Math 146 Functional MRI Testing for Patient Consciousness in a Vegetative State A vegetative state is considered to be a coma-like state where a patient appears to be awake‚ but unconscious/unresponsive. A vegetative state occurs after severe brain injury‚ and is diagnosed by a highly skilled team of healthcare professionals who specialize in the field. However‚ is it possible that people with brain damage considered to be in a “vegetative state” are actually conscious? If so‚ could they have
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Mindful Meditation and the Brain Some view meditation as new age‚ hippie nonsense because it is not a social norm to sit in silence and dig beneath the surface of the mind. Others liken it to tuning an instrument before playing it. I subscribe to the latter; nonetheless‚ meditation is an ancient practice that can be traced back 2‚500 years. However‚ neuroscientists are just now beginning to measure the effects that it has on the brain. While there are many types of meditation‚ they all have the
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Introduction: Values in individuals and organisations have been a topic of interest to researchers‚ social critics and practitioners and the public for many years‚ (Meglino & Ravlin‚ 1998). Despite many theories and attention from all the above mentioned‚ there is still a large amount of deliberation as to the definition of values and the effect on the organisations effectiveness. Values occupy place in the scientific and public at a number of levels. They are "among the very few social psychological
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September 27‚ 2011 AP Psychology‚ period 2 Consciousness Free Response 1. a) The topic of dreams is certainly a complex and interesting subject to further investigate‚ having many different aspects and meanings to it. There are many theories and ideologies regarding why dreams occur in the first place‚ such as wish fulfillment theory‚ activation synthesis theory‚ as well as cognitive development‚ information processing‚ and physiological function. Freud suggested wish fulfillment theory‚
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The war on drugs is one of the wars that every nation claims to be carrying out. The United States of America is considered as one of the vibrant drug trafficking regions globally. The war of drugs in the United States of America therefore rates as one of the longest wars in the nation (Lurigio‚ 2008 pg. 87). Ideally‚ it has taken approximately forty years since the kick-off of the war. Despite the fact the war may appear to be plain from the word of mouth‚ it posses unimaginable consequences on
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Hypnosis- The Truth Introduction What are the images that come to your head when you hear the word‚ hypnosis? Perhaps you imagine a cloaked figure putting a person to a magical trance or making him do a ridiculous chicken dance. Or perhaps you dismiss it as a sham. Hypnosis has always been surrounded by mystery‚ and it is widely misunderstood. Even now‚ some people believe it to be some sort of occult power while others see it as trickery. However‚ extensive research has proven that hypnosis
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Meditation is very difficult to describe and can only truly be explained once experienced. It is the practice of mental concentration leading ultimately through a sequence of stages to the final goal of spiritual freedom‚ nirvana. The purpose of Buddhist meditation is to free ourselves from the delusion and thereby put an end to both ignorance and craving. The Buddhists describe the culminating trance-like state as transient; final Nirvana requires the insight of wisdom. The exercises that are meant
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How Meditation Can Transform Your Life In the old Indian sacred writings‚ numerous truths were uncovered which are still appropriate to our day and time. One of the Vedic diviners talked wonderfully around a winged animal flying over the area. The flying creature flies towards spiked mountains‚ and not realizing what lies past them‚ faculties enormous dread and uncertainty. As the winged animal flies higher‚ be that as it may‚ the more it can see. Past the mountains the flying creature finds excellent
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“What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. ‘No-one really knows what hypnosis is; this is part of the attraction of the view that there really is no such thing.’ (Waterfield 2011‚ Introduction) Hypnosis‚ as a term and as a practice‚ is shrouded in centuries of mystery and surrounded by misconception. Even the word itself‚ derived from the Greek ‘hypnos’‚ meaning sleep‚ is misleading; most people
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Drug Legalization in the United States Kristie Hurley Ashford University Abstract This paper will explore four websites and one online newspaper addressing the subject of drug trafficking in the United States and why legalization is a profitable alternative. The various ways drugs are bought into the country‚ information on how and why drug trafficking has increased in the United States‚ statistics on the number of people that are addicts‚ and the problems related to foreign countries on this
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