Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
A new study, published in Biological Psychiatry, has revealed that mindfulness meditation engages distinct brain mechanisms to reduce pain compared to those of the placebo response.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-brain-scans-reveal-mindfulness-meditation.html
Mindfulness and
Many of the predictions that structure human experience concern our own internal physiological states. For example, we experience thirst and hunger in ways that are deeply anticipatory, allowing us to remedy looming shortfalls in advance, so as to stay within the correct zone for bodily integrity and survival. This means that we exist in a world... See more
What Generative AI Reveals About the Human Mind
This example brings home the difference between advising and shared planning. If you and someone else are genuinely doing something together, you’ll treat a practical question about what you both should do as a shared responsibility, and aim to form a shared plan for which you’re both responsible. In contrast, if you are advising someone, you will... See more
Joshua Habgood-Coote • Recognise the point of giving advice and you can do it better | Psyche Ideas
Advice and Communication
Focused attention, open monitoring and loving kindness meditation: effects on attention, conflict monitoring, and creativity – A review
frontiersin.org
Focused attention, open, and creativity - research
not one thing
Research has shown a staggering number of health benefits associated with dispositional optimism, from improvements in cardiovascular health, to how quickly wounds heal, to slower disease progression.
What We Get Wrong About Manifesting
Futures thinking and
Your brain on imagination: It's a lot like reality, study shows
sciencedaily.com
Futures thinking and
research - imagination is like reality
Patient Perceptions of In Vivo Versus Virtual Reality Exposures f
Amanda N Levy • Patient Perceptions of In Vivo Versus Virtual Reality Exposures for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
well-being and VR
VR therapy