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Robert Coady

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Confidence Is Good; Overconfidence, Not So Mu - 0 views

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  • Overconfidence can be exploited by others
  • Overconfidence causes blindness, and blindness in turn causes blunders
  • Only, overconfidence can blind us to the facts and make our reasoning go along very different lines
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  • Perhaps the best remedy for overconfidence is an awareness as to when it is most likely to strike
  • irst, overconfidence is most common in hard tasks
  • Second, it increases with familiarity
  • Overconfidence also increases with information
  • Finally, overconfidence increases with action
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      Robert Coady on 30 Sep 13
       
      This article is reminiscent of the first article we read for this class, about Sherlock Holmes and mindfulness. It appears as though there are many lessons to take from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
Robert Coady

The Fun Theory - 0 views

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fun inspiration theory change design

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  • This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
Emily Vargas

Mindfulness - 0 views

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shared by Emily Vargas on 04 Oct 13 - No Cached
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      Emily Vargas on 04 Oct 13
       
      G. The way mindfulness directly relates to mental illness. R. Mindfulness, Meditation, Yoga, Mental Illness, Anxiety, Depression A. To watch videos about mindfulness. This is spoused to relate directly to therapist and how mindfulness helps in treating mental issues. B. To definitely use mindfulness as a technique in helping with mental illness
  • MBCT is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression
  • Mindfulness training helps us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them, we're better able to manage them.
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  • the way we think and the way we handle how we feel plays a big part in mental health
  • People undertaking mindfulness training have shown
  • Mindfulness is a potentially life-changing way to alter our feelings in positive ways, and an ever-expanding body of evidence shows that it really works.
  • Mindfulness meditation has been shown to affect how the brain works and even its structure.
  • are ways of paying attention to the present moment, using techniques like meditation, breathing and yoga.
  • ncreased activity in the area of the brain associated with positive emotion – the pre-frontal cortex – which is generally less active in people who are depressed.
  • More than 100 studies have shown changes in brain wave activity during meditation and researchers have found that areas of the brain linked to emotional regulation are larger in people who have meditated regularly for five years.
  • recurrent depressionanxiety disorders addictive behaviour stress chronic pain chronic fatigue syndromeinsomniaplus more mental and physical problems.
  • Mindfulness in the workplace can improve productivity and decrease sickness absence, and increasingly employers are looking to benefit from its effect on workplace wellbeing.
  • Almost three-quarters of GPs think mindfulness meditation would be helpful for people with mental health problems, and a third already refer patients to MBCT on a regular basis.
Emily Vargas

Mindfulness helps against anxiety and depression | ScienceNordic - 0 views

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shared by Emily Vargas on 01 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • oung adults with social phobia and anxiety,
  • Patients with social anxiety disorder benefit as much from a mindfulness programme as patie
  • nts who receive regular cognitive treatment
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  • The risk of relapse in people with recurrent major depressive disorder is significantly lower Cancer patients reduced their anxiety and depressive symptoms
  • women who in glossy magazines tell of how they achieved self-control and success because they practice mindfulness and are able to be attentive and live in the present.
  • Here, a group of young people with social anxiety was divided into two random groups. One group received regular cognitive behavioural therapy in which the participants were taught to overcome their anxiety by confronting it. The other group was treated with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
  • British health authorities now recommend using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression.
  • was a meta-study of six randomised clinical trials of 593 people who had been affected by one or more depressive episodes.
  • A patient who has suffered from a single depressive episode has a 60-percent chance of relapse. With two depressive episodes, the risk of relapse increases to 70 percent, and with three episodes, the risk goes up to 90 percent
  • systematic mindfulness training can significantly reduce this risk of relapse
  • For those hit by one depressive episode, the risk of relapse is reduced by 34 percent, and with three episodes, the risk is reduced by 43 percent.
  • This indicates that mindfulness is a serious alternative to confrontational therapy in which patients for instance overcome their fear of spiders by having them walk on their hands.
  • which studied the effect of mindfulness on cancer patients, who often become anxious and depressed – even after the cancer treatment is actually completed.
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