Word: mentality
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...brain. Those areas that are active include the brain stem (responsible for basic functions like heartbeat regulation), the limbic system (which mediates emotions, learning and memory) and parts of the forebrain involved in processing sensory information. Shut down, meanwhile, are the bits responsible for the most sophisticated mental processes, such as logical and ordered thought. It's a profile that fits neatly with the subjective experience of dreaming: vivid images, strong emotion and snippets of memory, but a shortage of coherence. Rather like a David Lynch film...
...species is at birth, the more REM it has. Assuming for a moment that REM equals dreaming, the opossum and armadillo are among the most prolific dreamers, while dolphins do very little of it; humans are in the middle. Research suggests our dreams become more complex as our mental abilities develop. The dreams of very small children don't just seem prosaic because tikes lack the eloquence to bring them to life in the retelling-they really are prosaic. Two-thirds of dreams are almost exclusively visual, a quarter feature sound and a smaller fraction smell and taste. Nine...
...knew that there were some serious mental health issues about [the calendar],” Student Affairs Committee Chair Michael R. Ragalie ’09 said yesterday. “Every time we talk to the mental health professionals on campus they say that this is a mental health issue...
...biggest problem about mental health is not a lack of resources,” said Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, one of the presenters of the legislation during the meeting yesterday evening. “It’s that people generally don’t seem to care about it—it’s not their issue, it doesn’t happen at Harvard...
Other suggestions included better training for instructors, proctors, and peer advising fellows in the recognition of mental health issues, a program to acquaint freshmen with campus-wide mental health resources, and the pairing of incoming first-years with long-term mental health liaisons—professionals who will be available for aid throughout the undergraduate years...