Upfixes” are “visual morphemes” originating in comics where an element floats above a character’s head (ex. lightbulbs or gears). We posited that, similar to constructional lexical schemas in language, upfixes use an abstract schema stored in memory, which constrains upfixes to locations above the head and requires them to “agree” with their accompanying facial expressions. We asked participant...

Persian compound words, which are classified into two categories as primary and secondary compounds (Shaghaghi, 2008), typically examined in the Construction Morphology proposed by Booij (2010; 2016; 2018). Within framework of theory, this study has attempted to explore constructional schemas words made present stem æfkæn (cast). To end, 60 have been collected from numerous sources such linguis...

We provide a unified account of semantic effects observable in attested examples of the German applicative (‘be-’) construction, e.g., Rollstuhlfahrer Poul Schacksen aus Kopenhagen will den 1997 erschienenen Wegweiser Handiguide Europa fortführen und zusammen mit Movado Berlin berollen (‘Wheelchair user Poul Schacksen from Copenhagen wants to continue the guide ‘Handiguide Europe’, which came o...

This study was designed to examine the validity of the Design Copying and Constructional Praxis subtests of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) (Ayres, 1989) through an examination of convergent validity and the use of contrast groups. The subjects were 39 children aged 5 to 8 years. Of these children, 21 had learning disabilities and 18, who served as the control group, had no lear...

The purpose of this study was to explore the potential relationship between dressing ability and constructional praxis performance in a head-injured population. Thirty-seven patients with severe head injuries were rated on dressing ability and constructional praxis tasks in a rehabilitation setting. Three constructional praxis measures were taken: graphic, two-dimensional, and three-dimesional ...

Constructional apraxia refers to the inability of patients to copy accurately drawings or three-dimensional constructions. It is a common disorder after right parietal stroke, often persisting after initial problems such as visuospatial neglect have resolved. However, there has been very little experimental investigation regarding mechanisms that might contribute to the syndrome. Here, we exami...

BACKGROUND Orbitofrontal abnormalities are associated with poor impulse control, altered sexual behavior, and sociopathy. OBJECTIVE To describe a patient with acquired pedophilia and a right orbitofrontal tumor who was unable to inhibit sexual urges despite preserved moral knowledge. DESIGN Case report. RESULTS The patient displayed impulsive sexual behavior with pedophilia, marked constr...

abstract objectives: this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy in the treatment of social anxiety disorder.method: the research method was a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines. five patients were selected by purposive sampling method. they were treated in 20 individual sessions according to young's schema therapy model. the data were collected by tes...