scholarly journals The Psychological State of Mind of Female Characters in Margaret Atwood’s Novel “The Edible Woman”

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edita Bratanovic
Keyword(s):  
Psychological State ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
State Of Mind

scholarly journals Analyzing The Stress Levels of A Patient Using Heart Beat and Pulse Rate Sensor by Arduino Interface with CRO

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.27) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
K Arunamanjusha ◽  
T Kalyani ◽  
B Naresh ◽  
N Nagaraju
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Rate ◽  
Heart Beat ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Rate Sensor ◽  
Electrical Impulses ◽  
Micro Organisms

With the advancements in medical field, it is easy to treat numerous diseases and study various micro organisms and produce life saving drugs that did not exist few decades back. However, we do not have enough apparatus that is simple and user-friendly to analyze or make assessments to determine the psychological conditions of a patient. The treatment given to the patient is affected by the person’s psychological state of mind in terms of stress or emotional levels. A person’s stress levels are basically determined by the emotional response and in turn the electrical impulses generated through the exchange of sodium and potassium ions at the cell wall of the human body which is generally maintained at -70mV. The electrical impulses can be captured at the heart or brain or both in order to analyze the state of the patients receiving any particular treatment. In this paper the register pulse rate using heart beat sensor and graph it at certain intervals of time.  The slope joining the peaks of consecutive readings indicates the increase /decrease of the patients stress and responsiveness to the treatment  

Contra Academicos as autobiography: a critique of the historiography on Augustine's first extant dialogue

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-264
Author(s):  
Stuart Squires
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
As If

AbstractContra Academicos is not one of Augustine's masterpieces and, as such, modern scholarship has largely ignored this text in favour of examining Augustine's more mature works. Scholars do, however, attempt to use it as a way of interpreting Augustine's psychological state of mind at the time of his conversion because this is his first extant text. I argue that this attempt at reading Contra Academicos as autobiography is dangerous because Augustine was deliberately offering a self-representation to a pagan-philosophical audience and, therefore, scholars should not attempt to interpret this dialogue as if it offered neutral insight into Augustine's state of mind around 386. This article will first review the history of the scholarship which has attempted to read Contra Academicos as autobiography to prove that Augustine was only a Neoplatonist at the time of his conversion, or to disprove this theory. In either case, the authors of both positions have relied on Contra Academicos to support their claims. Then, I will make three arguments why reading Contra Academicos as autobiography is dubious. First, I will argue that the literary genre of the dialogue shows that Augustine's intended audience was for pagan-philosophers. Second, I will argue that the dedication of the text shows that Augustine's audience is a pagan-philosophical audience. Augustine's dedicatee plays a larger role in this text than do most dedicatees of texts in late antiquity. Third, I will show that the specific content demonstrates that Augustine's text was focused on a pagan-philosophical audience. Augustine never quotes scripture but goes to great pains to demonstrate his knowledge of Vergil and Cicero.

Psychological Responses to Sound Stimuli Evaluated by Alpha Wave Fluctuations

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Isao Takahashi ◽  
Yoshimitsu Okita ◽  
Hisashi Hirata ◽  
Toshifumi Sugiura
Keyword(s):  
Mood States ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Psychological Responses ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Alpha Wave ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Valid Index ◽  
Emotion Model ◽  
Baseline State

Evaluation of psychological stress or state of mind remains an important problem. The anterior asymmetry and emotion model (AAE model) is a conventional and widely used method to sort baseline affective styles (approach or withdrawal) based on asymmetry of the activity in prefrontal cortices. Another method is to use alpha wave fluctuations at the frontal poles, as proposed by Yoshida. This method estimates state of mind as one point on a comfort level surface with pleasant-unpleasant and excited-calm axes that are normal to each other. The aim of this paper is to investigate the validity of the Yoshida method through the psychological responses to sound stimuli. Twenty-two healthy graduate students listened to two kinds of sound clips (scary and soothing) to induce negative and positive emotional states. The results showed that there are significant differences between the responses to scary and soothing sound stimuli in both unpleasant and excited mood states. Compared with baseline, increases in unpleasant and excited mood states were found in response to scary stimuli. However, no significant changes from the baseline state were observed in response to the soothing sound stimulus. These results suggest that the fluctuation of alpha waves recorded at both frontal poles is a valid index for the evaluation of psychological state of mind, especially for negative stimulation. Future study plans include investigating a possible relationship between the AAE model and the Yoshida method.

The Cine-Poetry of Mário Peixoto’s Limite

2018 ◽  
pp. 208-223
Author(s):  
Maite Conde
Keyword(s):  
Visual Fields ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
The Real ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Made In

This chapter undertakes a close reading of the Brazilian experimental silent film Limite, made in 1930 by Mário Peixoto. It pays close attention to the context of the film’s production: Peixoto’s contact with the world of cinephilia in Brazil and his links to the European avant-garde. In doing so, it analyzes the film’s style in the light of Germaine Dulac’s emphasis on cinema’s visual rhythms. Rather than providing us with a story or even presenting us with the psychological state of mind among its characters, it shows how Peixoto’s film “thinks” in pictures, movements, and angles, trying to intertwine diverse visual fields by using certain symbolic themes and variations. The chapter this shows how Limite accomplishes what Dulac had demanded in 1927: the “real” filmmaker should “divest cinema of all elements not particular to it, to seek its true essence in the consciousness of movement and visual rhythms.”

scholarly journals Therapeutic Effects of Poetry During Lockdown: Using Catharsis and Expressive Art Theory in Context to Students and Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Priyansh Raghuwanshi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
The Troubles ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
At Home

Poetry is a personal expression of experiences and repressed feelings put into words. It can be a therapeutic and cathartic process for people struggling with psychological issues. The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the governments to shut down the economies and enforce lockdowns. When this fear of a virus, the anxiety of uncertainty, and broadcasting of deaths on news channels began, the ability of the brightest minds to comprehend the situation started failing them. The usage of social media added to the troubles of the youth. In such a situation, people started going back to their areas of interest, this included attempts to go back to the love of painting, singing, reading writing, etc. Writing, specifically taken, helped people express their repressed feelings during tough times. This paper attempts to find the answers to 3 questions; (i) How poetry brought out the repressed emotions of people stuck at home during lockdown? (ii) For people who write poetry, does it become an involuntary response when they are disturbed? (iii) Are all types of poetry therapeutic? The psychological state of mind of people during lockdown and the change in their behaviour after writing poetry will be analyzed through the expressive theory of art and catharsis.

The Life History of Performance Anxiety in Japanese Professional Orchestral Players: A Case Series

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Shizuka Sutani ◽  
Taichi Akutsu
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Performance Anxiety ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual

This study investigated the life history of performance anxiety in Japanese orchestral players. Twenty-nine players in a Japanese orchestra completed the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) backstage immediately following a concert. Five players with the longest experience in the orchestra were selected for further data collection. Based on the results of the STAI, the researchers conducted semi-structured interviews to construct the life history of these 5 players in relation to their performance anxiety. In the process of narrative construction, a commentary from a psychiatrist was integrated to examine the underlying personality and ability to cope with the anxiety, as well as the contextual influences in the participants’ life-long learning experiences. Results indicated that the anxiety was present throughout the players’ musical development, from childhood and into professional status. However, their performance anxiety was reduced and transformed over time. The study also revealed that these 5 players tended to experience anxiety when playing with others and in large groups. The subjects tended to consider anxiety as a necessary psychological state-of-mind to maintain a professional level of performance and to deal with the uncertainty of group playing. Finally, the individual players found their own specific methods to reduce anxiety by focusing on musical expression and/or simply by gaining experience. Instead of generalizing the result, this study explored the life history of performance anxiety in this series of individual players in Japan.

scholarly journals The Ailing Gardens in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-68
Author(s):  
Suryyia Manzoor ◽  
Taniya Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Cholera Outbreak ◽  
Vaccine Administration ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
A Site

Abstract Gardens are generally associated with places that are aesthetically pleasing and perceived as promoters of social engagement within the community. Furthermore, gardens are believed to improve both the individuals’ physical and psychological state of mind. However, and contrary to the previous statements, gardens may also sometimes turn into a site of agony. One such example has been explored in this article- the tea gardens of India during the nineteenth century, where their inhabitants faced a cholera pandemic. The gardens infected with cholera led to a high mortality rate in the region. This article discusses the causes that led to the cholera outbreak in India and how it spread throughout the region, causing tea gardens to turn into ailing gardens. Moreover, emphasis has also been laid on the role of tea gardens as laboratories where vaccine administration against cholera was performed.

scholarly journals Swimming as a means of improving the psychophysical state of students

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
N.A. Dakal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
New Development ◽  
State Of Mind

The article analyzes the influence of swimming on the psychophysical state of students of higher educational institutions. It was found that students have a rapid tendency to a decrease in their health status, the number of children who, due to health reasons, belong to a special medical group, is increasing. It was revealed that swimming is the most popular sport among today's youth. The concept of psychophysical training system is disclosed. The influence of swimming not only on the development of physical qualities, but also on the improvement of morpho-functional and mental indicators of a person is characterized. Busy people from physical education at the pledges of education are taken in the whole harmonious development of people. However, fachіvtsі means a decrease in motivation to occupy physical rights as middle schoolchildren, as well as among students, and also insignificant efficiency to take, how to learn from physical education. In such a rank, the numerical preliminaries and pedagogical practice is to ensure the effectiveness of taking the swimming, the intellectual practice, which is necessary for the mental development. It has been established that on employment from a to float, it is possible to polish the physical and mental state of students for the development of differentiation of physical training on the basis of the development of the psychological state of mind. When the student's psychic psycho-social stance is advanced, the student’s physical development is thoroughly victorious, and when the level is low, the student’s physical training is required during the hour of swimming, the student is active. The readiness of students to be as good as possible, around the backbone of health, to lay down among a number of psychophysical possibilities for the body. The new development of the specialness and the realization of oneself in the life of the brain is not only intellectual and creative health, but the profes ian knowledge of that practical awareness, ale of a sufficient level of mental health, mental health.

scholarly journals Music, History and the Human Psyche: A Critique of Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3127-3131
Author(s):  
Kinshuk Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Music History ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Psychological Traits ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Human Psyche

Culture and its ramifications, since time immemorial, have been hot seats of debates and negotiations. The myriad nuances which are associated with any culture for that matter glaringly and very rightly finds true expression in various kinds of fiction. Salman Rushdie has always emerged as one of the notable writers who is known for the enticing yet subtle amalgamation of different genres of writing in his so called “cult” pieces of artistic creation. Talking about a cult text, what better can fit in than the ever-popular The Ground Beneath Her Feet which makes one glued to the seat. Starting from the elements of history to the pivotal roles played by different songs and musical notes, the novel encapsulates them, thereby making the text a rich hotchpotch of schemas. However, what elevates the oeuvre of the piece is the inherent dealings with the psychological traits of human beings. This paper is an attempt to bring in the attributes of history and music to the forefront without neglecting the attributes of the human psyche. It also efforts to portray how distorted an individual can turn out to be with an improper psychological state of mind.

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