OBJECTIVE The study examined behavioral treatment effects of classical sensory integration therapy. METHOD This study used a prospective longitudinal, single-subject ABAB design. The participant was a boy, age 3 years and 5 months, with average nonverbal intellectual skills, delayed communication skills, and sensory modulation disorder. Difficulties with modulating sensory input and delayed c...

Article history: Received 3 December 2015 Received in revised form 1 March 2016 Accepted 2 March 2016 Available online xxxx This study examined the relationship between recognition memory and intellectual humility, the degree to which people recognize that their personal beliefs are fallible. Participants completed theGeneral Intellectual Humility Scale, an incidental old/new recognition task, ...

This conceptual paper examines reasons why analytically educated learners may be reluctant to engage in sensory-based learning. Sensing is indispensable for constructing knowledge and should employed on par with the intellect, particularly today’s complex uncertain context. Yet, we have observed learners’ reluctance sensing attempted understand it. Our theoretical contribution illuminates under...

the most important mission of hospitals is to provide appropriate and high quality care for patients. different methods and models have been used to assess the quality of care. one conventional model used recently in many countries is the accreditation model which has been efficient in developing structural, process, and outcome standards. accreditation is a systematic process carried out based...

Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition resulting from FMR1 gene mutation that leads to intellectual disability, autism-like symptoms, and sensory hypersensitivity. Arbaclofen, a GABA-B agonist, has shown efficacy in some individuals with FXS but has become unavailable after unsuccessful clinical trials, prompting interest in publicly available, racemic baclofen. The present study investigate...

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BACKGROUND There is limited data on sexual maturation among girls with intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities. OBJECTIVES The present cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the sexual maturation of girls with these disabilities in special schools. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated the onset and progression of sexual maturation in 642 six to 18-year-old girl...

What is consciousness and what is the missing link between the sensory input and the cortical centre in the brain for consciousness? In the literature there are more than a million pages written about consciousness. The perspectives range from the field of metaphysics to those of quantum mechanics. However, no one today has produced a theory which is universally accepted. Consciousness is “some...