Tests of verbal learning and memory have frequently been used to examine memory performance in frequent 3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy‚ÄövÑvp) consumers, and meta-analyses have identified verbal learning and memory as the cognitive domain most adversely affected by regular ecstasy use (eg. Kalechstein, et al., 2007; Zakzanis, Campbell & Jovanovski, 2007). Tests of verbal memory are...
The efficacy of mindfulness-based therapies for treatment of a range of psychological presentations has been demonstrated by a substantial amount of research. The present study compared three specific mindfulness techniques: mindfulness of breath (MOB), body scanning (BS), and everyday mindfulness (EDM). A community sample of 263 was recruited to complete an 8-week course, with participants...
Seligman and Yellen (1987) have formulated a dual imagery theory of dream production. They hypothesise that in dreams vivid imagery is independently physiologically generated and will be unconstrained by the plot of the dream, while vague imagery will be constrained as it is produced by a process of cognitive synthesis which integrates the visual bursts into a more or less coherent story. A...