externalization of the mind; "brainwave" - resorting to conception, post-conceptualization; "body current" - resorting to the body, the experience of the body. Is it possible
abouteitherthepastorthefuture.Thisisknown as“mindwandering”.Duringtheseeventswe?re notpayingattentiontothecurrentworldaround us.Instead,we?rerecallingmemories,orcreating andprocessingimaginedfutures. Whenengagedin mindwandering,ourbrains processthesementalimagesusingthesamepathways usedtoreceiveinputsfromtherealw...
To my mind, the proposition that money is neutral derives much of its force from thought experiments in which the question posed is: what happens if one doubles the quantity of money in the economy?16 Or in experiments that even hint at an equivalence between this question and the redenomina...
Movie Review: The Mind-changing Myths of AVATAR
Now, eminent Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, whose work has revolutionized our beliefs about intelligence, creativity, and leadership, offers an original framework for understanding exactly what happens during the course of changing a mind--and how to influence that process. Drawing on decades of...
With many doctoral candidates unhappy and reporting mental health problems, Emma Pierson suggests ways supervisors could reduce pressures
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Review. I think it goes without saying amongst fellow film aficionados, that we all love films, especially the great ones. However over the years watching films I've noticed there seems to be that one film that is hugely popular, but when you sit down...
The idea so possessed my mind, that a thrill of fear ran through me, and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around. I see them still; the very room, the dark parquet, the closed shutters, with the moonlight struggling through, and the sense I had ...
Mind the gap: Review of Heather Douglas, “Science, policy and the value-free ideal” | Stephen John - Academia.eduJohn, Stephen
made. There are many times I have been pessimistic or even disappointed by a film of a book I love. Although highly regarded books do not always make good films, it is safe to say that great films may be made from not particularly good books. (The Godfatherimmediately springs to mind.)...