Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Paula Castiajo, Ana P. Pinheiro
The experience of hallucinations is a hallmark of psychotic disorders, but they are also present in other psychiatric and medical conditions, and may be reported in nonclinical individuals. Despite the increased number of studies probing the incidence of nonclinical hallucinations, the underlying phenomenological characteristics are still poorly understood. This study aimed to examine the...
Progress in Brain Research
2017
Max Stadler
This essay is concerned with the fate of the so-called "computer metaphor" of the mind in the age of mass computing. As such, it is concerned with the ways the mighty metaphor of the rational, rule-based, and serial "information processor," which dominated neurological and psychological theorizing in the early post-WW2 era, came apart during the 1970s and 1980s; and how it was, step by step,...
2017
John R.L. Moxon
Did Luke intend Peters visionary command to eat unclean animals in Acts 10 to suggest the dissolution of the Jewish Law? John Moxon shows how, by the incorporation of anxiety dream motifs from Graeco-Roman biography, Luke takes revelation in a decidedly psychological direction, opening up a striking new reading of this controversial passage.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
2017
Anup Sharma, M. Barrett, A. Cucchiara et al.
Objective To evaluate feasibility, efficacy and tolerability of Sudarshan Kriya yoga (SKY) as an adjunctive intervention in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with inadequate response to antidepressant treatment. Method Patients with MDD (defined by DSM-IV-TR) depressed despite ≥8 weeks of antidepressant treatment were randomized to SKY or a waitlist control (delayed yoga) arm for 8...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2017
Bassam Khoury, Bärbel Knäuper, Marco Schlosser et al.
An increasing number of studies are investigating traditional meditation retreats. Very little, however, is known about their effectiveness. To evaluate the effectiveness of meditation retreats on improving psychological outcomes in general population. A systematic review of studies published in journals or as dissertations in PSYCINFO, PUBMED, CINAHL or Web of Science from the first available...
Mindfulness
2017
Martin Gartenschläger, Mathias Schreckenberger, Hans-Georg Buchholz et al.
Mindfulness denotes a state of consciousness characterized by receptive attention to and awareness of present events and experiences. As a personality trait, it constitutes the ability to become aware of mental activities such as sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts, and to disengage from judgment, conditioned emotions, and their cognitive processing or automatic inhibition. Default brain...
Frontiers in Psychology
2017
Rahil Rojiani, Juan F. Santoyo, Hadley Rahrig et al.
232 citations
Objectives: While recent literature has shown that mindfulness training has positive effects on treating anxiety and depression, there has been virtually no research investigating whether effects differ across genders-despite the fact that men and women differ in clinically significant ways. The current study investigated whether college-based meditation training had different effects on...
Philosophia
2017
Heleen J. Pott
3 citations
William James's reputation in the field of emotion research is based on his early psychological writings where he defines emotions as 'feelings of bodily changes'. In his later work, particularly in his study of mystic emotion (1902), James comes up with what looks like a completely different approach. Here his focus is on positive feelings of inspiration and joy, but also on downbeat moods...
Kosin Medical Journal
December 31, 2016
Kyoung-Im Cho
Psychological stress including depression and anxiety are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, especially in women. Emotional regulation plays a mediating role in the development of depression and physical illness, and can alter resting physiologic responses associated with the stress response. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a structured...
Mindfulness
December 12, 2016
Julian R Keith, Mallory E Blackwood, Rano T Mathew et al.
The abilities to stabilize the focus of attention, notice attention lapses, and return attention to an intended object following lapses are precursors for mindfulness. Individuals diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are deficient in the attentional and self-control skills that characterize mindfulness. The present study assessed the relationship between mindfulness...