Learners sometimes have incoherent and fragmented intuitive prior knowledge that is (partly) "incompatible" with the to-be-learned contents. Such knowledge in pieces can cause conceptual disorientation and cognitive overload while learning. We hypothesized that a pre-training intervention providing a generalized schema as a structuring framework for such knowledge in pieces would support (re)or...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the pursuit of achievement goals in medical students and to assess the relationship between achievement goals, learning strategy, and motivation. METHODS Two hundred seventy freshman and sophomore premedical students and sophomore medical school students participated in this study, which used the Achievement Goals Scale and the Self-Regulate...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional stimulus-based working memory training in improving the cognitive emotion regulation strategies in adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD). Methods: Based on the framework of single case and using multiple –baselines, 3 adolescents (2 females, 1 male) were ...

The demand of self-testing proportionally increases with memory size in System on Chip (SoC). SoC architecture normally occupies the majority of its area by memories. Due to increase in density of embedded memories, there is a need of self-testing mechanism in SoC design. Therefore, this research study focuses on this problem and introduces a smooth solution for self-testing.  In the proposed m...

autobiographical memory, that is, our memory for personal life experiences, is integral to our sense of self. however, the experience of trauma can create distortions in how our memories are bought to mind. in particular, trauma can produce an overgeneral memory style, which relates to the development of both ptsd and depression. however, theory states that immediately following a traumatic eve...

This study explored the relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and learner variables of Iranian learners of English as a foreign Language (EFL) with special reference to their personality types to examine what implications these associations have for teaching EFL. It tried to find any possible relation between vocabulary learning strategies use of Iranian EFL students and two perso...