How Trees Calm Us Down In 1984, a researcher named Roger Ulrich noticed a curious pattern among patients who were recovering from gallbladder surgery at a suburban hospital in Pennsylvania. Those who had been given rooms overlooking a small stand of deciduous trees were being discharged almost a day sooner, on average, than those in otherwise identical rooms whose windows faced a wall. The results seemed at once obvious—of course a leafy tableau is more therapeutic than a drab brick wall—and puzzling. That is the riddle that underlies a new study in the journal Scientific Reports by a team of researchers in the United States, Canada, and Australia, led by the University of Chicago psychology professor Marc Berman. Are such numbers fanciful? What is most interesting about this data, though, is one of its subtler details. In the late nineteenth century, the pioneering psychologist and philosopher William James proposed a distinction between “voluntary” and “involuntary” attention.
The Human Library : à la rencontre de "bibliothèques humaines" « Un vieillard qui meurt, c'est une bibliothèque qui brûle », dit un vieil adage africain. Et pourquoi ne pas considérer que chaque personne ayant une histoire à raconter serait une bibliothèque « humaine » ? C'est le concept de l'organisation The Human Library, qui depuis 2000, organise des événements où les visiteurs peuvent rencontrer des personnes de tous âge, sexe, origine et religion, ayant une ou des histoires(s) à raconter sur leur vécu personnel. «The Human Library est une méthode innovante pour promouvoir le dialogue, réduire les préjugés et encourager la compréhension », peut-on lire sur le site Internet de l'organisation. « Le but des événements de The Human Library est de créer un dialogue entre des personnes qui pensent être différentes », précise à ce titre la bibliothécaire de l'université, Anne Hedrich, au Standard Examiner d'Utah. La semaine dernière, The Human Library a organisé une session à la bibliothèque de l'université de l'Utah, aux États-Unis. Pour approfondir
Library Research Service Maryse Dumas TACTILU | Postscapes Warszawa, Poland ◥ panGenerator is a mutlidsciplinary new media design and art group (@barszczewski, @kgolinski, @jkozniewski and Krzysztof Cybulski) "Just get in touch" TACTILU is a project that uses a combination of Bluetooth, your smartphone, and a unique sensor and actuator system to remotely transmit touch between two people. Developed for the ITAKA Foundation Centre for Missing People by the design group panGenerator and the Warsaw Cheil office, the bracelet is a research prototype created using a 3d printed enclosure, an Arduino pro mini, and a combination of 5 nitinol springs and quantum tunneling composite technology (QTC) to control the sensor and actuator touch system between the two people. You can watch the prototype in action in the video below or visit the product page at: Pangenerator.com/#projects/project-tactilu for more details. Additional: Atmel, Fashioning TechImage Credits: Cheil / ITAKA Foundation, Pan GeneratorRelated: Pillow Talk, Good Night Lamp, RingU
Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind BERKELEY — Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach. Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computational models, UC Berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people’s dynamic visual experiences – in this case, watching Hollywood movie trailers. As yet, the technology can only reconstruct movie clips people have already viewed. The approximate reconstruction (right) of a movie clip (left) is achieved through brain imaging and computer simulation “This is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery,” said Professor Jack Gallant, a UC Berkeley neuroscientist and coauthor of the study published online today (Sept. 22) in the journal Current Biology. “We need to know how the brain works in naturalistic conditions,” he said.
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Libraries Aotearoa - Libraries Aotearoa Pratique factuelle Pyramide des ressources selon leur degré de synthèse Adapté de : Dicenso A, Bayley L, Haynes RB. Accessing pre-appraised evidence: fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model. Evid Based Nurs. 2009 Oct;12(4):99-101. Consulter également l’onglet Pratique factuelle des ressources spécialisées pour certaines disciplines. Trucs de recherche Lors de vos recherches dans les bases de données, limitez votre sujet à des articles répondant aux critères de la pratique factuelle. Dans MEDLINE, Embase et PsycINFO par OvidSP : cliquer sur Additional Limits puis faire un choix dans le menu déroulant sous Clinical Queries pour limiter aux meilleurs types d'études pour votre question clinique (ex. essai randomisé contrôlé pour les études thérapeutiques). Nouveauté ! Le JAMAevidence vous offre les éditions les plus à jour des manuels Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, The Rational Clinical Examination et Care at the Close of Life.
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"In its initial form the Human Library is a mobile library set up as a space for dialogue and interaction. Visitors to a Human Library are given the opportunity to speak informally with “people on loan”; this latter group being extremely varied in age, sex and cultural background. " by feillet May 22