scholarly journals Review: The Neurosciences and Behaviour: An Introduction (Second Edition), Mind-Storms: Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas, Learning and Memory, beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences

Perception ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
D Rose ◽  
J Howe ◽  
A Monk ◽  
J Crook
Keyword(s):  
Learning And Memory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Experiences

Mortal Body, Immortal Mind

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
Hans Goller
Keyword(s):  
Brain Activity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Alternative Theories

Neuroscientists keep telling us that the brain produces consciousness and consciousness does not survive brain death because it ceases when brain activity ceases. Research findings on near-death-experiences during cardiac arrest contradict this widely held conviction. They raise perplexing questions with regard to our current understanding of the relationship between consciousness and brain functions. Reports on veridical perceptions during out-of-body experiences suggest that consciousness may be experienced independently of a functioning brain and that self-consciousness may continue even after the termination of brain activity. Data on studies of near-death-experiences could be an incentive to develop alternative theories of the body-mind relation as seen in contemporary neuroscience.

scholarly journals The Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire Simplified for Active Aging (PBE-QAG)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Cossu ◽  
Emilio Loi ◽  
Mauro Giovanni Carta ◽  
Alessia Bramanti
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Physical Body ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Body Experiences

Background: The physical activity has been indicated as an experience that can help achieve positive, self-oriented own body awareness. This awareness is an aspect that tends to get worse with age. Objective: Our study aims to verify the internal consistency of a questionnaire on physical awareness in a sample of Italian elders; a secondary objective is to measure if there is a relationship between physical awareness and perceived level of physical activity. Methods: Cross sectional study on a consecutive sample of elderly people was administered the “Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire simplified for active aging (PBE-QAG)”, inspired by the “Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire”, modified, simplified and adapted to be used in the elderly over 65. To elderly people the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha was also used to assess internal reliability of the total PBE-QAG. The factor structure was evaluated through Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs). Results: The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.8 for the “body-mind relationship” scale, 0.81 for the “accepting your body” scale, 0.83 for the “awareness of physical skills” scale, and 0.65 for the “awareness of physical limits” scale. Cronbach’s alpha for the total PBE-QAG was 0.89. The CFA indicated a model with the 4 factors (CFI = 0.989, TLI = 0.984, RMSEA = 0.076). People who conducted physical activity assiduously or regularly and over 10 minutes showed a better score to the PBE-QAG than those who declared a sporadic activity and for “less than 10 minute”, respectively. Conclusion: Our study revealed that the PBE-QAG shows an excellent total internal consistency. In the Italian sample of elderly people the questionnaire shows the model with the 4 factors described in literature.

INDICATORS OF DAIRY PRODUCTIVITY OF COWS BRED IN FARMS OF THE VORONEZH REGION WITH THE ANALYSIS OF MAIN TECHNOLOGICAL REASONS FOR THEIR CULLING

2020 ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
V.V. Krupitsyn ◽  
◽  
V.I. Kotarev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Disorders ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Breast Diseases ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Milk Productivity ◽  
Digestive Diseases ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Voronezh Region

The main breeds of cows bred in the Voronezh region are red-mottled, Simmental, Holstein, both domestic and imported selection. The milk productivity of the red-mottled breed is 6247.9 kg, the duration of production use of ncp is 2.9 lactation; the Simmental ncpis 6952.9 kg and ncp is 3.21, and the Holstein ncp is 8845.4 kg and ncp is 1.85, respectively. Imported Simmental and Holstein cattle have a high potential for milk productivity, but the longevity period with the technology of loose keeping is very short. The main reasons for culling imported cattle are transport injuries, metabolic disorders, respiratory diseases, digestive diseases, breast diseases, hooves in general due to adaptation of body and the influence of production paratypical factors. With the technology of loose keeping of dairy herds as a result of intensive load, the main reasons for culling are udder diseases of ncp-19.5 %, diseases of the reproductive organs of ncp-25.1%, and limbs of ncp – 18.5 %. In conditions of year-round tie-up housing of cows, as a result of hypodynamia, metabolic disorders occur. Diseases of reproductive organs make up ncp-32.8%, as well as diseases of distal extremities of ncp-22.3. In a number of farms, protein overfeed is noted, as a result of which the body experiences an intense load, leading to a number of animal diseases. As a result, it is necessary to recommend and follow the technological principles of providing the necessary hygienic conditions that would be close to the physiological or natural requirements of animal’s body to ensure the efficiency of raw milk production.

The “tedious yammering of selves”: The End of Intimacy in Spike Jonze’s Her

2019 ◽  
pp. 176-192
Author(s):  
Richard Smith
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social World ◽  
The Body ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Sound Image ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
The World

Spike Jonze’s unusual career trajectory, from the outer edges of popular culture to the center of indiewood, has resulted in a distinctive body of work that spans several genres and forms. This chapter traces Jonze’s career to ground a stylistic reading of his fourth feature film, Her (2013). Presented in three parts—Jonze’s short works, Gilles Deleuze’s “implied dream” and the “sound-image,” the lonely social world of Her—the chapter argues that Jonze’s cinematic style is an elaboration of a very simple image of a body in motion. As his style develops the relation of body and world becomes more central and more uncertain. In Her, the world is replaced by media affect and the body experiences itself as an aesthetic form. Smith explores a terrain of loneliness that sits at the center of much of Jonze’s work.

Dwelling of Psyche in Body

2016 ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The Self ◽  
Normal Position ◽  
Body Experiences

In this chapter, Winnicott describes the dwelling of the psyche within the body as a process to be achieved. He describes a variety of body experiences and how body and psyche interrelate, and also how external factors impede or assist this relationship. The sources of paranoia are seen by Winnicott as an expectation of persecution by the psyche-soma partnership if things do not go well. In addition, a naïve dependence on all going exactly as needed by the self can lead to vulnerability. The normal position between such extremes depends on sufficient care for the growing self, eventually leading to self-care and independence.

scholarly journals Cell-to-Cell Communication in Learning and Memory: From Neuro- and Glio-Transmission to Information Exchange Mediated by Extracellular Vesicles

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Schiera ◽  
Carlo Maria Di Liegro ◽  
Italia Di Liegro
Keyword(s):  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Extracellular Vesicles ◽  
Glial Cells ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
System Development ◽  
Cell Communication ◽  
Nervous System Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
And Function

Most aspects of nervous system development and function rely on the continuous crosstalk between neurons and the variegated universe of non-neuronal cells surrounding them. The most extraordinary property of this cellular community is its ability to undergo adaptive modifications in response to environmental cues originating from inside or outside the body. Such ability, known as neuronal plasticity, allows long-lasting modifications of the strength, composition and efficacy of the connections between neurons, which constitutes the biochemical base for learning and memory. Nerve cells communicate with each other through both wiring (synaptic) and volume transmission of signals. It is by now clear that glial cells, and in particular astrocytes, also play critical roles in both modes by releasing different kinds of molecules (e.g., D-serine secreted by astrocytes). On the other hand, neurons produce factors that can regulate the activity of glial cells, including their ability to release regulatory molecules. In the last fifteen years it has been demonstrated that both neurons and glial cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs) of different kinds, both in physiologic and pathological conditions. Here we discuss the possible involvement of EVs in the events underlying learning and memory, in both physiologic and pathological conditions.

Painful languages of the body: experiences of headache among women in two peruvian communities

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Darghouth ◽  
Duncan Pedersen ◽  
Gilles Bibeau ◽  
Cecile Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Body Experiences

The body unbound: Vestibular–motor hallucinations and out-of-body experiences

Cortex ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Allan Cheyne ◽  
Todd A. Girard
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Body Experiences

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SLENDERNESS EFFECT ON SIDE FORCE OF SLENDER BODY

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 1413-1416 ◽  
Author(s):  
TZONG-SHYNG LEU ◽  
JENG-REN CHANG ◽  
CHUN-LIN KUO
Keyword(s):  
Body Surface ◽  
The Body ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Force Distribution ◽  
Wall Region ◽  
Side Force ◽  
Major Mechanism ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Near Wall

This study investigates side force of a slender body with slenderness from 4.4 to 8.0. The experimental results show that flow over a slender body experiences a significant side force at angle-of-attack (AOA) higher than 30°. The side force reaches its maximum at AOA ≈ 50°. The present study demonstrates that slenderness (L/D) produces obvious influence on sectional side force distribution at high AOA. To understand the mechanism, evolution of near-wall vortex structure is investigated via hot wire and surface pressure measurements. It was found that one strong vortex is situated close to body surface and the other weak vortex away from the body, inducing a significant side force. Because the weak vortex lifts off early, a new vortex forms in near-wall region. Formation and evolution of the new vortex is the major mechanism that causes local sectional side force distribution exhibiting a wavy form with an alternating sign along the body. Therefore, overall side force does not necessarily increase with increasing slenderness. Reducing overall side force by canceling the alternating vortex-induced forces over the body surface is found if the slenderness L/D > 6.8 at AOA > 40°.

Computation of the Flow Around a Simplified Car Using the Rescaled v2–f Model

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Re´mi Manceau
Keyword(s):  
Flow Structure ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Eddy Viscosity ◽  
Turbulence Models ◽  
The Body ◽  
Complex Flow ◽  
Eddy Viscosity Model ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Complex Flow Structure ◽  
Better Than

The Ahmed body is a simplified car used in automotive industry to investigate the influence of the flow structure on the drag. When the angle of the hatchback approaches 30°, the wake of the body experiences a transition from a quasi-2-D to a fully 3-D structure, which is at the origin of a drag crisis. Many turbulence models have been tested for the case at 25° and none of them was able to reproduce correctly the complex flow structure. The paper aims at investigating the performances of a recently developed near-wall eddy-viscosity model, the rescaled v2–f model, which is derived from the well known v2–f model. It is shown that the model does not perform better than models of the same class. Indeed, the predicted wake is nearly 2-D, massively separated, which is characteristic of the low-drag configuration: the transition of the wake to a fully 3-D, highly dissipative structure is not reproduced.

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