Sticky note about research on gamified environment and its impact of quality of learning and motivation
It is well established that computerised gamified features of WMT increases attentional abilities of children with ADHD, patients who received cancer treatment, and stroke impaired adults (Green et al., 2012; Gropper et. al., 2014; Bigorra et al., 2015; Conklin, 2017;...
Working Memory Training
Working memory is a higher cognitive construct with limited capacity responsible for maintaining and processing relevant information required in everyday activities proceeded in a goal-directed fashion (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974; Baddeley, 2012; Baddeley, Finch and...
What everyone should know about Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a serious mental health condition that affects many new mothers. It is characterized by the onset of depressive symptoms during pregnancy or within the first four weeks after childbirth. This definition, as outlined in the Diagnostic and...
Advantageous and Disadvantageous Characteristics of Schizophrenia as a By-product of Normal Human Brain Evolution: An Overview
Schizophrenia is classified by the American Psychiatric Association in the DSM-5 (2013) as a severe and chronic mental disorder characterised mainly by hallucinations, bizarre delusions, disorganised thoughts, and abnormal motor behaviour that impairs social and...
Working memory and its localisation in the brain based on neuroimaging studies
The second part of the twentieth century became a prominent period for cognitive science research on memory processes. Important evidence regarding the functionality and anatomy of human memory as a dichotomous system came from neuropsychological studies of...
The Significant Contribution of Neuroimaging Techniques to Understanding the Anatomy and Functions of the Brain
Neuroimaging has become an invaluable method in many scientific fields, gaining significant power for understanding human brain development and its relationship with behaviour, thoughts, and actions. It is used to test hypotheses about normal developmental processes...
A Historical and Neurolinguistic Perspective on Language and the Brain
History has shown that the dedication of scientists and medical doctors to researching brain anatomy has led to phenomenal findings related to the human brain, its connection with the functioning of particular parts of the body, and its abilities to perform everyday...
Attachment Theory and its Impact on Understanding of Human Development
Work on the ideas now called Attachment Theory, initiated by the British psychologist and psychiatrist John Bowlby and the American-Canadian psychologist Mary Ainsworth, revolutionised previous ideas about human development. Bowlby, through numerous observations,...
The Brilliance of Behaviourism and the Consequences of the Development of Psychology Arising from the Emergence of Cognitive Science
The behaviourist approach to psychology was dominant for the first half of the twentieth century. When psychological research began, introspection was the primary method for examining consciousness. Gradually, this approach led to a crisis as knowledge failed to...