Reading one’s symptoms

Are Perceptual Skills Necessary for Success in Reading? Which Ones?

Numerous reading and reading readiness programs have been made available to teachers over the years, constructed on the assumption that certain auditory and visual perceptual skills are prerequisites to successful achievement in academics, particularly reading. Many educators have suggested that children who have been labeled learning or reading disabled demonstrate deficits at the perceptual l...

Andropause and psychopathology: minor symptoms rather than pathological ones.

This study examined the psychological symptomatology of men diagnosed with andropause and the association between calculated free testosterone (T) and depressed mood, anxiety and quality of life. Subjects were 153 men, aged 50-70 years, who participated in a screening of andropause. Total testosterone, FSH, LH and SHBG levels were measured. Depressed mood was assessed with the Carroll Rating Sc...

Knee-specific quality-of-life instruments: which ones measure symptoms and disabilities most important to patients?

BACKGROUND Knee-specific quality-of-life instruments are commonly used outcome measures. However, they have not been compared for their ability to detect symptoms and disabilities important to patients. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study (diagnosis); Level of evidence, 1. METHODS Subjective portions of 11 knee-specific instruments were consolidated. The frequency and importance of each item were ass...

The Ones We Know and the Ones We Don’t

When you open your eyes in the morning, you usually see what you expect to see. Often it will be your bedroom, with things where you left them before you went to sleep. What if you opened your eyes and unexpectedly found yourself in a steaming tropical jungle? Why do we have expectations about what is about to happen to us? Why do we get surprised when something unexpected happens to us? More g...

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