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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Embodied mind"”.
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The Embodied Mind: Mindfulness Meditation as Experiential Learning in Adult Education
… it is my intention here to assess the value of mindfulness meditation in terms of changes in the so-called †̃first-person perspectiveâ€TM (FPP), that is how meditation affects the self-perception and self-description in expert and beginner meditators. Indeed, through a qualitative study I …
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The embodied mind: A journey through the “soma” to reach the “psyche”
Background: Recent studies have confirmed a significant comorbidity between eating disorders and self-harm; they linked the presence of self-harm to a more severe and treatment-resistant eating disorder symptomatology. Difficulties with impulse-control were suggested to mediate this association. …
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Embodied reflective practice : the embodied nature of reflection-in-action
… they are written with design disciplines in mind, they do not extend to consider the appropriateness of its use in visual art practice. Scrivener (2000: 10) draws the distinction that whilst Schön’s (1983) use of scientific language in reflection-in-action is considered applicable for …
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On the social reception of material form and space, or, the SUV in the melee
… and urban space unfamiliar. In this melee , the embodied mind poses itself against the fixed social representations of spatial discourse.
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Proximity of body & mind : urban gym as a heterotopic domain
… emerging holistic approach of wellness of body-mind have become the thresholds to rethink the previously hyper-masculine gym space and to reinvent a way to accommodate these new conditions. I have explored the design of a contemporary gym as a subterranean-heterotopic- site rooted in the current …
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New Routes to HCI - A transdisciplinary approach
… together different disciplines – philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, cybernetics and the performing arts – in a transdisciplinary investigation that raises new questions about the human mind and our relationship with computers and machines in a way that contributes to …
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Out of network : technologies to connect with strangers
… the population. I introduce Lakoffs theory the embodied mind, which is the understanding that the majority of thought is unconscious and experienced through the body, and I discuss how it can be used to design better interfaces. I summarize recent research that demonstrates the inextricable link …
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Lingering Atmospheres: Collaborations between Architecture, Craft, Music, Landscape, and Film in Peter Zumthor’s Gesamtkunstwerk
… ‘beforeimages’ as concrete dreams in the embodied mind that catalyse each project, ‘images’ as physical drawings, models, and words that embody and translate ‘beforeimages,’ and ‘afterimages’ as photographs, audiovisual recordings, and multimedia representations that extend atmospheres. I …
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MINDFUL INQUIRY - A DEWEYAN ASSESSMENT OF MINDFULNESS AND EDUCATION
<p>Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming an increasingly popular means for helpingstudents deal with the multidimensional challenges they face in contemporary educational settings. While potentially helpful, an uncritical employment of mindfulness in education can paradoxically function to …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …