Word: mentality
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...mechanism with which Djata copes with the world: he doesn’t think about what is painful. When his mother cries, he pretends it is not happening and continues to play with his toys. When he has to sell all of his toys, he first makes a mental list, but once it is time to put them in a box, he does it without thought or hesitation. The narrative reflects this selective mode of memory. Each of Djata’s stories is atomized; when he refers to something that happened in an earlier chapter, he does...
Stephen M. Kosslyn, the Psychology department chair noted for his research on mental imagery and visual perception, will assume the divisional deanship for the social sciences in July, Faculty of the Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced yesterday...
...form was strong, sweeping and even - an airline pilot's signature. Even though he had arrived in a state alternating between raving and comatose, they did let him sign his own consent. (That there was no one else to sign for him made the decision easier.) But Sandy's mental status was still the pivot around which the rest of his story turned...
...concerns of Western fashionistas, that shaped Krishnamacharya's style: Most of his students were restless young boys, and he found that the best way to focus their attention for purposes of meditation was to put them through a rigorous regimen of strenuous postures, struck in quick succession to minimize mental distraction. Today, the style appeals to Western devotees whose priority is a high-energy workout rather than an inner journey...
...research now on the benefits of acknowledging what is good in our lives. Getting yourself a notebook or a journal and in the evening before you go to bed, jotting down what that day you are grateful for, can have very significant positive impact on your mental and physical health. My mother died a few years ago and it was clearly the worst thing that ever happened to me. I decided to keep a gratitude journal and every night I wrote down what I was grateful for. It's really hard to do when you've just lost your mother...