Sentences with phrase «emotionally neutral person»

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In one study, University of Wisconsin - Madison psychologist Richard Davidson put long - term meditators and people with no meditation experience into fMRI scanners and piped in either emotionally charged sounds, such as the cry of a woman in distress, or neutral sounds, such as background chatter in a restaurant.

Each person was put in an fMRI machine and listened to a standardized set of 30 pleasant, 30 unpleasant and 30 emotionally neutral sounds (for example, a baby laughing, a woman screaming and a water bottle opening).

Another deals with emotional imagery — shifting between thoughts of emotionally positive, negative, and neutral situations (for example, a beloved person, a stressful exam, and a bus ride).