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NeuronUP. Web platform of cognitive rehabilitation
Have you heard of Aura Fundació? Do you know what its mission is? The head of the neuropsychology program at Aura Fundació, Roser Fernández, tells us about the work of this social entity and discusses the importance of cognitive stimulation for people with intellectual disability. Cognitive stimulation for people with intellectual disability Throughout its 29-year …
New technologies for people with intellectual disabilities by el Centro San Rafael de la Fundación San Francisco de Borja 1.San Francisco de Borja Foundation: The Foundation of the Valencian Community San Francisco de Borja for People with Intellectual Disabilities is a private charitable, social assistance foundation, which is constituted of non-profit motive and with indefinite character. Purpose …
Language is one of the main cognitive functions that allows us to produce, communicate, and understand ideas through sounds, symbols and/or gestures. In other owrds, language is ‘the result of a complex nervous activity that allows individuals to communicate mental states by the production of multi-modal signs that symbolise these states in accordance with a linguistic community´s own convention’ (Lecours et al., 1979).
According to the framework developed by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), activities of daily living (ADLs) are activities oriented toward taking care of one’s own body. ADLs also are referred to as basic activities of daily living (BADLs) and personal activities of daily living (PADLs) (1). For certain groups of people, for example, those …
Thanks to which cognitive function are we capable of interpreting other people’s emotions? Can you identify the function responsible for understanding what others might think in certain situations? Or do you know why we behave in a socially appropriate manner in certain circumstances? We can do all this thanks to social cognition. Today, we introduce different …
Embodied cognition is a concept involving the claim that states of the body modify states of the mind [1]. It has been observed that body posture can affect, at least briefly, our subjective feelings of power, our physiology with regards to hormone levels, and also our behavior [2].
This week we’re not just releasing one new activity, but two! Both for the kiddos! Search and you will find! and Make up a story with images.
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The importance of decision making lies in the fact that it is one of the most complex cognitive processes dealt with by human beings. From the moment we get up, until we go to bed, we make countless choices and decisions, both consciously and unconsciously. The problem is that every decision involves one or more …
Emotional intelligence is a basic concept in psychology that is gaining in importance. It is considered crucial in predicting our health and happiness since it is closely linked to handling various life situations intelligently. In addition, it is essential to train emotional intelligence for stress, anxiety and other mental disorders.
