background : mental health is of great importance in childhood and the foundation of personality of every individual is laid during this period. moreover, behavioral problems are common in children, and a lot of the individual, familial, and social disorders originate from the fact that these problems are not treated at the right time. more important is that the behavioral problems of children ...

Impulsive behavior in humans partly relates to inappropriate overvaluation of reward-associated stimuli. Hence, it is desirable to develop methods of behavioral modification that can reduce stimulus value. Here, we tested whether one kind of behavioral modification--the rapid stopping of actions in the face of reward-associated stimuli--could lead to subsequent devaluation of those stimuli. We ...

BACKGROUND Sleep problems have been linked with headaches for more than a century, but whether the headaches are the cause or the result of the disrupted sleep is unknown. OBJECTIVES We previously reported that nonrestorative sleep and poor sleep habits are almost universal in a referral population of women with transformed migraine (TM). Since cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in imp...

Liver fluke infection caused by O. viverrini remains a major public health problem in Thailand particularly Northeastern and Northern region (Kaewpitoon et al., 2008b; Sitthithaworn et al., 2012; Kaewpitoon et al., 2015f). A nationwide survey in Thailand found that the prevalent was 5.1%. The highest of prevalent was found in the northeast (9.2%) and followed by the north region (5.2%) (Wongsar...

Behavioral economics examines people’s decision making processes in everyday situations. I argue that behavioral economics can provide a repertoire of a tool that can inform the design of persuasive technology. In this position paper, I propose strategies drawn from behavioral economics, and identify opportunities and challenges in applying the strategies to the design of persuasive technology....

Patients’ compliance to guidelines is one of the main barriers to treatment success in general and to behavioral modification in particular. Self-reporting is often the only available method to measure patients’ compliance. Moreover, it is known that self-reporting may even increase guideline compliance. This makes both quality and quantity of self-reporting a crucial issue in a variety of heal...

For optimal individual performance within any equestrian discipline horses must be in peak physical condition and have the correct psychological state. This review discusses the psychological factors that affect the performance of the horse and, in turn, identifies areas within the competition horse industry where current behavioral research and established behavioral modification techniques co...

Epigenetic modification of chromatin has been proposed to translate environmental stimuli into persistent "cellular memories." Recent studies suggest that epigenetic pathways regulate long-term behavioral adaptation in the nervous system. In this issue of Neuron, Renthal et al. utilize genetic manipulations of HDAC5 to provide strong evidence for a role for histone acetylation in the behavioral...