scholarly journals Ten Days in Tarbena

2019 ◽  
pp. 366-382
Author(s):  
Robert Vesty
Keyword(s):  
Feeling States

This chapter draws on the author’s participation in a ten-day training in Action Theater™ led by its creator, Ruth Zaporah, in Tarbena, Spain, in June 2014. This interdisciplinary improvisation form utilizes silent movement, sound and movement, and speech to create improvisatory performance. It is argued that Zaporah’s established pedagogical form takes improvisers through a process of dealing with language which can be viewed in evolutionary terms. Moving through silent movement and the vocalization of sounds allows for a focus on sensation which gives rise to a greater awareness of what Zaporah refers to as ‘feeling states’. The content of improvisatory performance depends on staying in touch with feeling states, such that it complicates issues to do with feeling and emotion in ways that become particularly challenging when an improviser is compelled to use speech, or what Zaporah refers to as ‘physical narrative’. The author draws on Maxine Sheets-Johnstone’s phenomenology to propose that we view Action Theater™’s use of speech as ‘postkinetic’ and thereby prioritize its somatic rather than semantic ground.

A linguistic evaluation of feeling states in psychotherapy

1957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley H. Eldred ◽  
Douglas B. Price
Keyword(s):  
Feeling States

Sweat Therapy: Effects on Group Therapeutic Factors and Feeling States

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Colmant ◽  
Carrie L. Winterowd ◽  
Evan A. Eason ◽  
Chris Cashel ◽  
Sue C. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Feeling States

Activity-Feeling States Scales

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnmarshall Reeve ◽  
Brad Sickenius
Keyword(s):  
Feeling States

Measuring Exercise Induced Affect in Adults with Brain Injuries

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Driver
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Feeling States ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Single Bout ◽  
Exercise Induced

The aim of the study was to provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the Physical Activity Affect Scale (PAAS; Lox, Jackson, Tuholski, Wasley, & Treasure, 2000) as a measure of exercise induced affect for adults with brain injuries. The PAAS is a 12-item measure of feeling states based on Russell’s (1980) conceptualization of affect. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on data from 193 participants with brain injuries who completed the PAAS following a single bout of exercise. Results identified four dimensions of affect (positive affect, negative affect, tranquility, and fatigue). Findings provide evidence for the validity and reliability of the PAAS as a measure of exercise induced affect for adults with brain injuries.

scholarly journals Psychedelic Telepathy: An Interview Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-512
Author(s):  
Petter Grahl Johnstad
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Direct Exchange ◽  
Feeling States ◽  
Psychedelic Drugs

This article presents an interview study of telepathic experiences induced by psychedelic drugs, with the aim of broadening our understanding of the nature and characteristics of such experiences. Of 40 psychedelics users interviewed about their experiences, 16 reported some form of psychedelic telepathy. Respondents were recruited at various online fora for individual interviews via private messaging. They reported three main types of telepathic communication: 1) an information-exchange type of telepathy that often enabled people to communicate in images as well as words; 2) a type sometimes referred to as telempathy that allowed for the direct exchange of feeling-states; 3) a state of self-dissolution and telepathic unity where one could not differentiate one’s own thoughts and feelings from those of the friend or partner. Some participants complained about the lack of privacy especially in the more intense forms of telepathic states, and were hesitant to repeat the experience, while others claimed they had become accustomed to such states and experienced them regularly. The article concludes that further studies are warranted, and suggests a research design for an experimental study of psychedelic telepathy. Keywords: psychedelic, interview, qualitative, telepathy, self-dissolution

scholarly journals Maps of subjective feelings

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (37) ◽  
pp. 9198-9203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Nummenmaa ◽  
Riitta Hari ◽  
Jari K. Hietanen ◽  
Enrico Glerean
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Feeling States ◽  
Mental Experience ◽  
Bodily Sensation ◽  
Bodily Sensations

Subjective feelings are a central feature of human life. We defined the organization and determinants of a feeling space involving 100 core feelings that ranged from cognitive and affective processes to somatic sensations and common illnesses. The feeling space was determined by a combination of basic dimension rating, similarity mapping, bodily sensation mapping, and neuroimaging meta-analysis. A total of 1,026 participants took part in online surveys where we assessed (i) for each feeling, the intensity of four hypothesized basic dimensions (mental experience, bodily sensation, emotion, and controllability), (ii) subjectively experienced similarity of the 100 feelings, and (iii) topography of bodily sensations associated with each feeling. Neural similarity between a subset of the feeling states was derived from the NeuroSynth meta-analysis database based on the data from 9,821 brain-imaging studies. All feelings were emotionally valenced and the saliency of bodily sensations correlated with the saliency of mental experiences associated with each feeling. Nonlinear dimensionality reduction revealed five feeling clusters: positive emotions, negative emotions, cognitive processes, somatic states and illnesses, and homeostatic states. Organization of the feeling space was best explained by basic dimensions of emotional valence, mental experiences, and bodily sensations. Subjectively felt similarity of feelings was associated with basic feeling dimensions and the topography of the corresponding bodily sensations. These findings reveal a map of subjective feelings that are categorical, emotional, and embodied.

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