Sfoglia per Soggetto "language"
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The Anatomy in Greek Iatrosophia during the Ottoman domination era
(2021)The knowledge of Anatomy during the Ottoman domination in Greece has not been widely studied. Medical knowledge of the time can be retrieved from folk and erudite books called Iatrosophia. The majority of these books focused ... -
Antihypertensive Medication Class and the Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the Prospective HELIAD Cohort
(2022)Background: It is unclear whether the main antihypertensive medication classes (diuretics, calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)) are ... -
Assessing functional status using the IADL-extended scale: Results from the HELIAD study
(2020)Objectives: Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) have been operationalized as exhibiting a greater level of complexity than basic ADL. In the same way, incorporating more advanced ADLs may increase the sensitivity ... -
Bayley-III scales at 12 months of corrected age in preterm infants: Patterns of developmental performance and correlations to environmental and biological influences
(2015)Background and aims: Premature infants are at high risk for neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) even in the absence of known brain complications of prematurity. Evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions ... -
The cognitive benefits of bilingualism in autism spectrum disorder: Is theory of mind boosted and by which underlying factors?
(2021)This study examined whether bilingualism boosts Theory of Mind as measured by a non-verbal false belief (FB) task in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and how this potential boost may stem from improvements in ... -
A computerized test for the assessment of mild cognitive impairment subtypes in sentence processing
(2018)This study examines thesentence processing ability of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) subtypes. In addition to standard MCI neuropsychological tests, an experimental approach was applied to assess language. 133 people (93 ... -
Dementia incidence in the elderly population of greece: Results from the HELIAD study
(2021)Objectives:Recently a declining trend in dementia incidence rates has been reported in high-income countries. We investigated dementia incidence in a representative sample of the Greek population in the age group of 65 ... -
A detailed questionnaire for the evaluation of health management in dairy sheep and goats
(2020)The objective of this work was to develop, use and present a detailed questionnaire for the evaluation of health management in dairy small ruminants; it includes 442 questions organised in seven sections: general, ... -
Effect of physical activity interventions on quality of life in older adults: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
(2022)Introduction: Quality of life (QoL) has been acknowledged as a fundamental concept in the field of health and is favorably improved by physical activity (PA). This systematic review aims to assess the benefits and harms ... -
From Broca and Wernicke to the Neuromodulation Era: Insights of Brain Language Networks for Neurorehabilitation
(2019)Communication in humans activates almost every part of the brain. Of course, the use of language predominates, but other cognitive functions such as attention, memory, emotion, and executive processes are also involved. ... -
Hemispheric asymmetries of visual ERPs in left-handed bilinguals
(2001)ERPs (NI, Pl, N2, P2) obtained from left and right occipital and temporal lobes were elicited in 30 left-handed highly proficient bilingual males in response to visually presented linguistic stimuli. The absence of ... -
Higher probability of prodromal Parkinson disease is related to lower cognitive performance
(2019)ObjectiveGiven the limited information on cognitive function before Parkinson disease (PD) clinical onset in the general population, we sought to assess prodromal PD (pPD) probability and relate it to detailed cognitive ... -
Hydrotherapy: Historical landmarks of a cure all remedy
(2015)In Hippocratic Corpus we may find fragments mentioning hydrotherapy as a remedy for several diseases. During the 18th century the English physicians John Floyer and James Currie proved the efficacy of hydrotherapy inaugurating ... -
Implementing the European Sports Leadership Programme: A vehicle to help development graduate workplace competencies
(2020)This research was part of a large intervention study implementing the European Sports Leadership Programme (ESLP). This paper reports the outcomes of the qualitative study that employed focus groups to assess the students’ ... -
Intervention on strategy use and on motivation of Greek pupils' reading comprehension in english classes
(2003)Although less skilled learners may improve their abilities through training in strategies used by successful learners, only a few studies have addressed the question of metacognitive strategy training in contexts in which ... -
Is There a “Window of Opportunity” for Flexibility Development in Youth? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis
(2022)Background: Flexibility is an important component of physical fitness for competitive and recreational athletes. It is generally suggested that flexibility training should start from childhood (6–11 years of age) to optimize ... -
Language performance: An indicative marker for subtle changes in MCI subtypes
(2017)This study aims at investigating morhpo-syntactic variables perception by MCI subtypes patients beyond memory impairment. Novel language tasks have been introduced and conducted in a computerized environment in order to ... -
Lexical Diversity in Cypriot-Greek-Speaking Toddlers: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study
(2021)Background/Aims: The number of different words (NDW), an essential measure of lexical diversity, is extremely valuable towards providing data regarding children's language development. However, in Cyprus, practitioners are ... -
Longitudinal Trajectories and Normative Language Standards in Older Adults With Normal Cognitive Status
(2022)Objective: To determine the longitudinal trajectories and normative standards of language in older adults. Method: Participants were drawn from the cognitively normal (CN) subgroup of the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation ... -
Media enhanced educational and training interventions for people at risk of Alzheimer's disease
(2017)Changes in cognition observed in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) syndrome can be noticed by individuals and their families and in most cases this is the reason for asking for medical advice. Later on, computerized cognitive ...