... or marginal status. In studies that assess behavior, collaboration with a behavioral scientist is necessary to determine the behavioral outcome(s) to assess, ensure the proper administration of the outcome, and analyze and interpret the results. The goal of the paper is to offer insight into issues common...

... Disorders (DSM-5) has not only included behavior change as a criterion in the diagnosis of neurocognitive impairment, but has also determined social cognition as one of the cognitive domains to be assessed [ 1 ]. First descriptions of behavioral disorders including neuroanatomical correlates date back...

.... Evaluations of the quality of life, aesthetic perception, and dental fear and anxiety provide valuable insights into the patient’s emotional status and guide empathetic practice. A positive dental experience is based on communication with the patient, trust, and the proper use of behavior guidance techniques...

... control versus DHA-enriched formula at birth and cognitive assessments at 5.5 years of age. Although behavioral assessments (reaction time and accuracy) reveal no statistical differences among groups, ERP shows that the children receiving enriched formula at birth exhibited a greater P2 amplitude...

... (patient caries risk assessment, dentition and lesion history and patient behavioural assessment). This information is then synthesized to inform integrated, personalized treatment planning which involves the choice of appropriate treatment options (background level care, preventive treatment options...

... Diet history Dietary assessment Food intake Behavior assessment Food environment Key Messages An adequate nutritional assessment, including both diet history and dietary assessment, is usually the first approach to the evaluation of nutritional status. A child’s dietary...

... Over the past 20 years, scientists and practitioners in the field of pediatric and infant nutrition have become increasingly aware of the impact of nutritional compounds on the development of brain and behavior. Although the ability to assess and track nutrient status in the body is a well...

... of explanatory models are described which address both the complexity and the factors that influence and predict an individual’s health behaviour. A practical guide of what should be assessed and professional assumptions which may be made to assist patients change and maintain their health behaviours areprovided...

... generating circuits. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2005;15:86-93 6. Kurjak A, Stanojevic M, Azumendi G, et al: The potential of four dimensional (4D) ultrasonography in the assessment of fetal awareness. J Perinat Med 2005;33:46-53 7. Yigiter AB, Kavak ZN: Normal standards of fetal behavior assessed by four...

...-validity, construct validity and reliability of postgraduate knowledge progress testing. BMC Med Educ 2013;13:147. 20. van Mook WN, van Luijk SJ, Fey-Schoenmakers MJ, Tans G, Rethans JJ, Schuwirth LW, van der Vleuten CP: Combined formative and summative professional behaviour assessment approach...

..., and on parental health. The follow-up of implementation of care programs such as NIDCAP (Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program) and FNI (Family Nurture Intervention) have revealed improved behavior and communication scores and less developmental delays in very preterm infants [ 13...

.... Knudsen EI: Sensitive periods in the development of the brain and behavior. J Cogn Neurosci 2004;16:1412–1425. 19. Smith GC, Gutovich J, Smyser C, Pineda R, Newnham C, Tjoeng TH, Vavasseur C, Wallendorf M, Neil J, Inder T: Neonatal intensive care unit stress is associated with brain development...

... from their unhealthy consequences [ 11 ]. According to this need for behavior modification, a constant interplay between assessment and therapeutic strategies should be promoted. Measurement of lifestyle behaviors is thus necessary for the identification of causal associations between unhealthy...

... of fetal behavior assessed by four-dimensional sonography. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2006;19:707-721 8. de Vries JI, Visser GH, Prechtl HF: The emergence of fetal behaviour. Early Hum Dev 1982;7:301-3221985;12:99-120 9. Walusinski O, Deputte B: The phylogeny, ethology and nosogeny of yawning. Rev...

... a lower chance of receiving intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator [ 3 ]. Although the right hemisphere is often called the non-dominant one, it has a key role in cognitive function such as spatial orientation, timing, time perception, coordinated motor behavior, recognition of objects...