scholarly journals CONVEX AND CONCAVE: CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES IN PSYCHOLOGY, NOW AND THEN (BUT MAINLY THEN)

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Rylance
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Mental Phenomenon ◽  
Linguistic Sign ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Victorian Psychology ◽  
Modern Thinking

MY TITLEis derived from G. H. Lewes's psychological magnum opusProblems of Life and Mind(1874–79). Lewes's image is a metaphor for the relation of mind to brain, or more generally of the mind to the nervous system: “every mental phenomenon has its corresponding neural phenomenon (the two being as convex and concave surfaces of the same sphere, distinguishable yet identical)” (Problems: First Series1: 112). His point is that, though the two entities can be analytically distinguished, they are as necessarily linked as the two surfaces of a bending plane. Like the recto and verso of a sheet of paper, or signifier and signified in the linguistic sign, one can make an interpretative separation of the two, but not an ontological one. It is a characteristically deft metaphor by Lewes to express a notoriously vexed relationship, not only in Victorian psychology but also in modern thinking today.

scholarly journals TAILA DHARA IN NIDRANASHA W.S.R. TO INSOMNIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Raosaheb Patil
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Stable State ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Deep Sleep ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Disturbed Sleep ◽  
The Mind

ABSTRACT Ayurveda says Nidra yuktam Sukham Dukkham, In fact, it says that sleep is one of the three pillars of health. Insomnia or Nidranasha, is not just about being not getting proper sleep but it means that the nervous system has been weakened and reduces our ability to cope up with daily sleep. Insomnia is named as Nidranasha, happens due to vitiation of Kapha, Pitta and Vata dosha. Proper and deep sleep helps the person keep Energetic, Enthusiastic, does Brumhana, increases the Bala, increases vigour and vitality and most it keeps the Mind in stable state for gaining knowledge. Insomnia means inability to get sleep at night or inability to have a restful and sound sleep. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, and a depressed mood. Insomnia can be short term, lasting for days or weeks, or long term, lasting more than a month. Insomnia can occur independently or as a result of another problem. Conditions that can result in insomnia include psychological stress, chronic pain, heart failure, hyperthyroidism, heartburn, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, Arthritis, menopause, and certain medications, and drugs such as caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. Treatment of Insomnia:- Panchakarma â€“ Taila dhara a type of Shirodhara is very much useful in combacting the Insomnia caused due to various above said disorders. So its a demand of time to know about the real sleep and the disturbed sleep according to Ayurveda and Mordern medicines also and effect of Taila Dhara Brahmi,Jatamamsi siddha) in treating Insomnia.

scholarly journals The Transformation of Ice-Candy-Man: Account of Partition Trauma in Cracking India

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Katariya ◽  
Priyanka Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Events ◽  
The Core ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
Partition Of India ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Transition Stages ◽  
Traumatic Impact ◽  
Changing Society

This article aims to unveil the capricious transformation of the key figure, Ice-Candy-Man (named Dilnawaz) and the riotous traumatic impact of the Partition of India on his personality in Cracking India. The most arousing, poignant, efficacious figure Ice-Candy-Man of Bapsi Sidhwa’s magnum opus Cracking India traps the mind of the readers. Sidhwa, the original mark and a victim of the Partition in 1947, had sensed the brutal incidents which impaled her heart with pathos and enforced her to pen it down by presenting vivacious, colorful characters with autobiographical touches. The Ice-Candy-Man appears with a different disguise each time. Why did Sidhwa characterize him in such a specific and dynamic manner? His gestures, speech and even his transition stages and his every next footstep are the symbols and metaphors of the changing society during the traumatic events of Partition—they denote how an individual turns his course of life. His act of transformation is the core to unlocking Sidhwa’s magical world. Without analyzing the Ice-Candy-Man, all endeavors to interpret Sidhwa’s messages are futile.

Mind, identity theory of

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Ontological Categories ◽  
Great Merit ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain

We know that the brain is intimately connected with mental activity. Indeed, doctors now define death in terms of the cessation of the relevant brain activity. The identity theory of mind holds that the intimate connection is identity: the mind is the brain, or, more precisely, mental states are states of the brain. The theory goes directly against a long tradition according to which mental and material belong to quite distinct ontological categories – the mental being essentially conscious, the material essentially unconscious. This tradition has been bedevilled by the problem of how essentially immaterial states could be caused by the material world, as would happen when we see a tree, and how they could cause material states, as would happen when we decide to make an omelette. A great merit of the identity theory is that it avoids this problem: interaction between mental and material becomes simply interaction between one subset of material states, namely certain states of a sophisticated central nervous system, and other material states. The theory also brings the mind within the scope of modern science. More and more phenomena are turning out to be explicable in the physical terms of modern science: phenomena once explained in terms of spells, possession by devils, Thor’s thunderbolts, and so on, are now explained in more mundane, physical terms. If the identity theory is right, the same goes for the mind. Neuroscience will in time reveal the secrets of the mind in the same general way that the theory of electricity reveals the secrets of lightning. This possibility has received enormous support from advances in computing. We now have at least the glimmerings of an idea of how a purely material or physical system could do some of the things minds can do. Nevertheless, there are many questions to be asked of the identity theory. How could states that seem so different turn out to be one and the same? Would neurophysiologists actually see my thoughts and feelings if they looked at my brain? When we report on our mental states what are we reporting on – our brains?

Mind–Body Interventions in the Care of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

2019 ◽  
pp. 317-336
Author(s):  
Adam Snider ◽  
Omid Naim
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Mind

This chapter reviews the clinical utility of various mind–body interventions (MBIs) in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), including cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, yoga, hypnosis, and biofeedback. Chronic or traumatic stress may dysregulate functions of the autonomic nervous system and lead to maladaptive changes in the brain–gut axis. Optimized regulation of the autonomic nervous system improves gastrointestinal function and may be a common factor in various MBIs used to treat stress-related FGID. In recent years, an expansion of randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses has provided additional evidence supporting the use of MBIs in treatment of FGID symptoms and related quality of life. This chapter includes a theoretical discussion of the stress response, the relaxation response, and the role of the mind as a regulatory process. The chapter also addresses practical issues relevant to incorporating MBIs into the treatment of FGID, including the doctor–patient relationship and successful referral to an MBI practice or provider.

The mind and the nervous system.

2010 ◽  
pp. 38-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Maudsley
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
The Mind

The Illusion of Conscious Will

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Wegner ◽  
Daniel Gilbert ◽  
Thalia Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
Mind And Brain ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Conscious Will ◽  
Ouija Board

Do we consciously cause our actions, or do they happen to us? Philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and lawyers have long debated the existence of free will versus determinism. The first edition of this book proposed an innovative and provocative answer: the feeling of conscious will is created by the mind and brain; it helps us to appreciate and remember our authorship of the things our minds and bodies do. Yes, we feel that we consciously will our actions, the book says, but at the same time, our actions happen to us. Although conscious will is an illusion (“the most compelling illusion”), it serves as a guide to understanding ourselves and to developing a sense of responsibility and morality. This new edition includes a foreword and an introduction. Approaching conscious will as a topic of psychological study, the book examines cases both when people feel that they are willing an act that they are not doing and when they are not willing an act that they in fact are doing in such phenomena as hypnosis, Ouija board spelling, and dissociative identity disorder. The author's argument was immediately controversial (called “unwarranted impertinence” by one scholar) but also compelling, and the book has been called the author's magnum opus.

Differential diagnosis between Hysteria and Katatony [Beiträge zur differential Diagnose der Hysterie und Katatonie]. (Allgem. Zeitsch. f. Psychiat., B. lviii, H. 5 and 6.) Kaiser, O.

1902 ◽  
Vol 48 (202) ◽  
pp. 582-582
Author(s):  
William W. Ireland
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Typical Case ◽  
The Other ◽  
Young Student ◽  
Considerable Length ◽  
The Mind

He describes at considerable length two patients in the Asylum of Alt-Scherbitz, one, which he calls a typical case of katatony, becoming finally dementia prócox; the other, a young student with hysterical convulsive attacks and hallucinatory states and delirium. Kaiser regards hysteria as an abnormal mental susceptibility of the nervous system, by which it becomes prone to yield either to outward suggestions or to fanciful notions formed within the mind of the patient. Through this hyper-suggestibility, whole association systems are diverted from their functions, and the activity of others heightened. The differential diagnosis between katatony and aggravated hysteria is stated to be, that in the former there is a childish mental weakness, a state of depression with few ideas, passing into dementia, which contrasts with the selfish caprice, cunning, and persistence of purpose in the hysterical patient.

scholarly journals “The Nervous System and the Mind”

Nature ◽  
1888 ◽  
Vol 38 (966) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
The Mind
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