Use a Countdown to Build Excitement For an Upcoming Event

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Keyword(s):  
Upcoming Event

scholarly journals Developmental changes in story-evoked responses in the neocortex and hippocampus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Syd Cohen ◽  
Christopher Baldassano
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Fmri Data ◽  
Evoked Responses ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Brain Responses ◽  
Episodic Encoding ◽  
Upcoming Event ◽  
Event Representations

How does the representation of naturalistic life events change with age? Here we analyzed fMRI data from 415 children and adolescents (5 - 19 years) as they watched a narrative movie. In addition to changes in the degree of inter-subject correlation (ISC) with age in sensory and medial parietal regions, we used a novel measure (between-groups ISC) to reveal age-related shifts in the responses across the majority of the neocortex. Over the course of development, brain responses became more discretized into stable and coherent events, and shifted earlier in time to anticipate upcoming event transitions. However, hippocampal responses to event boundaries actually decreased with age, suggesting a shifting division of labor between episodic encoding processes and schematic event representations between the ages of 5 and 19.

Relationship between CNV and timing of an upcoming event

2005 ◽  
Vol 382 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 106-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micha Pfeuty ◽  
Richard Ragot ◽  
Viviane Pouthas
Keyword(s):  
Upcoming Event

Preparing for an Important Event: Demonstrating the Modern View of Classical Conditioning

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Art Kohn ◽  
James W. Kalat
Keyword(s):  
Classical Conditioning ◽  
Conditioned Response ◽  
Unconditioned Response ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Class Time ◽  
Modern View ◽  
Upcoming Event

A simple classroom demonstration can dramatically illustrate the process of classical conditioning. This demonstration differs from others because it elicits a conditioned response that differs significantly from the unconditioned response. As a result, this demonstration provides an effective introduction to the contemporary notion that the function of classical conditioning is to help an organism prepare itself for an important, upcoming event. The demonstration requires very little preparation and only a few minutes of class time. Data indicated that the procedure produced a conditioned response and that other processes, such as habituation, cannot explain the results.

Effect of Time and Direction Preparation on Ankle Muscle Response During Backward Translation of a Support Surface in Stance

Motor Control ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Masakazu Matsuoka ◽  
Hiroshi Kunimura ◽  
Koichi Hiraoka
Keyword(s):  
Tibialis Anterior ◽  
Random Time ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Emg Amplitude ◽  
Long Latency ◽  
Random Direction ◽  
Ankle Muscle ◽  
Latency Response ◽  
Upcoming Event

This study investigated the effect of the time and direction preparation on the electromyographic (EMG) response of the ankle extensor to the backward translation of the support surface in stance. Fifteen healthy adult males aged 35.9 ± 6.2 years participated in this study. In the constant session, the interval between the warning cue and the onset of the backward support surface translation was constant. In the random time session, the interval was randomly assigned in each trial, but the direction was backward across the trials. In the random direction session, the direction was randomly assigned in each trial, but the interval was constant. The EMG amplitude in the time epochs 100–175 ms after translation onset in the random time session was significantly greater than that in the constant session in the soleus, gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior muscles. The EMG amplitude in the time epochs 120–185 ms after translation onset in the random direction session was significantly greater than that in the constant session in the gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles. This finding indicates that time and direction preparation reduces the late component of the ankle EMG response to backward translation of the support surface. This finding is explained by the supposed process through which uncertainty of the upcoming event causes disinhibition of response or by how time and direction preparation optimizes the magnitude of the long-latency response mediated by the transcortical pathway.

Kingdom of heaven versus nirvana: a comparative study of conceptual metaphors for Christian and Buddhist ideals of life

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuping Gao ◽  
Chun Lan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Conceptual Metaphor ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Conceptual Metaphor Theory ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Kingdom Of Heaven ◽  
Metaphor Theory ◽  
Upcoming Event ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract This paper adopts Conceptual Metaphor Theory to compare the Christian ideal of life, i.e. the kingdom of heaven and the Buddhist ideal of life, i.e. nirvana. Through a systematic investigation of the metaphorical expressions bearing the two concepts in the Book of Mathew and the Lotus Sutra, we find that they share the static metaphor (the kingdom of heaven/nirvana is a container), i.e. both religions envision the ideal state of life as entering a container. Dynamically, the kingdom of heaven is conceptualized as an upcoming event while nirvana as the destination of a journey. The two dynamic metaphors reveal four major differences. Firstly, the kingdom of heaven is described as arrival into and nirvana as departure from the mundane world. Secondly, the arrival of the kingdom of heaven aims to eliminate the sin of human beings while the departure for nirvana aims to leave behind bitterness of the mundane world. Thirdly, the kingdom of heaven emphasizes the dichotomy between the good and the evil while nirvana emphasizes delivering all living beings. Fourthly, God acts as a king and judge in the final judgement of the kingdom of heaven while Buddha acts as a guide in the journey to nirvana.

Enhancing the Quality of Communication and Collaboration between Yoga Practitioners and Clinical Scientists

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Philippe Goldin ◽  
Tali Manber
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Yoga Practice ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Yoga Therapy ◽  
Academic Scientists ◽  
Upcoming Event ◽  
Yoga Practitioners

One of the most exciting social movements of our time is the surging interest in Yoga practice and research. It is important that bridges between Yoga practitioners and academic scientists be forged in order to produce high-quality, reliable research. Such bridges often arise from formal and informal discussions at conferences, local Yoga studios, and centers for mind-body practice or research. One important upcoming event that will connect the Yoga community and the scientific community is the inaugural Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) to be held in Los Angeles in January 2007.

The Social Construction of Transformative Political Events

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 1243-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlo Basta
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Symbolic Meaning ◽  
Nationalist Movement ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Upcoming Event

Comparative political scientists have sought to remedy their subdiscipline’s structuralist tendencies by paying greater analytical attention to transformative political events. Yet, our conceptual understanding of events remains rudimentary. The article addresses this conceptual gap in two ways. First, it foregrounds symbolic meaning-making as the constitutive attribute of events. Second, it demonstrates that events are not inherently agency-facilitating by developing the concept of prospectively framed events. These are occurrences that actors know will take place, but of whose outcome they are uncertain. Political challengers frame the upcoming event so as to discursively trap incumbents into political action they would rather not undertake. The article demonstrates this process by tracing the conflict between secessionist challengers and political incumbents within the Catalan nationalist movement between 2006 and 2010. The concluding section discusses the causal implications of the argument.

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