Memory impairment is one of the most common complaints affecting patients with neurodegenerative disorders, and its investigation has provided insights into the function and properties of human memory. The study of Alzheimer's disease has indicated the importance of mesial temporal structures and the hippocampus in episodic memory. In progressive supranuclear palsy, frontotemporal dementias, Pa...

The capacity of working memory is limited and is altered in brain disorders including schizophrenia. In rodent working memory tasks, capacity is typically not measured (at least not explicitly). One task that does measure working memory capacity is the odor span task (OST) developed by Dudchenko and colleagues. In separate experiments, the effects of medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) inactivation...

The aim of the present study was to directly compare working memory skills across students with different developmental disorders to investigate whether the uniqueness of their diagnosis would impact memory skills. The authors report findings confirming differential memory profiles on the basis of the following developmental disorders: Specific Language Impairment, Developmental Coordination Di...

Background/Aim. The Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) is a self-report measure to be used with adults, which may utilized assess the potential malingering psychosis, neurologic impairment, amnesia, low intelligence, or affective disorder. aim study was examine discriminant validity SIMS under conditions simulating symptoms neurological and memory disorders, in response hy...

Despite increasing research into the severe effects of childhood memory disorders, there is currently a paucity of evidence available to inform the design of appropriate rehabilitation strategies. Indeed, within the paediatric literature there is no model that links specific memory disorders with hypotheses for appropriate rehabilitation strategies. This paper introduces a series of interventio...

Memory is one of our fundamental mental functions, which allows us to revive the past in minds. When memory mentioned, we usually want refer a particular kind memory, autobiographical memory. Access these memories can be altered by various affective disorders, especially depression. Regarding techniques, this study aims focus on storytelling contribute resilience children using social robot app...

background: although sleep disorders are common problems among families and they affect the learning, memory processes and academic performance of children, there is no evaluation of these disorders in iran. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders and its association with academic performance of school age children.materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was...