emotion is one of the human soul’s aspects which have a complex relationship with action and cognition. martha craven nussbaum considers emotion as one of the figures of cognition and believes that emotion is the recognition of a person’s very important living aspects which are not under his control. in her view, emotion is based on the subject. this notion proves that emotion is a part of cogn...

Cognitive abnormalities are a feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). Unlike motor symptoms that are clearly improved by dopaminergic therapy, the effect of dopamine replacement on cognition seems paradoxical. Some cognitive functions are improved whereas others are unaltered or even hindered. Our aim was to understand the effect of dopamine replacement therapy on various aspects of cognition. Whe...

Hofmann, Asmundson, & Beck (2013--this issue) offer an overview of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) as well as its similarities and differences from so-called "third-generation" behavior therapies, particularly Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In this commentary we suggest that CBT is most accurately viewed as a broad family of distinct psychotherapy models that includes the traditional...

Welfare recipients face numerous psychological barriers to employment. However, these barriers are rarely addressed in welfare-to-work programs. This article provides a conceptual model and a description of a psycho-educational group training, based on cognitive behavioral therapy that can be helpful in improving employment outcomes for welfare recipients. Implications for working with welfare ...

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the development of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, which are associated with neuronal destruction, particularly in cholinergic neurons. Drugs that inhibit the degradation of acetylcholine within synapses are the mainstay of therapy. Donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine are safe but have potentially troublesome cholinergic side effects, inc...

The need for concepts to understand marriage and marital therapy is emphasized by the relative paucity of theory in the marital literature. The title of Coyne's article (this issue) therefore struck us as timely and promising. As indicated in our article, we believe that the cognitive domain may indeed yield useful concepts for understanding marriage and marital therapy. Coyne disagrees strongl...