scholarly journals EEG Activity During Mental Influence on a Random Signal Generator

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
William Giroldini
Keyword(s):  
Random Number Generator ◽  
Signal Generator ◽  
Random Signal ◽  
Mental Action ◽  
Mental Work ◽  
Eeg Activity ◽  
Cerebral Activity ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Important Objective

This preliminary study is based on 38 experimental sittings in which 22 participants attempted to mentally influence an electronic circuit called RSG (Random Signal Generator), while their cerebral activity was recorded by a 14-channel EEG. Subject to sampling, signal peaks with an absolute value greater than a predetermined threshold were selected from the analogical RSG output by a computer program. Whenever a signal exceeded the threshold, an audible ‘beep’ sounded and the participant was asked to mentally increase the frequency of these beeps as much as possible, because a higher beep rate meant a successful mental influence attempt on the RSG. An important objective was to verify the existence of any relationship between a successful mental influence of the RSG and cerebral activity in the participant attempting the influence. Compared to an equal number of ‘inactive’ sittings made without anyone attempting mental action, the ‘active’ sittings show a small increase in the average number of beeps/minute, but in particular a significant increase in the emitted beeps within 1.5 seconds of the previous beep (P <0.025). The experimental sittings were divided into two groups (around 50% each), of which the first had better results, and only the frontal and fronto-temporal symmetrical EEG locations (AF3, AF4, F7, F8, F3, F4, Fc5, Fc6) were examined. The better group showed a significant reduction in Brain Synchrony (P < 0.03) together with an equally significant increase in Beta and Gamma 15-42 Hz (P < 0.03) activity. These differences were interpreted as an effect of greater mental work performed by the better group during mental influence of the RSG. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between EEG activity and mind-matter (PK) interaction at a distance; indeed all studies devoted to PK have only focused attention on the object of attempted mental action, which was predominantly an RNG (Random Number Generator).

scholarly journals Den kriminelle romanen og leseren

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-161
Author(s):  
Gerd Karin Omdal
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
Language And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Book Format ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Important Objective ◽  
Critical Investigation

Abstract In the article KYKA / 1984 is studied as a concrete experiment with the printed book as a medium and with the double-book-format. Karin Moe is in this text dealing with questions concerning the relationship between work and text, and between work, text and reader. The article is an exploration of the design and the composition of the book, and it also explores several kinds of transtextuality, which are establishing interconnections with other literary works and genres. Questions raised by Moe in KYKA / 1984 concerning language and gender are also examined. An important objective of the article is to uncover how and why an experimental and critical investigation is carried out in a book copying a well-known commercial format.

scholarly journals The relationship between body image and emotional and cognitive impairment after brain damage: A preliminary study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Corallo ◽  
Dominique Tarda ◽  
Valentina Coppola ◽  
Lilla Bonanno ◽  
Viviana Lo Buono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Brain Damage ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Caring for Things Helps Humans Grow: Effects of Courteous Interaction with Things on Pro-Environmental Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3969
Author(s):  
Hiroko Kamide ◽  
Tatsuo Arai
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Active Care ◽  
Familiar Objects

The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of courteous interaction with familiar objects on pro-environmental behavior and well-being. We explored the process of interaction with everyday objects, such as pens and glasses in a preliminary study (N = 64), and to reveal two aspects that define these interactions, namely active care for objects and awareness of learning from the interaction (N = 687; Study 1). The more people cared for and learned through their interactions with a particular object, the more they perceived a connectedness to it (N = 195; Study 2). Furthermore, caring for and learning with familiar objects promoted various environmentally conscious behaviors and contributed to individual well-being (Study 3; N = 600). In this way, we discussed the relationship between interaction with everyday objects, the aspects of these interactions, and the influence of these interactions on an individual’s perspective toward the wider environment.

Preliminary Study of the “Separation Anxiety” Phenomenon Through the Eyes of the Method of Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Elena Drazheva
Keyword(s):  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
Transcultural Psychotherapy ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Supportive Intervention ◽  
Parent Child

The article presents the results of a preliminary study which forms part of the preparation of a dissertation titled: “Influence of parental behavior on separation anxiety in children aged 1.5 to 5 years.” This article discusses the relationship between the symptoms and problems of children manifesting separation anxiety when starting to attend kindergarten and the experiences of their parents. The preliminary study included 38 parents and their children manifesting anxiety upon separation. The study used the tools of Positive psychotherapy, which offers the opportunity to diagnose parent-child relationships and supportive intervention.

scholarly journals The body self-awareness among women practicing fitness: a preliminary study

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brytek-Matera ◽  
Anna Kozieł
Keyword(s):  
Body Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Interoceptive Awareness ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Body Attitude ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Body Self ◽  
Body Attitude Test ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The purposes of the present study were to explore the relationship between body awareness and negative body attitude, interoceptive body awareness and physical self in women practicing fitness as well as to analyze the determinants of body awareness. The Body Awareness Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire and the Body Attitude Test were applied to 43 women practicing fitness and 32 non-fitness practitioners. Bodily self-awareness was connected with greater fitness practitioners’ interoceptive body awareness and greater physical self. Noticing and global esteem predicted body awareness in women practicing fitness.

The Relationship Between Genotype and Positive Psychological Development in National-Level Swimmers

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Golby ◽  
Michael Sheard
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Mental Toughness ◽  
Positive Affectivity ◽  
Buccal Swabs ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Questionnaires

We report a preliminary study of the relationship between genotype (using a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter 5-HTT gene) and positive psychological development in high-achieving adolescent swimmers. Thirty-one volunteers of both genders, aged 10-24 years, completed a battery of positive psychological questionnaires measuring hardiness, mental toughness, self-esteem, self-efficacy, dispositional optimism, and positive affectivity. DNA samples were obtained via buccal swabs. The sample was initially split into three groups on the basis of 5-HTT genotype: SS, SL, and LL. Multivariate statistics revealed a discernible trend of a relationship between LL genotype and higher levels of positive psychological development. The nonsignificant overall effect is interpreted in terms of sample size and age of participants. The implications of these results are discussed relative to previous findings and in terms of psychological theory.

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