Abstract

Cognitive Dissonance in Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Highlights

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurologic disease that cause disabilities in individual and social abilities and is seen in people between 18-45years [1]

  • The results showed that the average score of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients was significantly higher than non-clinical subjects (p

  • As a result of this study, it can be stated that one of the basic reasons of dissonance cognition in patient who suffered from M.S, referred to impairment of cognitive function

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Introduction

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurologic disease that cause disabilities in individual and social abilities and is seen in people between 18-45years [1]. Neuronal loss is a hallmark of disease progression and disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) [2]. All MS medications in use target the immune system and prevent tissue damage by modulating neuroinflammatory processes. Current therapies such as commonly prescribed diseasemodifying medications decrease the relapse rate in relapsingremitting MS (RRMS), the prevention of long-term accumulation of deficits remains a challenge. Impairments in higher level cognitive processing, such as new learning and memory, are common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and negatively impact multiple aspects of everyday life, including occupational and social functioning. The previous studies showed that the memory problems that patients with MS experience are in learning new

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