Working memory and its relation to achievement motivation among academically outstanding students at the faculty of education, Majmaah university

The current study aimed to identify the relationship between the working memory and its tasks (Audio Numbers - Category Classification - Visual Matrix - Maps & Directions), and achievement motivation among academically outstanding students, the study sample consisted of 60 students (GPA= 4.5 and above), who were academically outstanding in the faculty of Education, the Majmaah University from different departments. By using Working Memory and Achievement motivation tests, the results were extracted by the SPSS program indicated: There is a positive statistically significant relationship at the level (0.05) between the achievement motivation and working memory tasks, and the presence of a positive statistically significant relationship at (0.001) level between achievement motivation and memory of maps and directions.

Developing an algorithm to minimize boolean functions for the visual-matrix form of the analytical method

This research has established the possibility of improving the effectiveness of the visual-matrix form of the analytical Boolean function minimization method by identifying reserves in a more complex algorithm for the operations of logical absorption and super-gluing the variables in terms of logical functions. An improvement in the efficiency of the Boolean function minimization procedure was also established, due to selecting, according to the predefined criteria, the optimal stack of logical operations for the first and second binary matrices of Boolean functions. When combining a sequence of logical operations using different techniques for gluing variables such as simple gluing and super-gluing, there are a small number of cases when function minimization is more effective if an operation of simply gluing the variables is first applied to the first matrix. Thus, a short analysis is required for the primary application of operations in the first binary matrix. That ensures the proper minimization efficiency regarding the earlier unaccounted-for variants for simplifying the Boolean functions by the visual-matrix form of the analytical method. For a series of cases, the choice of the optimal stack is also necessary for the second binary matrix. The experimental study has confirmed that the visual-matrix form of the analytical method, whose special feature is the use of 2-(n, b)-design and 2-(n, x/b)-design systems in the first matrix, improves the process efficiency, as well as the reliability of the result of Boolean function minimization. This simplifies the procedure of searching for a minimal function. Compared to analogs, that makes it possible to improve the productivity of the Boolean function minimization process by 100‒200 %. There is reason to assert the possibility of improving the efficiency of the Boolean function minimization process by the visual-matrix form of the analytical method, through the use of more complex logical operations of absorbing and super-gluing the variables. Also, by optimally combining the sequence of logical operations of super-gluing the variables and simply gluing the variables, based on the selection, according to the established criteria, of the stack of logical operations in the first binary matrix of the assigned function

Carbon-lite collaboration: a virtual visual matrix

In this article we present an example of psychosocial practice ‐ a visual matrix ‐ which attempted to address and embody carbon-lite research methods in the face of global heating. Combining virtual and face-to-face modes of presence and interaction generated insights as well as posing challenges. In the article we explore two ideas through a discussion of ‘interference’ and ‘inclusion/exclusion’. The article extends our understanding of the method to include an awareness of what comes before and after the matrix. By attuning ourselves to its materialities and the practices of care involved in staging a matrix and then digesting its affects and effects, we are alerted to the front and back stage of the method. Following this insight we discuss how a feminist engagement with psychosocial method can be used to connect ‘matters of concern’ such as global heating with situated practices of care that themselves may constitute a carbon-lite methodology. The article is polyvocal, generated by participants through virtual communication in the month following the matrix. It documents an intense, rich and finite period of communication and collaboration. It is an example of ‘writing which offers to us a space where we are able to confront reality in such a way that we live more fully’ (Back, 2007: 160). Questions of mortality and finitude are a motif for the matrix, expressed in a range of ways.

Emergent Knowledge in the Third Space of Art-Science

The locus of encounter between art, science and the public can be conceptualized as third space—a generative site of shared experience. This article reports on a group-based psychosocial method led by imagery and affect—the visual matrix—that enables researchers to capture and characterize knowledge emerging in third space, where disciplinary boundaries are fluid and there is no settled discourse. It presents an account of the visual matrix process in the context of an artscience collaboration on memory and forgetting. The authors show how the method illuminates aesthetic and affective dimensions of participant experience and captures the emerging, empathic and ethical knowing that is characteristic of third space.

Art and mental health in the women's psychiatric intensive care unit

It is widely acknowledged in hospitals that the quality of design and environment can influence the quality of patient care, the sense of therapeutic security and the experience of staff. This women's PICU collaborated with the charity Hospital Rooms to realise the valuable role of art within the clinical environment. Experienced artists were commissioned to work in genuine partnership with patients and staff to re-envision the physical environment with the installation of eight imaginative, inventive and PICU compliant art works.<br/> The implementation, and both patient and staff perspectives were evaluated. There was no disruption to clinical care and engagement and participation was enthusiastic. There were 35 patient encounters and 32 staff encounters, including creative workshops and an exhibition.<br/> Patient Experience Data Intelligence Centre (PEDIC) reports showed an improvement following artwork installation. Patients were more likely to recommend the ward, felt more involved in their care and that the ward was comfortable. The art transformed clinical spaces creating opportunity for patients to have exceptional experiences: 'being here feels like sitting in the park'.<br/> Staff evaluation through a 'visual matrix' method that explores shared experience, revealed that the art has introduced further possibility of 'respite and escape' for both patients and staff. There is a sense that 'you feel like it is leading you to somewhere, you feel like there is something more'. It has also engendered 'ownership and pride': it 'feels like pushing boundaries, things you thought could never be considered at all, are now being considered'.

Homogeneity of memory errors in abstract visual pattern recall

In memory tests, recalled information can be distorted by errors in memory and these distortions can be more memorable than the original stimuli to a later learner. This is typically observed over several generations of learners but there is less exploration of the initial distortions from the first generation of learners. In this article, participants studied visual matrix patterns which were either erroneous recall attempts from previous participants or were random patterns. Experiment 1 showed some evidence that material based on previous participants’ recall data was more memorable than random material, but this did not replicate in Experiment 2. Of greater interest in the current data were homogeneity in the memory errors made by participants which demonstrated systematic recall biases in a single generation of learners. Unlike studies utilising multiple generations of learners, the currently observed distortions cannot be attributed to survival-of-the-fittest mechanisms where biases are driven by encoding effects.

Angst og håb i kvinders forestillinger om transitionen fra arbejdsliv til pensionistliv

Overgangen fra arbejdsliv til pensionistliv er omgivet af stærke samfundsmæssige, normative diskurser, samtidig med at den kan indeholde sociale, psykiske og sundhedsmæssige udfordringer for den enkelte. Derfor kan overgangen være vanskelig at tænke og tale om i hverdagens kommunikation. I artiklen analyseres empirisk materiale skabt gennem den psykosociale metode Visual Matrix. Visual Matrix er en psykodynamisk, gruppebaseret metode, hvori deltagerne gennem forestillinger, præsentation af indre billeder og associationer omgås et emne. I artiklen analyseres en Visual Matrix med 14 kvindelige deltagere centreret omkring temaet ”Forestillinger om overgangen fra arbejde til pensionistliv”. Artiklen introducerer metoden og den psykodynamiske og psykosociale metodologi bag Visual Matrix. Den viser gennem eksemplariske nedslag i den transkriberede matrix-tekst og analyser af centrale billeder kompleksiteten og det stærke følelsesmæssige indhold i deltagernes forestillinger om transitionen. På baggrund heraf diskuteres, om det er muligt at rumme og bearbejde de mangfoldige psykiske udfordringer, forestillingen om transitionen fra arbejdsliv til livet som pensionist kan rejse, indenfor til rådighed stående forståelser og diskurser.