Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
Quanta interviewed 19 current and former NLP researchers to tell that story. From experts to students, tenured academics to startup founders, they describe a series of moments — dawning realizations, elated encounters and at least one “existential crisis” — that changed their world. And ours.
John Pavlus • When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Heightened mindfulness is associated with increased levels of exercise motivation, study finds
Eric W. Dolanpsypost.org
mindfulness and motivation to exercise
figure of merit
Adoption of potentially consciousness-altering practices may be leading to a rise in emergent phenomena (EP): sudden unusual mental or somatic experiences often interpreted as spiritual, mystical, energetic, or magical in nature. It is unclear how frequently these altered states of consciousness occur and what the clinical implications may be.
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auckland.ac.nz
Mindfulness Research and conferencing
social media
A Simple, 5-Minute Breathing Technique Is a Powerful Tool to Reduce Anxiety
Carly Cassellasciencealert.com
anxiety reduction
The striking paradox is that science tells us both that we’re peripheral in the cosmic scheme of things and that we’re central to the reality we uncover. Unless we understand how this paradox arises and what it means, we’ll never be able to understand science as a human activity, and we’ll keep defaulting to a view of nature as something to gain... See more
Adam Frank • The "blind spot" in science that's fueling a crisis of meaning
Friends without friction
Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report
Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report
Friends without friction
The Mind at Work: Lisa Feldman Barrett on the metabolism of emotion
Anthony Wing Kosnerblog.dropbox.com
emotions