THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVOTIONAL SANGEETHAM OF SWAMI TYAGAYA, BRAIN-MIND DYNAMICS AND GOD SPOT

Grand Total ◽

Different Types ◽

The rationale is that Saint Tyagaya’s devotional Sangeetham creates brain activity to contemplate on God and therefore God becomes neurologically real. This form of spiritual development and contemplative singing exercise could strengthen neurological circuits and manipulate a devotee’s emotion to produce love, empathy, compassion, benevolence and tolerance. The research is a validation of the psychometric assessment extending from Swami Tyagaya, devotional Sangeetham, God, neuro-psychology and spirituality. The methodology shows the development of a questionnaire survey with a grand total of Eighty two questions to measure five different types of subjects. The Questionnaire addresses the society’s knowledge, belief, devotion, attitudes and educational progress over the five subjects. The compilation of questionnaire was distributed to the Indian community in Malaysia. Four hundred and ten volunteers responded to tell their experiential views of Sangeetham, Swami Tyagaya, brain, devotion, God and spirituality. The Questionnaire data were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The result showed that there are strong positive correlation between Sangeetham, devotional reliance, God, brain Swami Tyagaya and spiritualism. These results conclusively indicate that Swami Tyagaya’s devotional Sangeetham strongly influences the spiritual experience of the Indian devotees in Malaysia.

Computationally replicating the Smith et al. (2015) positive-negative mode linking functional connectivity and subject measures

10.1101/2020.04.23.058313 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nikhil Goyal ◽

Dustin Moraczewski ◽

Peter Bandettini ◽

Emily S. Finn ◽

Adam Thomas

Keyword(s):

Brain Activity ◽

Strong Positive Correlation ◽

Activity Data ◽

Functional Brain ◽

Human Connectome Project ◽

Using Data ◽

Functional Brain Activity ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Landmark Study

AbstractUnderstanding brain functionality and predicting human behavior based on functional brain activity is a major goal of neuroscience. Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between functional brain activity and attention, subject characteristics, autism, psychiatric disorders, and more. By modeling brain activity data as networks, researchers can leverage the mathematical tools of graph and network theory to probe these relationships. In their landmark study, Smith et al. (2015) analyzed the relationship of young adult connectomes and subject measures, using data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP). Using canonical correlation analysis (CCA), Smith et al. found that there was a single prominent CCA mode which explained a statistically significant percentage of the observed variance in connectomes and subject measures. They also found a strong positive correlation of 0.87 between the primary CCA mode connectome and subject measure weights. In this study, we computationally replicate the findings of the original study in both the HCP 500 and HCP 1200 subject releases. The exact computational replication in the HCP 500 dataset was a success, validating our analysis pipeline for extension studies. The extended replication in the larger HCP 1200 dataset was partially successful and demonstrated a dominant primary mode.

EMPIRICAL STUDY OF FEDERALISM AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA

International Journal of Legal Studies ( IJOLS ) ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.7415 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 177-196

Author(s):

Ugo Chuks Okolie

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Political Stability ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Ethnic Violence ◽

Survey Method ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

The Relationship ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Federalism and Political stability are two concepts that are of significance to all modern societies. Federalism promotes pluralism and dispersal of power which is good for a multi-ethnic society like Nigeria. But in Nigeria, the practice has generated unending tensions among the individuals, communities and ethnic groups within it. However, this study argues that healthy federalism is a political panacea for ethnic violence, governance crisis and political instability in Nigeria. This study empirically examined the relationship between federalism and political stability in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive and casual research design as well as the survey method. In the investigation, a total of 428 respondents were sampled using a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlation and linear regression analysis. Findings revealed that federalism has a positive and significant relationship with political stability in Nigeria at (R = .732, R2 = 614 at p = 0.000). The statistical result shows that there is a strong relationship between federalism and political stability in Nigeria and that federalism accounts for 61.4% of variations in political stability in Nigeria. Requisite conclusions and recommendations were provided in the light of empirical and theoretical findings.

Relationship between Spiritual Practices and Psychological Well-Being among Hindus

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0301.086 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ruchi Singh

Keyword(s):

Positive Relationship ◽

Well Being ◽

Spiritual Practices ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Significant Positive Relationship ◽

Different Types ◽

Spiritual people perform some spiritual practices for attaining psychological well-being, mental peace, and different types of healings and for many other purposes. The main aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between spiritual practices and psychological well-being among Hindus. Spiritual practices positively affect psychological well-being. In the present study, Spiritual Practices Scale-Hindus (SPS-H) developed by Singh and Husain (2014) and Psychological Well-being Scale developed by Prakash and Bhogle (1995) were administered on 130 Hindus (89 male and 41 female). They were drawn from different temples situated in Aligarh and Agra districts of U.P. Data was analysed by using Pearson product moment correlation to examine the relationship between the scores obtained on the spiritual practices and psychological well-being scales. The Significant positive relationship was found between spiritual practices and psychological well-being among Hindus.

HUBUNGAN KONFORMITAS TEMAN SEBAYA DENGAN PERILAKU MENYONTEK DI SMPI SABILAL MUHTADIN BANJARMASIN

Jurnal Ecopsy ◽

10.20527/ecopsy.v2i2.543 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Risa Widyastuti ◽

Rahmi Fauzia ◽

Rooswita Santia Dewi

Keyword(s):

Correlation Analysis ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Cheating Behavior ◽

Normality Test ◽

Strong Positive Relationship ◽

The Social ◽

Peer Conformity ◽

Perilaku menyontek dikalangan pelajar bukan lagi sebuah fenomena yang mengherankan. Terdapat banyak hal yang membuat seseorang melakukan tindakan menyontek, salah satunya dikarenakan adanya pengaruh sosial dari lingkungan khususnya teman sebaya atau konformitas teman sebaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan konformitas teman sebaya dengan perilaku menyontek. Populasi dari penelitian ini berjumlah 302 siswa, sementara yang menjadi sampel penelitian adalah seluruh siswa kelas VII yang berjumlah 84 siswa. Teknik penelitian yang digunakan yaitu sampling jenuh. Pada penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan seluruh siswa kelas VII untuk dijadikan sampel dikarenakan terbatasnya jumlah siswa yang dapat dijadikan sampel penelitian. Penelitian ini menggunakan dua alat ukur yaitu kuesioner konformitas teman sebaya dan kuesioner perilaku menyontek. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik korelasi product moment Karl Pearson. Sebelum dilakukan uji korelasi, terlebih dahulu dilakukan uji normalitas. Uji normalitas menunjukkan bahwa data yang diperoleh berdstribusi normal dengan nilai signifikansi lebih besar dari 0,05 yaitu pada konformitas teman sebaya sebesar 0,200 dan nilai signifikansi perilaku menyontek sebesar 0,211. Adapun hasil analisis korelasi dengan menggunakan 84 subjek yaitu 0,579 dengan p > 0,05. Dengan demikian penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif yang cukup kuat antara variabel konformitas teman sebaya dengan perilaku menyontek. Kata Kunci : Konformitas, Teman Sebaya, Perilaku Menyontek Cheating behavior among students is no longer a surprising phenomenon. There are many things that make a person cheat, one of which is due to the influence of the social environment, especially peers or peer conformity. The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between peer conformity and cheating behavior. The population of this study was 302 students while the samples were all students of class VII, a total of 84 students. The method used in the study was the saturated sampling. In this study, the researcher used the whole member of class VII as the samples due to the limited number of students that could be used as the samples. The instruments were two questionnaires, the peer conformity questionnaire and the cheating behavior questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Karl Pearson product moment correlation. Before conducting the correlation test, the normality test was first carried out. The results of the normality test showed that the data obtained were normally distributed with a significance value greater than 0.05 in peer conformity and cheating behavior of 0.200 and 0.211, respectively. The result of correlation analysis using 84 subjects was 0.579 with p> 0.05. Therefore, this study proved that there was a fairly strong positive relationship between the variables of peer conformity and cheating behavior. Keywords: Conformity, peers, cheating behavior

Differential Effects of Simulated Cortical Network Lesions on Synchrony and EEG Complexity

International Journal of Neural Systems ◽

10.1142/s0129065718500247 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (04) ◽

pp. 1850024 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Antonio José Ibáñez-Molina ◽

Sergio Iglesias-Parro ◽

Javier Escudero

Keyword(s):

Brain Function ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Spatial Location ◽

Sample Entropy ◽

Different Types ◽

Kuramoto Oscillators ◽

The Relationship ◽

Electroencephalogram Eeg ◽

The Brain

Brain function has been proposed to arise as a result of the coordinated activity between distributed brain areas. An important issue in the study of brain activity is the characterization of the synchrony among these areas and the resulting complexity of the system. However, the variety of ways to define and, hence, measure brain synchrony and complexity has sometimes led to inconsistent results. Here, we study the relationship between synchrony and commonly used complexity estimators of electroencephalogram (EEG) activity and we explore how simulated lesions in anatomically based cortical networks would affect key functional measures of activity. We explored this question using different types of neural network lesions while the brain dynamics was modeled with a time-delayed set of 66 Kuramoto oscillators. Each oscillator modeled a region of the cortex (node), and the connectivity and spatial location between different areas informed the creation of a network structure (edges). Each type of lesion consisted on successive lesions of nodes or edges during the simulation of the neural dynamics. For each type of lesion, we measured the synchrony among oscillators and three complexity estimators (Higuchi’s Fractal Dimension, Sample Entropy and Lempel-Ziv Complexity) of the simulated EEGs. We found a general negative correlation between EEG complexity metrics and synchrony but Sample Entropy and Lempel-Ziv showed a positive correlation with synchrony when the edges of the network were deleted. This suggests an intricate relationship between synchrony of the system and its estimated complexity. Hence, complexity seems to depend on the multiple states of interaction between the oscillators of the system. Our results can contribute to the interpretation of the functional meaning of EEG complexity.

Effect of Perceived Proximity to End of Task upon End-Spurt

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1973.36.2.363 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 363-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

John F. Catalano

Keyword(s):

Performance Improvement ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Rotary Pursuit ◽

Pursuit Tracking ◽

Different Types ◽

Industrial Settings ◽

2 experiments employing different types of tasks (vigilance and rotary pursuit tracking) were carried out to determine the relationship between S‘s perceived proximity to the end of the task and the occurrence of end-spurt (performance improvement as the end of a task is approached). In both experiments significant end-spurt occurred when Ss were led to believe that the task was 90% completed. This finding was difficult to explain since questionnaire data showed nothing unique about the meaning of “90%.” An arousal interpretation of the end-spurt phenomenon was offered but a distinction was made between end-spurt occurring in laboratory situations and industrial settings.

Correlation Between Frequency and Perceptual Severity of Stuttering in a Clinical Setting

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd23.2.70 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 70-78

Author(s):

Farzan Irani ◽

Edge Megan

Keyword(s):

Graduate Student ◽

Clinical Setting ◽

Future Research ◽

Strong Positive Correlation ◽

Point Scale ◽

Therapy Program ◽

Adult Participants ◽

Positive Correlations ◽

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to further explore the relationship between the frequency of stuttering measured in percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) and perceptual ratings of stuttering severity by the clinician and the client in a clinical setting. Method: Eight adolescent and adult participants attending a stuttering therapy program and their graduate student clinicians perceptually rated stuttering severity using a 9‐point scale. Speech samples were gathered during each therapy session for a total of 167 speech samples. Further, each sample was analyzed for %SS. A Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to determine the strength and direction of correlations between %SS and perceptual ratings by the clinician and client. Results: The correlational analysis indicates significant positive correlations between perceptual severity ratings by the clinician and client as well as %SS. Correlation between perceptual ratings was stronger than the correlation between perceptual ratings and %SS. Conclusion: The strong, positive correlation between the client's self‐measurement and the clinician's perceptual measurement indicates similarities in global severity of stuttering perception. Weaker correlation between %SS and perceptual ratings indicates the need to incorporate a more holistic measure of stuttering severity. Implication and directions for future research are discussed.

The Relationship Between the Development of Multicultural Competencies, Counselor-in-Training's Spiritual Experience and Counselor-in-Training's Ethnicity

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e566842012-654 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Nancy J. Carbonell ◽

Tevni Grajales ◽

Carole Woolford-Hunt

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Experience ◽

Multicultural Competencies ◽

The Meaning of the Concept of “Spiritual Energy” in the Philosophy of William James and Henry Bergson

Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences ◽

10.30727/0235-1188-2020-63-4-115-131 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 115-131

Author(s):

Maria M. Kuznetsova

Keyword(s):

Spiritual Development ◽

William James ◽

Science And Religion ◽

Western Philosophy ◽

Creative Evolution ◽

Spiritual Energy ◽

Spiritual Reality ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The article examines the philosophy of Henri Bergson and William James as independent doctrines aimed at rational comprehension of spiritual reality. The doctrines imply the paramount importance of consciousness, the need for continuous spiritual development, the expansion of experience and perception. The study highlights the fundamental role of spiritual energy for individual and universal evolution, which likens these doctrines to the ancient Eastern teaching as well as to Platonism in Western philosophy. The term “spiritual energy” is used by Bergson and James all the way through their creative career, and therefore this concept should considered in the examination of their solution to the most important philosophical and scientific issues, such as the relationship of matter and spirit, consciousness and brain, cognition, free will, etc. The “radical empiricism” of William James and the “creative evolution” of Henry Bergson should be viewed as conceptions that based on peacemaking goals, because they are aimed at reconciling faith and facts, science and religion through the organic synthesis of sensory and spiritual levels of experience. Although there is a number of modern scientific discoveries that were foreseen by philosophical ideas of Bergson and James, both philosophers advocate for the artificial limitation of the sphere of experimental methods in science. They call not to limit ourselves to the usual intellectual schemes of reality comprehension, but attempt to touch the “living” reality, which presupposes an increase in the intensity of attention and will, but finally brings us closer to freedom.

THEORY OF LAW AND PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AS THEORETICAL DISCOURSES: SPECIFICS AND RELATIONSHIP

Vestnik Samarskogo iuridicheskogo instituta ◽

10.37523/sui.2020.40.4.001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 9-17

Author(s):

Вадим Леонидович Афанасьевский

Keyword(s):

Scientific Knowledge ◽

Scientific Theory ◽

Theoretical Concept ◽

Philosophy Of Law ◽

The West ◽

Scientific Creativity ◽

Key Characteristics ◽

Different Types ◽

Theory Of Law ◽

В статье анализируется проблема взаимоотношений философии права и научной теории права. Рассматриваемая проблема стала особенно актуальной в российском образовательном пространстве в связи с введением после длительного перерыва в государственный образовательный стандарт магистратуры по юриспруденции учебной дисциплины «Философия права». Автор статьи в качестве базисного принимает тезис, согласно которому философия права, являясь сферой философской мысли, и теория права как область научного социогуманитарного знания представляют собой разные типы теоретического дискурса. Исходя из этого, в статье выстраивается теоретическая концепция, согласно которой задачей философии права как философского типа мышления является конструирование или экспликация онтологических, эпистемологических, аксиологических, феноменологических оснований для формирования и функционирования научных теоретико-правовых и историко-правовых построений. Для реализации поставленной в статье задачи подробно рассматриваются ключевые характеристики как теории философского типа, так и идеалов, норм и характеристик научного знания. Выявленное различие экстраполируется на взаимоотношение теории права как продукта научного творчества и философии права как конструкции, задающей базовые мировоззренческие смыслы. В качестве примера выработанных философией права и государства оснований научных теорий прогресса, государства, морали и права, автор приводит взгляды мыслителей западноевропейской философской классики: Т. Гоббса, Ж.-Ж. Руссо, И. Канта, Г.В.Ф. Гегеля. Именно их философские концепции предопределили образы теоретико- и историко-правовых учений XVIII, XIX, XX и даже начала XXI в. Таким образом, отношение философии права и теории права выстраивается по «вертикали»: от онтологического основания к возведению теоретико-правовых и историко-правовых научных построений. The article analyzes the problem of the relationship between the philosophy of law and the scientific theory of law. The problem under consideration has become especially urgent in the Russian educational space in connection with the introduction of the Philosophy of Law discipline master's degree in law after a long break. The author of the article takes as the basis the thesis that the philosophy of law, being the sphere of philosophical thought, and the theory of law as a field of scientific socio-humanitarian knowledge are different types of theoretical discourse. Based on this, the article builds a theoretical concept according to which the task of the philosophy of law as a philosophical type of thinking is the construction or explication of ontological, epistemological, axiological, phenomenological grounds for the formation and functioning of concrete scientific theoretical and legal and historical and legal constructions. To implement the task posed in the article, the key characteristics of both a theory of a philosophical type and ideals, norms and characteristics of scientific knowledge are examined in detail. The revealed difference is extrapolated to the relationship between the theory of law as a product of scientific creativity and the philosophy of law as a construction that sets basic philosophical meanings. As an example of the foundations of the scientific theories of progress, state, morality and law developed by the philosophy of law and the state, the author gives the views and thinkers of the West European philosophical classics T. Hobbes, J.-J. Russo, I. Kant, G.V.F. Hegel. It was their philosophical concepts that predetermined the images of theoretical and historical-legal doctrines of the XVIII, XIX, XX and even the beginning of the XXI centuries. Thus, the attitude of the philosophy of law and the theory of law is built along the «vertical»: from the ontological foundation to the construction of theoretical and historical and historical legal scientific constructions.