Author: Paul Slovic This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Publication: Judgment and Decision Making Date: Jan 1, 2023 Abstract Most people are caring and will exert great effortContinue reading ““If I look at the mass I will never act”: Psychic numbing and genocide”
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Alert Memorandum: Risk of Nuclear Conflict
Summary “France could be leading the American people down a path toward a nuclear conflict decidedly not in the interests of the American people – or of humanity itself, VIPS warns President Joe Biden.” youtube.com/watch Transcript France could be leading the American 0:01 people down a path toward a nuclear 0:03 conflict decidedly not inContinue reading “Alert Memorandum: Risk of Nuclear Conflict”
Review of ‘Start Over As Your Real Self’
Start Over As Your Real Self: And Balance Everything to be Happy by David F. Marks, PhD book review by Carol Anderson, D.Min., ACSW “The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose.” Marks’ book focuses on mental health and healthy life practices. The fifty-four short chapters include topics related to fostering creativity,Continue reading “Review of ‘Start Over As Your Real Self’”
Rubbery Clots Found in Blood Vessels
An entirely new disease? Original publication, NZDSOS, February 20, 2024Reading Time: 4 minutes Photo Credit – © Canva Pro Content License NZDSOS has been aware of the white rubbery clots being removed by embalmers from some dead vaccinated people since about mid 2021. Embalmers around the world have been reporting this brand new phenomenon, and we interviewedContinue reading “Rubbery Clots Found in Blood Vessels”
Psychology in a Nutshell: Giving Peace Its Best Chance
A summary of Psychology in a nutshell. If we are serious about working towards peace and avoiding global warfare, a true understanding of human behaviour is necessary. Peace is a state of homeostasis. Psychology is about homeostasis in behaviour. So there should be an easy connection. Yet over a century and a half, Psychology lostContinue reading “Psychology in a Nutshell: Giving Peace Its Best Chance”
Homeostasis Theory of Well-Being
Journal of Health Psychology, Online first: https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231216014 ABSTRACT The Homeostasis Theory of Well-Being proposes a homeostatic modular system for the creation of human well-being. This article aims to: i) provide a proof-of-concept demonstration of the feasibility of the theory in its bio-psycho-social context; ii) indicate prima facie empirical support for the homeostatic nature of theContinue reading “Homeostasis Theory of Well-Being”
Breakthrough Article: A general theory of rehabilitation: Rehabilitation catalyses and assists adaptation to illness
Author: Derick T Wade Centre for Movement, Occupation and Rehabilitation Sciences (MOReS), Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK. Email: derick.wade@ntlworld.com https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155231210151 Derick T Wade’s article first published online: October 27, 2023. The article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License. As a rule, I do not ordinarily republishContinue reading “Breakthrough Article: A general theory of rehabilitation: Rehabilitation catalyses and assists adaptation to illness”
Breakthrough Article: Association of visual conscious experience vividness with human cardiopulmonary function
AUTHORS: Yan Sun1 , Xiaojuan Xue1 , Zefeng Li1 , Hailin Ma2,3, Delong Zhang1 1 Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, China; School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China 2 Plateau BrainContinue reading “Breakthrough Article: Association of visual conscious experience vividness with human cardiopulmonary function”
Defining and ‘diagnosing’ aphantasia: Condition or individual difference?
New paper in Cortex Volume 169, December 2023, Pages 220-234 Viewpoint Andrea Blomkvist a, David F. Marks b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.09.004 This post follows other posts on the same topic.and gives details of a recent publication concerning aphantasia. Andrea Blomkvist and I argue for a more cautious approach towards ‘diagnosis’ of aphantasia, which may best be thought of as an individual difference. WeContinue reading “Defining and ‘diagnosing’ aphantasia: Condition or individual difference?”
Phenomenological Studies of Visual Mental Imagery: A Review and Synthesis of Historical Datasets
Vision 2023, 7(4), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/vision7040067 Received: 14 July 2023 / Revised: 25 September 2023 / Accepted: 11 October 2023 / Published: 20 October 2023 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Visual Mental Imagery System: How We Image the World) Abstract This article reviews historically significant phenomenological studies of visual mental imagery (VMI), starting with Fechner in 1860 and continuing to the present. This synthesisContinue reading “Phenomenological Studies of Visual Mental Imagery: A Review and Synthesis of Historical Datasets”
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