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1 dzień temu · Cognitive psychology. Attention or focus, is the concentration of awareness on some phenomenon to the exclusion of other stimuli. [1] It is the selective concentration on discrete information, either subjectively or objectively. William James (1890) wrote that "Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out ...
8 godz. temu · Etymology. The word ambigram was coined in 1983 by Douglas Hofstadter, an American scholar of cognitive science best known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach. It is a neologism composed of the Latin prefix ambi-("both") and the Greek suffix -gram ("drawing, writing").. Hofstadter describes ambigrams as "calligraphic designs that manage to squeeze in two ...
8 godz. temu · Effects of mindfulness meditation. A previous study commissioned by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that meditation interventions reduce multiple negative dimensions of psychological stress. Other systematic reviews and meta-analyses show that mindfulness meditation has several mental health benefits such as bringing about reductions in depression symptoms, improvements ...
1 dzień temu · Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics. It focuses on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. These were once thought to have completely random states of disorder and irregularities. [1]
8 godz. temu · Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.. Defining meditation has proven difficult due to its wide range of practices across different traditions and cultures.
8 godz. temu · They have developed skills in emergency response, decision-making, effective communication, ethics, and empathy. However, police forces across America still face significant challenges. Recent events have highlighted the stark contrast between “bad cops” and “good cops,” underscoring the urgent need for reforms within the criminal ...
8 godz. temu · v. t. e. Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions. [1] It has applications in many fields of social science, used extensively in economics as well as in logic, systems science and computer science. [2] Initially game theory addressed two-person zero-sum games, in which a participant's gains or losses are exactly ...
