The present investigation relied upon a neurophysiological explanation of visual masking and compared the backward masking susceptibility of hypothetical schizotypal individuals to that of controls. In order to assess the relative contributions of the visual system's transient and sustained channels to the backward masking deficit characteristic of the schizophrenia spectrum, performance within...

background: although many planners of professional continuing education programs believe that this type of education positively affects the nurses’ performance, the results obtained by conducted research do not confirm such a perspective. in fact, inadequate application of these trainings in clinical practice is among the most challenging areas in nursing practices. hence, this study was conduc...

Properties of synapses on regenerating nerve terminals of the single excitatory axon to the stretcher muscle were studied in the regenerating second walking leg of the shore crab, Grapsus. In the adult condition these synapses vary in physiological properties, ranging from high release, poorly facilitating types to low release, highly facilitating types. Synapses on regenerating stretcher-muscl...

Goal-directed behavior is a hallmark of cognition. An important prerequisite to goal-directed behavior is that of prediction. In order to establish a goal and devise a plan, one needs to see into the future and predict possible future events. Our earlier work has suggested that compensation mechanisms for neuronal transmission delay may have led to a preliminary form of prediction. In that work...

Biomarkers are indicators of a pathological or physiological state, and they essential for facilitating the diagnosis subclinical condition, understanding origin progression disease, stratifying risk, assessing response to specific therapeutic approach [...]