Cognitive science

The current literature suggests that Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) regulates the areas of the brain implicated on self-regulation and self-directed attention and behavior1. The activation of such areas of the brain contributes reducing stress during the emotion regulation, improving anxiety and mood symptoms in Depression and Anxiety Disorders2. A key aspect in these disorders is the rumination and the focus on the future and the personal worries, keeping the person away from the…

“Every scientist has their own quirks.” I guess you could label me as a scientist since I was working in a lab under the chemistry professor who said that. I quickly thought of what my own quirk was, and then it dawned upon me; my quark is my speech disfluency. Throughout the latter half of my maturing years, I’ve had to come to an abrupt stop in the middle of my sentences because I physically couldn’t pronounce the start of the next word—vowels usually being the culprit, but sometimes even…

After retiring from performing for a live crowd, Gould focused on studio recordings and radio shows. His anxiety while performing at concerts did not disappear after his retirement from stage, instead it shifted to the studio. In addition since he possessed limited amounts of education, Gould resorted to using sophisticated terms while conversing with others. Sadly, often what he said make very little sense as he used these words in the wrong context (Ostwald, 225). This in turn, affected his…

About a year ago Pauline, Gloria, and I decided to be in a group together for NHD. Our overall topic was exploration, encounter, and exchange. Then we had to decide whether to do a documentary, exhibit, website, or performance. I said, "I think we should do a performance!" Gloria and Pauline slightly agreed but wasn't sure. So I said, " I know we are all really shy and have a hatred for public speaking, but I think this will be good for us. After we all agreed we told our teacher and she was so…

MOHO conceptualizes an individual’s innermost characteristics and divides them into three interrelated elements: volition, habituation, and performance capacity (Kielhofner, 2010). Humans are an open system that is made up of four phases. They include, input, throughput, output, and feedback. The input phase means taking in information. The throughput phase refers to making sense of the information that was just taken in. The output phases refers to the action that a person takes as a result…

The Servant of Two Masters was put together by Kent State’s school of theatre and dance. The set design, costumes, lighting, sound, and performers came together to create the brilliant comedy. The Servant of Two Masters was written by Carlo Goldoni and directed by Tracy Young. The production of this play created a performance that was colorful, bright, and hilarious. The elements of this production were intriguing. The lighting, sound, costumes, and set design were all unified and truly…

I have no idea what that kid was talking about. I really think he is “mentally challenged” I think they call it. Anyway I decided to walk some more, (away from the weird kid) I wasn’t at all worried about my family. About an hour later I walked back home, the sun was setting the clouds were orange, it is a beautiful sight to see. As I walked the thought that my family was captured still haunted me. I had no idea why, but it did. I was getting to my house The door was wide open and the window was…

In the beginning of second semester I was being introduced into Psychology 101 which I had no idea on what this course will be teaching. As I just know the word “PSY” it would be mentioning about physical or something to do with the body. Then, doing some research about what Psychology will be teaching about from YouTube. Also, reading some articles from this website on what they will be mentioning about what the body will reacts to some situations. In the past months as learning about the basic…

The little squirrel is named Mike the Knight. He loves dressing up as a knight he wants to help everyone and save the world. He made his whole knight costumes. Mike said I bet when I become a real knight I wont have to make my own costume. This is a little bit about Mike. A couple minutes later Mike saw a little girl heading to the water by herself so he ran over there to distracted her. Her parents came running and picked up Mike and said thank you for saving my daughter. Mike said I love…

According to Barkley (1997), the satisfactory development of inhibition is necessary for normal functioning in the following neuropsychological abilities: working memory, internalization of speech, self-regulation of affect—motivation—arousal, reconstitution, and motor control—fluency—syntax. As I understood it, the first four of these are are involved in self-regulation, and self-regulation gives rise to the direction and persistence of behavior towards future-oriented goals and the ability to…