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courtney galli

Cult Formation - 0 views

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  • ideological totalism,
  • Cults can be identified by three characteristics: a charismatic leader who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose their power; a process I call coercive persuasion or thought reform; economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie.
  • milieu control: the control of all communication within a given environment. In such an environment individual autonomy becomes a threat to the group. There is an attempt to manage an individual's inner communication. Milieu control is maintained and expressed by intense group process, continuous psychological pressure, and isolation by geographical distance, unavailability of transportation, or even physical restraint. Often the group creates an increasingly intense sequence of events such as seminars, lectures and encounters which makes leaving extremely difficult, both physically and psychologically.
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  • Intense milieu control can contribute to a dramatic change of identity which I call doubling: the formation of a second self which lives side by side with the former one, often for a considerable time. When the milieu control is lifted, elements of the earlier self may be reasserted.
  • Three further aspects of ideological totalism are "sacred science," "loading of the language," and the principle of "doctrine over person."
  • Perhaps the most significant characteristic of totalistic movements is what I ca
  • Sacred science is important because a claim of being scientific is often needed to gain plausibility and influence in the modern age.
  • language
  • The principle of doctrine over person' is invoked when cult members sense a conflict between what they are experiencing and what dogma says they should experience.
  • The term loading the language' refers to literalism and a tendency to deify words or images.
  • l "dispensing of existence." Those who have not seen the light and embraced the truth are wedded to evil, tainted, and therefore in some sense, usually metaphorical, lack the right to exist.
  • That is one reason why a cult member threatened with being cast into outer darkness may experience a fear of extinction or collapse.
    • courtney galli
      courtney galli on 01 May 13
       
      History of the person
  • Totalism should always be considered within a specific historical context.
steven bloom

Flower illsuion - 2 views

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shared by steven bloom on 07 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • steven bloom on 07 Feb 11
     
    This website was designed by someone who likes optical illusions. It basically ask you a question about an optical illusion and ask you for your answer in multiple choice format. Then it tells you if you are right or wrong and why.
  • Catherine Delisle on 07 Feb 11
     
    This one is very interesting although I have already seen it before. The only thing I don't like is the fact that the web site shows you what you are supposed to be seeing by flipping it upside down for us. I think it would have been much more interesting to look for it ourselves. All in all, it's very interesting.
Marianne Montreuil

Actu santé : La MÉDITATION modifie durablement le cerveau et les émotions - 1 views

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émotions brain psychology learning stress depression

shared by Marianne Montreuil on 01 May 13 - No Cached
  • Dans cette étude, les participants qui ont suivi un programme de méditation de 8 semaines présentent des effets mesurables sur la façon dont le cerveau fonctionne même hors méditation
    • Marianne Montreuil
      Marianne Montreuil on 01 May 13
       
      8 semaines: programme méditation
  • l ils ont visionné une série de 216 images différentes représentant des personnes en situation soit émotionnellement positive, soit négative, soit neutre. Les participants avaient également subi des évaluations de symptômes de dépression et d'anxiété avant et après les programmes de formation.
    • Marianne Montreuil
      Marianne Montreuil on 01 May 13
       
      évalue des personnes avec des problèmes...  programme visuel
    • Marianne Montreuil
      Marianne Montreuil on 01 May 13
       
      diminution de l'activation de l'amygdale droite: améliore côté émotion+ stress
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    • Marianne Montreuil
      Marianne Montreuil on 01 May 13
       
      activité de l'amygdale droite augmente en réponse à des images négatives: souffrance humaine
  • Les participants ont suivi soit un programme de méditation « en pleine » conscience qui met l'accent sur le développement de l'attention et la conscience de la respiration, les pensées et les émotions soit un programme de méditation de la compassion, une forme moins pratiquée qui tend à développer la bonté et la compassion pour soi-même comme pour les autres.
Dayna Rabin

The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate O... - 1 views

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Storytelling brain learning story research

shared by Dayna Rabin on 30 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that?
  • When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich
  • are very likely to never forget the story of who invented the sandwich ever again
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  • For over 27,000 years
  • stories has been one of our most fundamental communication methods.
  • Our brain on stories: How our brains become more active when we tell stories
  • We all enjoy a good story,
  • why do we feel so much more engaged when we hear a narrative about events?
  • we listen to a powerpoint presentation with boring bullet points, a certain part in the brain gets activated.
  • It's in fact quite simple. I
  • Broca's area and Wernicke's area
  • language processing parts in the brain, where we decode words into meaning.
  • things change dramatically.
  • how delicious certain foods were, our sensory cortex lights up. If it's about motion, our motor cortex gets active:
  • but any other area in our brain that we would use when experiencing the events of the story are too.
  • A story can put your whole brain to work.
  • can have the same effect on them too.
  • The brains of the person telling a story and listening to it can synchronize, says Uri Hasson from Princeton:
  • By simply telling a story, the woman could plant ideas, thoughts and emotions into the listeners' brains."
  • Evolution has wired our brains for storytelling—how to make use of it
  • hy does the format of a story, where events unfold one after the other, have such a profound impact on our learning?
  • We are wired that way.
  • While we are busy searching for a similar experience in our brains, we activate a part called insula, which helps us relate to that same experience of pain, joy, or disgust.
  • We think in narratives all day long,
  • We make up (short) stories in our heads for every action and conversation.
  • In fact, Jeremy Hsu found [that] "personal stories and gossip make up 65% of our conversations."
  • henever we hear a story, we want to relate it to one of our existing experiences.
  • metaphors work so well with us.
  • story, if broken down into the simplest form, is a connection of cause and effect.
  • John Bargh
  • We link up metaphors and literal happenings automatically. Everything in our brain is looking for the cause and effect relationship of something we've previously experienced.
  • ou mention the same story to him, as if it was your idea?
  • According to Uri Hasson from Princeton, a story is the only way to activate parts in the brain so that a listener turns the story into their own idea and experience.
  • tell them a story,
  • According to Princeton researcher Hasson, storytelling is the only way to plant ideas into other people's minds.
  • Write more persuasively—bring in stories from yourself or an expert
  • multitasking is so hard for us.
  • ask for quotes from the top folks in the industry or simply find great passages they had written online.
  • The simple story is more successful than the complicated one
  • easy to convince ourselves that they have to be complex and detailed to be interesting.
  • the simpler a story, the more likely it will stick.
  • Using simple language as well as low complexity is the best way to activate the brain regions that make us truly relate to the happenings of a story.
  • xchanging stories with those of experts.
  • educe the number of adjectives or complicated nouns in a presentation or article
  • Our brain learns to ignore certain overused words and phrases that used to make stories awesome.
Zach Fenlon

Post-traumatic stress disorder - TheFamily Health Guide - 1 views

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  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      This link is credible because it is from studies conducted by the well known University Harvard
  • Under the current official definition, PTSD is diagnosed only if you have been exposed to actual or threatened death or serious injury and responded with fear, helplessness, or horror.
  • The point in a person’s life when a trauma occurs may also predict her likelihood of developing the disorder.
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  • some women develop PTSD after a traumatic childbirth.
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      I find this very interesting, i was completely unaware that a milestone this common could lead to PTSD. 
  • PTSD may also occur following a heart attack or diagnosis of cancer.
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      More examples that i never even considered possible. 
  • Avoidance: Avoiding thoughts, feelings, activities, places, and people associated with the trauma. This may result in social withdrawal and becoming numb to positive as well as negative emotions.
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      I did not know this to be a symptom. I wonder how easy it would be to identify. 
  • Symptoms lasting more than three months are considered chronic PTSD
  • Occasionally, someone develops “delayed PTSD” six months later or more, following a reminder of the event.
  • In the June 28, 2004, Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from the Veterans Administration reported that women with PTSD have more medical conditions and worse physical health than non-traumatized women, even those with depression.
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      At first i only associated PTSD with causing suicide, but i didn't realize that it is also impacted the physical health or it's subjects. 
  • “The amygdala appears to be overreactive in PTSD. We’re currently examining whether it is already overreactive, making someone more vulnerable to PTSD, or becomes that way in response to trauma,”
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      This interests me because from what i understand, perhaps PTSD could be avoided in patients who are already more vulnerable. 
  • the hippocampus and the anterior cingulate cortex, appear not to function as well in those with PTSD.”
  • gradual and repeated exposure can reduce symptoms and help change how you respond to the triggering situations.
  • although not all clinical trials have shown them to work better than placebo.
    • Zach Fenlon
      Zach Fenlon on 03 May 13
       
      I would like to read more on some of these studies. 
  • adrenaline acts to strengthen memories,
  • testing whether an adrenaline-reducing medication, the hypertension drug propranolol, might help block abnormal memory formation and prevent PTSD.
Catherine Delisle

Molecular Switch Hikes Likelihood of Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders | Psych Central News - 0 views

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shared by Catherine Delisle on 21 Apr 11 - No Cached
    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 21 Apr 11
       
      This website is great for my project because it partly explains the cause of schizophrenia. It talks about a molecular switch that controls the behavior of a protein. This protein increases vulnerability to schizophrenia and mood disorders when it is altered. This protein controls the regulation of new neuron development in the cerebral cortex and the programmed migration of these neurons, which is essential for the formation of the brain's architecture.
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