 trials (each session 5 blocks with 10 trials). In the end of last practice block in second session, posttest performed with 20 trials without any feedback.48 hours after posttest, retention test performed the same of posttest.Findings: The results of Mixed Repeated Measure ANOVA revealed normative feedback between two high and low perceived competence groups do not had significance difference (P>0.05). But, the performance and learning of participants in high perceived competence group had more improving rather than other one. Also, the performance in normative feedback group was batter rather than other one in post and retention tests.Conclusion: According to the findings can recommend sporting trainer and teachers that use normative feedback and fortify psychology factors such as perceived competence for reaching batter performance and learning in performing the same tasks.

Introduction: The relationship of body-mind is the one of issue about integration of human being and it seem the neuro-psychological aspects are not separate from each other's.: 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 method study. Two sample groups, 20 bulimic women, from therapeutic clinics, whose 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 on the individual of each group. The data were analyzed with multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) method by using SPSS software.Results: 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 differences in recall memory (F=13, Sig=0.261) between two groups.Conclusion: The findings indicated that Bulimic women have low performance on some aspects of memory than the normal women.