The current study investigated the impact of instrumental music training on reading comprehension, working memory, and executive function in elementary school children Greece. A series studies suggested possibility a cognitive advantage from training. For purpose present 80, were evaluated. experimental group consisted 40 students 5th grade with at least 5 years control who did not have any two...

2010.6 The National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) formed a special task force to make recommendations to address the problem.7 Binge drinking has even received global attention from the World Health Organization, which convened a conference to address the topic.8 Several prominent organizations and key leaders have accepted this call to action. Mothers Against Drunk Driving ...

Background. The evidence indicates that physical activity increases memory and ability to learn in human and animal. That is to say, the brain remarkably responds to exercise. Objectives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect and comparison of anaerobic and aerobic exercise on memory. Methods. In this study, ninety male students were randomly divided into three equal gr...

The structure and composition of sub test profile types most representative of the 2,200 6'12to 16'hyear-old children comprising the normative sample for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for ChildrenRevised (WISC-R; Wechsler, 1974) were explored. Profiles were sorted according to similar level and shape using multistage cluster analysis with independent replications. A final solution of 7 core p...

As one of the psychological instruments that successfully provides an overview level intelligence children, Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children (WISC) test needs to be evaluated its validity with psychometric procedures. The consists 10 subtests in which each subtest has many diverse items. This study included 315 kindergarten students age range 5-6 years. data obtained from it is then ana...

OBJECTIVE Two strategies for surgical management are used for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), primary heart transplantation and the Norwood procedure. We sought to determine how these 2 surgical approaches influence neurodevelopmental outcomes at school age. METHODS A multicenter, cross-sectional study of neurodevelopmental outcomes among school-aged children (>8 years of...

An attempt was made to duplicate Rosvold and Mishkin's finding of clear differentiation between groups, using a modified Yerkes Multiple-Choice Test with 23 lobotomized and 22 unlobotomized schizophrenics for whom scores were available on 10-factored aptitude tests and 2 Wechsler-Bellevue scales. Though marked intergroup differences appeared on the aptitude tests, none appeared on the Yerkes te...

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third Edition (D. Wechsler, 1991; WISC-III) is often used to identify subtest-based cognitive strengths and weaknesses that are subsequently used to generate interventions. Given that intelligence is presumed to be an enduring trait, cognitive strengths and weaknesses identified via subtest analysis should also be stable over time. This was evaluate...

Unilateral electroconvulsive therapy was given to 32 right-handed patients for relief of depression. Sixteen patients received electrode placement on the right side for the first treatment and on the left side for the second treatment. For the other 16 patients the order of sides was reversed. The word Associate Learning subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale was administered about 20 minutes aft...

Nine patients who were admitted to Purdysburn Hospital with a clinical diagnosis of Korsakoff's psychosis were subjected to a series of psychometric tests, to electroencephalography (including P3 auditory evoked potential) and to computerised axial tomography. When compared with controls, the experimental group differed significantly in their psychometric scores in all but the comprehension, vo...