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Gesture Identification in Children with Hearing Impairment: A Comparative StudyBy Anand A., Jain M, Kujur D, Nikitha M, Abhishek B. P
Abstract: Gestures are used during verbal communication naturally and spontaneously by individuals across age, culture and different background. Gestures and speech have a strong association and they share properties across temporal, structural and meaning aspects. Literature has shown pronounced link between gesture and speech however, there have been convincing and contradictory findings of the potential link of gestures and speech. So, there exists a need to further study gestural ability HI …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 13–18 Read article →
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Examining the Executive Functions in Neurotypical Individuals and Individuals with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentBy Abhishek B. P, Raja Sudhakar R, Ranjitha Kashyap
Abstract: Executive function (EF) is one of the key processes of cognition. It refers to a variety of skills which help in making socially responsible, self-serving, independent, and purposive behavior possible. Executive functions could be divided into domains like attention, response inhibition, cognitive flexibility and so on. The study tried to examine the integrity of two main executive functions (attention and response inhibition) in normal aging individuals and individuals with mild …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 10–15 Read article →
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Virtual Reality Judgment Abilities in ChildrenBy Abhishek B. P, Rohit Bhattacharya, Ritwik Jargar, Mesmin Rajkumar, Netra .
Abstract: At younger age children may not be able to decide if a concept is real or not. Eventually with the development of reality judgment skills, the judgment skills are assumed to evolve with age. The study was carried out with the aim of investigating reality judgment abilities in typically developing children between 3–6 years of age. The participants were divided into three groups with a class interval of one year. …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 25–28 Read article →
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Speech and Language Profile in a Client Diagnosed with Drug-Induced ParkinsonismBy Abhishek B. P
Abstract: Drug-induced Parkinsonism (DIP) is the second-most common cause of Parkinsonism. Researchers differentiate Parkinsonism and DIP through several potent factors. Patients diagnosed with DIP exhibit characteristics such as tremors, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability etc similar to Parkinsonism but the basic difference is that the symptoms would resolve or turn better after the cessation of the drug leading to the deficits. This study deals with a 60-year-old lady diagnosed with Parkinsonism after …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 34–36 Read article →
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Discourse Abilities in Persons with Psychogenic DisordersBy Abhishek B. P
Abstract: The study was carried out with the aim of determining the discourse abilities in neurotypical participants and persons with the psychogenic disorders. 10 neurotypical participants and 5 persons diagnosed with psychogenic disorders were considered. Amongst the 5 persons diagnosed with psychogenic disorders, two participants each were diagnosed with anxiety disorder; schizophrenia and one participant diagnosed with bipolar disorder were considered. Picture description was carried out on the participants, a total …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 9–11 Read article →
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Utility of Masked Priming Paradigm in Treatment of Anomic Aphasia: An Exploratory StudyBy Abhishek B. P
Abstract: The study was carried out with the aim of testing the utility of masked priming paradigm in persons with anomic aphasia. The study was carried in two phases, in the training phase line drawings were used, the participants were asked to observe the prime and focus on the target. Nouns were used as target; the nouns were preceded by primes which were either semantically related or unrelated to the target. …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 30–33 Read article →
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Contextual Cueing for Retrieval of Nouns and Verbs in Persons with Anomic AphasiaBy Abhishek B. P, Akhilandeshwari S, Devika V
Abstract: Persons with anomic aphasia exhibit word finding difficulties. These word finding difficulties are often attributed to lexical semantic breakdown and are manifested as naming difficulty. The errors on naming can be overcome by using cues. Cues can be of different types such as phonemic, semantic etc. Many studies have been carried out to determine the efficacy of such cues. Verbal contextual cue is also a type of cue where the …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–5 Read article →
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Selective Attention Ability in Alcoholics and Non-AlcoholicsBy Abhishek B. P, Akhila Chandrashekar
Abstract: Selective attention refers to the ability to focus on a particular activity by suppressing the background activities which may be taking place at the same time and the same place. The activity on which the focus is placed is termed as foreground and the other activity taking place simultaneously is called background. The present study aimed at studying selective attention in alcoholics and non-alcoholics by employing non-zero task and lexical …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Computational Biology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 16–19 Read article →
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Cognitive Shifting Abilities in Younger and Older IndividualsBy Abhishek B. P, Vidya Gowda, Rachana Hanji
Abstract: Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to switch rapidly between different responses set. It is further sub divided into set shifting and cognitive shifting. While set shifting is considered to be automatic, cognitive shifting is considered to be conscious and strategic. Cognitive shifting can be assessed through a variety of linguistic and non-linguistic tasks. The non-linguistic tasks include stroop task, non-zero task etc. The alternating fluency task is a linguistic …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 12–16 Read article →
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Lexical semantic activation in persons with AphasiaBy Abhishek B. P, Darshan H. S.
Abstract: Lexical semantic activation (LSA) is defined as retrieval of the most appropriate word from the lexicon. LSA is accomplished through three steps, conceptual activation, lexical node activation and phoneme retrieval and can be tested through a variety of tasks including priming task. LSA is found to be defective in persons with aphasia; it can be manifested as storage deficit or access deficit. Storage deficit is a condition where there is …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 20–25 Read article →