June 14, 2018Vassilia Binensztok, Tiffany E. Vastardis, Carman S. Gill1 citation
The practice of CBT has served as a foundation for the emergence of modern “third wave” therapies, such as mindfulness-based CBT (MBCT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These new therapies yield promising results when used to treat a variety of client issues (Forman et al., 2007 ). Mindfulness and meditation, ideas imbedded in Eastern spirituality,...
Abstract When at rest, our mind wanders from thought to thought in distinct mental states. Despite the marked importance of ongoing mental processes, it is challenging to capture and relate these states to specific cognitive contents. In this work, we employed ultra-high field functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and high-density electroencephalography (EEG) to study the ongoing...
June 14, 2018Scott L. Lipp, Carman S. Gill, Ryan D. Foster2 citations
This chapter explores the development of transpersonal counseling by expounding upon its early foundations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. From a spiritual perspective, the authors review the concepts of those who influenced the development of transpersonal theory, including Carl Jung, William James, Abraham Maslow, Stanislav Grof, Stanley Krippner, and Ken Wilber. Next, the authors describe...
Breath work is a fundamental tool in the practice of mind–body therapies and, ideally, would be taught to every patient, caretaker, and practitioner. Involuntary control of the breath is centered in the upper and lower brainstem. Voluntary control of breath is a central element of ancient meditation and yoga practices. The conditions where breath work may have benefit include insomnia, anxiety...
The dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Maya Deren can be seen as one of the pioneers of screendance. Her experimental films have challenged conventional plot- driven mainstream cinema by emphasizing an ambiguous experience, open for multiple interpretations. For Deren film viewing is a socially determined ritual embodying intersubjectively shared experiences of participants. This makes her...
The assumption that action and perception can be investigated independently is entrenched in theories, models and experimental approaches across the brain and mind sciences. In cognitive science, this has been a central point of contention between computationalist and 4Es (enactive, embodied, extended and embedded) theories of cognition, with the former embracing the "classical sandwich",...
Journal of Music TherapyJune 7, 2018Shelley Snow, Nicolò Francesco Bernardi, Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf et al.
Toning is a form of vocalizing that utilizes the natural voice to express sounds ranging from cries, grunts, and groans to open vowel sounds and humming on the full exhalation of the breath. Music therapists are increasingly utilizing toning in their clinical practice for a variety of therapeutic aims. Yet the effects of toning are not widely understood, with limited research to date. To gather...
The research literature on MDMA (ecstasy/molly) use has largely relied on samples of ravers/club-goers, gay men, and international populations (e.g., United Kingdom, Australia). As a result, very little is known about MDMA use among African Americans. This study aimed to address this gap by adding to the limited amount of research with this population. The goal of this study was to identify and...
Little is known about the personality characteristics of those who have experienced a "Near-Death Experience" (NDE). One interesting candidate is fantasy proneness. We studied this trait in individuals who developed NDEs in the presence (i.e., classical NDEs) or absence (i.e., NDEs-like) of a life-threatening situation. We surveyed a total of 228 individuals. From those, 108 qualified as NDE...
Eco-cognitive computationalism sees computation in context, exploiting the ideas developed in those projects that have originated the recent views on embodied, situated, and distributed cognition. Turing's original intellectual perspective has already clearly depicted the evolutionary emergence in humans of information, meaning, and of the first rudimentary forms of cognition, as the result of...