The results of a functional analysis showed that inappropriate sexual behaviors exhibited by a 9-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury were maintained by positive reinforcement in the form of social attention. An intervention consisting of functional communication training and extinction resulted in reduced levels of inappropriate sexual behaviors.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) CONSIST OF A SPECTRUM OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES WITH THREE SALIENT FEATURES: reduced social interactions, impaired communication and repetitive/stereotyped behaviors. In a recent study we found that increased eIF4E (eukaryotic initiation factor 4E)-dependent protein synthesis as a result of genetic deletion of Eif4ebp2 (eIF4E-binding protein 2) in mice, stim...

Earthquake, an unpredictable natural disaster, poses a significant threat to public health, causing physical, human, social, cultural, and economic damages [1]. Iran is among the world's top 10 earthquake-prone countries—remembering earthquakes cause the greatest human casualties. Preparedness and safe behavior before and during earthquakes are crucially important to reduce the damage of earthq...

• Human social behavior, including communication behavior, is inf luenced by higher-order factors that remain largely unacknowledged in communication theory and research. • Several communicative behaviors, including communication anxiety, conf lict, emotional expression, and aggression, have strong biological ties. • Most of the research on the biology of communication behavior is conducted out...

It has been widely recognized that online opinions constitute important informational sources for consumers and producers. The open nature of communication supported by social media, however, raises an important yet unsettled question of whether and how earlier opinions affect those that come after. This poster presents a model to illustrate the relationship between existing and new reviews. Ba...

Internet has changed how people communicate with the others; however, few studies have investigated the relationship between people’s new communication behaviors and their innermost feelings. Therefore, this study aims to how people choose communication tool to interact with the others under the impacts of Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC). This study refers theories of communication and so...

BACKGROUND Both doctors and consumers have engaged in using social media for health purposes. Social media has changed traditional one-to-one communication between doctors and patients to many-to-many communication between doctors and consumers. However, little is known about the effect of doctor-consumer interaction on consumers' health behaviors. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to inves...