Two experiments were performed in order to examine the quality of visual activity, specifically pattern detection in perimetrically intact hemivisual fields of hemiamblyopic individuals. The first experiment was directed ...

Studies of ocular dominance have resulted in considerable practical and theoretical unclarity. Different researchers have frequently studied portions of the phenomenon rather than considering its varied aspects. The present ...

The ability of severely and moderately retarded adults to improve their capacity to process information under specific training procedures was examined. A choice reaction time (RT)/movement time (MT) paradigm was followed ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether severely/profoundly retarded adults are capable of transferring across the visual and tactual modalities a dimension-relevant discrimination. The results indicated that ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and determinants of conditioned aversions in pediatric cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. In the first phase of the study, 80 children and adolescents were ...

This is a longitudinal prospective study examining the role of psychosocial variables in relation to AIDS-related risk behavior among methadone maintenance outpatients. The psychosocial variables studied include: AIDS-knowledge, ...

Thirty right-handed patients meeting Research Diagnostic Criteria for Major Depression were compared with 30 normal control subjects matched for age, sex and handedness in a study examining neuropsychological measures of ...

This study sought to determine whether or not a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program that optimized the provider-patient relationship could successfully rehabilitate patients of lower socioeconomic status who have ...

Cancer patients scheduled to begin their first chemotherapy treatment were studied to determine whether patients who might be at risk for developing anticipatory nausea and vomiting (ANV) could be identified in advance of ...

Insomnia, pain and psychological distress are three common symptoms in many chronic pain patients. Of these symptoms, sleep problems have not been adequately assessed in this population. The purpose of this study was to ...