Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of central nervous system. Different approaches have been developed to study MS progression and cognitive dysfunction as the major symptom of the disease. The current study compared Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Corpus Callosum Index (CCI) for the early evaluation of cognitive dysfunction in MS patients.  Objectives: T...

[Purpose] This study analyzed the cognitive functions according to risk level for the Driver 65 Plus measure, and examined the cognitive basis of self-assessment for screening the driving risk of elderly drivers. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 46 older drivers with a driver's license participated in this study. All participants were evaluated with Driver 65 Plus. They were classified into th...

the aim of present research was examine of relationship between destruction meta-cognitive beliefs and academic achievement of students with test anxiety. for this purpose, 243 girls and boys subjects with test anxiety of 900 students of guidance schools of noshar city were determined as the sample of study. for gathering the data, meta-cognition questionnaire and test anxiety inventory were us...

We present an end-to-end system for automatically scoring spoken responses to a narrative recall test administered to seniors when screening for cognitive impairment. In Wechsler Logical Memory (WLM) test, a patient listens to a brief narrative, then retells the story once immediately and again after a brief delay. We transcribe the retellings automatically using an ASR system, align the transc...

The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a cognitive screening tool used in clinical and research settings. Despite its role on the assessment of global cognitive functioning, the specific cognitive components required for test performance are still unclear. We aim to assess the role of executive functioning, global cognitive status, visuospatial abilities, and semantic knowledge on Shulman's CDT perfor...

how to cite this article: ordooei m, mottaghipisheh h, fallah r, rabiee a. cognitive outcomes for congenital hypothyroid and healthy children: a comparative study. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 28-32. abstract objective early diagnosis and treatment of congenital hypothyroidism (ch) and the prevention of developmental retardation is the main goal of public health national screening pro...

Women frequently report cognitive impairment during pregnancy. The aim of the research is to carry out the analysis of cognitive impairments in pregnant women with autonomic nervous system dysregulation.19 pregnant women with autonomic nervous system dysregulation (the basic group) and 16 pregnant women without neurologic pathology (the control group) were examined. Neuropsychological tests suc...

Background & Objective:  Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transient state between normal condition and dementia. Available data indicates that coronary artery diseases (CAD) may increase the risk of MCI. Hence, the early detection of MCI can prevent the progression of cognitive decline. Materials & Methods:  A sample of 65 subjects with degrees of CAD was enrolled to the study. For cogniti...

background: cognitive  impairment  is one of the  most crucial disorders  among  multiple  sclerosis (ms) patients. since  ms  is  an inflammatory disease   and   boswellia papyrifera has anti-inflammatory effects, the influence of b. papyrifera  on  cognitive  impairment   in  ms patients   has been investigated  in the present study. methods: in this clinical trial, 80 ms patients  who referr...