Sentences with phrase «mental map in»

In contrast, Jeffrey's description focused on his mind, including his ability to remember names by associating other words with them, and that when he is trying to drive somewhere new, he creates a mental map in his mind.

A recent workshop in Stockholm brought together work as varied as West European attitudes to Eastern Europe from the eighteenth century to 1989, Israeli students» knowledge of the Palestinian areas of the country, the conflicting mental maps of 20th century Lebanon, mental maps of Europe based on quantitative evidence from surveys of European and extra-European students, and comparative work on mental maps in the Baltic and Mediterranean regions.

Bees don't have the brain structure, called the hippocampus, thought to store the spatial memories underlying mental maps in humans.

Not exact matches

REALITY is so infinitely vast that we can only take in and re-present «mental maps» or perceptions of what we «believe» to out there.

This is a development post, building on Brent Mind's previous success with the «Mind Map» service which did mental health promotion work with many secondary schools in Brent.

To stop yourself getting lost, as in other medieval cities, you have to lay map - like mental images to one side and focus on the details: you must remember to turn left at the carving on the corner of this house, right when you glimpse the clock tower.

On behalf of his co-editor Steven Casey, as well as of each contributing author, Jonathan Wright makes the case that, «The great crises of the twentieth century sometimes allowed leaders even with very different ideologies to find something in common, a shared orientation in their mental maps.»

Did the leaders of non-state organisations (I think of figures like Lech Wałęsa, co-founder of the Solidarity movement in Poland), or the mental maps of broader publics play as important a role, or were they less critical to the course of international politics?

In brief, Ostpolitik had substantial support but Brandt's mental map had the unusual extra dimension — of exile — which made him uniquely qualified to put it into practice.

So there is a case for allowing «mental maps» to continue to be interpreted freely as portraits in prose.

To what extent were the mental maps of others important in the development of the later Cold War?

In the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policIn the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policin Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policin 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policin 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policin Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policin public policy.

It's the first planet that I have a mental map of in my head because we've actually measured, to some degree, the physical map.

Specializing in research on modafinil, Minzenberg has captured the drug in action through functional MRI (fMRI) scans, which map brain activity through changes in blood flow and oxygenation as subjects engage in particular mental processes.

«The project's goal is to accelerate the development of technologies for mapping the brain's circuitry in animal models, specifically in the marmoset monkey, whose neural circuits are much closer to human compared with rodent models, and to connect the results to the diagnosis and treatment of human neurological disorders and mental illness.»

Thurner suggests that we may characterize people into different groups in order to keep connections straight in our heads, but that «no one knows how this mental map is organized.»

Cuthbert, whose project may receive additional funding from the Obama administration's planned Brain Activity Map initiative, is encouraging researchers to study basic cognitive and biological processes implicated in many types of mental illness.

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Kidnapped, drugged, and left abandoned in a field, bees can still find their way home using mental maps of their surroundings, according to a new study that could pose a major challenge to current thinking about human memory and cognition.

As you navigate a landscape, certain neurons in the brain fire at multiple locations, marking out a hexagonal grid on a mental map.

That means the insects weren't relying solely on the sun to navigate and instead must be using mental maps, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

New research suggests the great apes keep a geometric mental map of their home range, moving from point to point in nearly straight lines.

It has been known for some time that the hippocampus maintains a mental map of space — in fact, the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded precisely for this research.

The resulting computational model will help map emotion in the brain with greater precision than ever before, and perhaps even aid the diagnosis and treatment of mental conditions such as autism and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Astronauts are some of the few humans to describe this experience: when they move in space to «stand» on a ceiling, they report a moment of disorientation before their mental map flips so they feel right side up again.

fMRI can be used to produce activation maps showing which parts of the brain are involved in a particular mental process.

But how is such a mental map created in the brain?

Australian documentary maker Damon Gameau cracks open the refined sugars hidden in so - called «healthy» packaged food in a gonzo activist mission to map his own mental and physical disintegration

Understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

«Merzenich's speciality [was] in improving people's ability to [rewire and redesign] the brain by training specific processing areas, called brain maps, so that they do more mental work.»

David Armstrong continued: «Identifying two indicators - emotional intelligence and social skills - and mapping these to the Achieving Schools Theory of Change, is an important first step in measuring the longer term outcomes of the programme, such as reduced risk of antisocial behaviour and spending time in prison and reduced risk of mental ill - health and long - term illness.

How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context

My class mind - mapped physical and mental disabilities, chose some in order to describe what difficulties may be faced by people with those disabilities and any prejudice that they perceived those people may be subjected to.

In science, for example, students use concept mapping or systems diagrams to develop mental models of scientific concepts, and teachers use it to assess students» development of concepts and misconceptions (Novak and Gowin 1984).

Preservice teachers found it beneficial for their future students to achieve a variety of learning objectives in physical geography lessons by «[providing] student with detailed information that if it were to be given on a sheet of paper, could potentially be confusing» and visualizing information effectively and, therefore, «making it easier to analyze data than if a student were to have to rely on their mental maps» (Figures 4c and 4d).

Each of us has our own mental map, a theory of action that directs our behavior in any situation (Argyris & Schön, 1974).

Helps blind dogs regain confidence and assists in developing a mental map of their environment

In these paintings and drawings of nights, nightmares and mental maps — precisely and strangely - rendered — the artist draws inspiration from Persian miniature painting and the imagery of the what the Western world calls The Arabian Nights.

Among his principal bodies of work are A Map of The East, (published by David R. Godine and Thames & Hudson), which explores the character and idiosyncrasies of Japan, China and Southeast Asia; and Wounded Cities (published as a book by Steidl in 2008), which explores the «mental wounds» that were left by the terror attacks in New York in 2001, and other attacks in cities around the world.

Alexandra Handal's Labyrinth of Remains and Migration (2000/01) is a series of mental maps charting spaces of obliteration, dispossession, memory and destruction in Palestine.

They do that by using a highly - developed mental «map» of the subject knowledge which they have built up by working in the area — as definition # 4 says, they are dependent upon «the nature of an object as it is known in the mind.»

Neighbourhood map to find children and family services (including mental health services) in your local area

From the outset, you'll learn about the brain science of «mind mapping» (making mental maps of your partner's mind), which goes on constantly in relationships.

If you map ACEs and Attachment terror together, we build a strong case that links what children experience in the middle of high conflict separations and the cult - like stress of Alienation to the immediate and long - term physical and mental harm it helps cause.

In June 2008, the Government will meet with Stolen Generations members, professionals in women's and men's health, trauma, child protection and mental health specialists and family reunion services to map a way forward togetheIn June 2008, the Government will meet with Stolen Generations members, professionals in women's and men's health, trauma, child protection and mental health specialists and family reunion services to map a way forward togethein women's and men's health, trauma, child protection and mental health specialists and family reunion services to map a way forward together.

The documents then become a road map for the MHC in creating and implementing ECMHC services that reflect the agency's vision for mental health in their program services.

in his book Getting the Love You Want) is our unique mental map of what love is supposed to look like.

By then you'll have the overall framework in mind, making it easier to stick new details into your mental map.

Dr Lyn O'Grady MAPS FCCOMP is a community psychologist with a particular interest in the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and families.

In addition to mapping out your and other people's thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge, your left brain stores your «autobiographical memory» ---- the story of your life based on remembered past events including your mental maps of your own and other people's mental states at the time.