Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
April 21, 2026
Mengjin Li, Bingbing Guo, Guiping Zheng et al.
Recent research has underscored the rhythmic nature of visual perception, yet the connection between these perceptual rhythms, conscious awareness, and their underlying mechanisms remains largely elusive. This study employed a fine-grained temporal priming paradigm to investigate the oscillatory dynamics of face perception. In Experiment 1, we manipulated the awareness of prime stimuli to...
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
April 18, 2026
José Hernández-Orallo
On the verge of the AI Age—the Mechanocene—we tend to reproduce past narratives where humans are replaced by machines. This leads us to identifying skills and activities that will not be automated by AI soon, and prepare both current and future generations for those ‘safe’ occupations. However, there is the risk that the set of non-automatable tasks becomes empty sooner than expected, preparing...
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
2023
Wendy Wen Li, D.J. Miller, Timothy Yong Qun Leow et al.
8 citations
The current study investigated the moderating effects of COVD-19 infection severity of region of residence, and the mediating effects of resilience and self-efficacy, on the relationship between mindfulness and mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 1,220 participants from 107 cities in China took part in a cross-sectional survey. The data were collected during the early...
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
2023
Feng-Qin Ding, Jing Wu, Y. Zhang
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is becoming more and more popular in treating depressive symptoms, but previous studies have come to different conclusions. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of MBSR in alleviating depressive symptoms. A systematic search was conducted across seven electronic databases: Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, the Cochrane Library, PubMed,...
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
2020
Yang-Qian Shen, Hui Zhou, Xiao Chen et al.
Meditation is a type of mental training commonly applied in clinical settings and also practiced for general well-being. Brain functional connectivity (FC) patterns associated with meditation have revealed its brain mechanisms. However, the variety of FC methods applied has made it difficult to identify brain communication patterns associated with meditation. Here we carried out a...
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
October 5, 2015
Hau-Lung Chan, Lap‐Yan Lo, Muriel Lin et al.
45 citations
Considering the strengths and weaknesses of currently available inventories measuring mindfulness for Chinese population, a need for a short and comprehensive inventory was identified. The present study therefore developed a written Chinese version of the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale — Revised (CAMS-R) that excels in its full range of conceptual coverage, employs widely accessible...