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Studying How Humans Make Decisions
By Marlene Cimons, National Science Foundation You start your car and the "check engine" light comes on. No big deal. It’s not the first time it’s happened, and the auto shop never found anything wrong with it before. So you decide to ignore it. Or: you’re walking down a dark street late at night, and see a shadow behind you. Scientists are very interested in the process you go through while making real-world decisions such as these, because they involve using both "sensory" evidence—you see the engine light come on, or the shadow behind you—and "top-down" signals, that is, information based on prior experience, or knowledge. "For example, imagine you are on the coast between two points where there are two lighthouses that are sometimes lit and can just be seen from the shore," said Dorion B. "They may be obscured by fog," he continued. Researchers want to better understand how the neural circuits work when people produce these responses, particularly through visual perception.
London Psychogeographical Association
logo of the East London Section of the London Psychogeographical Association London Psychogeographical Institute[edit] The LPA was first mentioned in 1957 by the British artist Ralph Rumney, as one of the organisers of the "First Exhibition of Psychogeography" in Brussels, which included his work.[2] According to many accounts the group (which was also referred to as the London Psychogeographical Institute or Society) eventually merged into the Situationist International.[3] LPA East London Section[edit] This version of the LPA has been described by the writer Iain Sinclair, whose work is often described as psychogeographical, as useful in "branding" that kind of practice.[4][dead link][5][dead link] In 1994 Barry Hugill wrote an article for The Observer covering the LPA. The last LPA Newsletter was issued around the year 2000. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
"Everything passes", a natural balance of good and evil: Psychologists warn that therapies based on positive emotions may not work for Asians -- Science of the Spirit
Thinking happy thoughts, focusing on the good and downplaying the bad is believed to accelerate recovery from depression, bolster resilience during a crisis and improve overall mental health. But a new study by University of Washington psychologists reveals that pursuing happiness may not be beneficial across all cultures. In a survey of college students, Asian respondents showed no relationship between positive emotions and levels of stress and depression. For European-American participants, however, the more stress and depression they felt, the fewer positive emotions they reported. The study indicates that psychotherapies emphasizing positive emotions, which can relieve stress and depression in white populations, may not work for Asians, who make up 60 percent of the world population. "If we are to relieve some of the trauma from the tsunami and earthquakes, we have to be careful of imparting Western therapies," said Janxin Leu, UW assistant professor of psychology.
The Workshop for Non-Linear Architecture
The Workshop for Non-Linear Architecture (WNLA) was the name taken by a group of experimental artists and psychogeographers active in Britain (sections existed in both Glasgow and London) during the 1990s. Informed to a large degree by the urban practices of the Paris based Lettriste Internationale (1952–57), the workshop focused its practise on developing the lettrist theory of Unitary Urbanism through physical research and behavioural intervention; redefining the psychogeographical terrain of the cityscape in relation to its emotive resistivity. During the two year 'Psychogeographical Survey of Glasgow' (1992–94) the group concentrated its activity on refining the interplay between the Letterist (and later situationist) techniques of derive and constructed situation. While the Workshop For A Non-Linear Architecture has received little press this is due to the WNLA's indifference towards media coverage rather than a matter of policy. Notes and references[edit] Bibliography[edit]
FEATURE-Scientist seeks to banish evil, boost empathy
