This paper presents the hypothesis that concept possession is sufficient and necessary for self-consciousness. If this is true it provides a yardstick for gauging the validity of different research paradigms in which claims for self-consciousness in animals or human infants are made: a convincing demonstration of concept possession in a research subject, such as a display of inferential reasoni...

Theory and some empirical research suggest that there may be a relationship between emotions and performance on cognitive tasks. The construct of emotional intelligence may provide a vehicle for exploring the connections between emotions and cognitive task performance. The present study tested the hypotheses that a) individuals with higher emotional intelligence would perform better on cognitiv...

conclusions it can be indicated that reinforcing components of emotional intelligence, especially emotional-awareness and impulse control, are effective methods to develop against substance use in among drug-dependent individuals. background drug addiction is one of the most significant problems related to general health in the world, creating various mental problems in addicts and leading to s...

INTRODUCTION Up to 30% of women suffer from female orgasmic disorder (FOD)-the second most common type of female sexual dysfunction. FOD has been acknowledged to be multifactorial and recent research has implicated the importance of psychosocial risk factors. AIM The aim of this study is to investigate whether normal variations in emotional intelligence--the ability to identify and manage emo...

How we feel reflects a combination of recalled and recognized emotions. All existing self-report measures are based solely on recognized emotions. To understand the influence of recalled emotions, we developed a new method to recover human emotional states based on emotional free association, in a task we call the emotional fluency. The present work investigated the differences between recall a...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of emotional intelligence on the motivation and performance of East Azarbaijan the Red Crescent staff. In this study EI determined as the independent variable component of self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relations management, motivation and performance as dependent variables. The research method is descriptive-survey. In...