Not exact matches
The findings showed that
participants who
felt a strong social connection with the virtual driving instructor (i.e., «social
presence») crashed more during the simulation, especially when they perceived the instructor's voice to be similar to their own or they
felt that the car's appearance reflected their identity.
Dr. Persinger considers this a misleading description as while many
participants have
felt a
presence when their brain is stimulated by the helmet, most, according to Dr. Persinger, attribute this
presence to «dead relatives, the Great Forces, a spirit, or something equivalent,» with only a few
feeling «the
presence of Christ».
With time, the initial ease one might
feel dissipates as the camouflaged works reveal themselves: video masked as reality, war marketed as fashion, and an installation that brands gallery - goers not as passive recipients of the works» messages, but rather as active
participants, implicated by their very
presence in the space.
MSC, an empirically supported 8 - week course developed by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff, teaches
participants how to hold themselves in a warm, connected and mindful
presence when they suffer, fail,
feel inadequate, or when life is just plain difficult.
St. John Ambulance Saskatchewan, Regina, to provide increased training and evaluation for the Therapy Dog Program, which sends dogs and their handlers to various locations throughout the province, where their
presence helps reduce
feelings of loneliness, depression and isolation in
participants.