Wednesday, February 22, 2012

MIND: MEANING OF DREAMS

MIND: MEANING OF DREAMS: A terrifying dream of Mr. M. One night Mr. M., 43 year old man working as clerk in the postal department under the government of India, had...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

MIND: Mindblindness and theory of mind

MIND: Mindblindness and theory of mind: In cognitive psychology “theory of mind” refers to a cognitive skill where children starting at age 4 begin to understand what is in other ...

Monday, February 13, 2012

MIND: THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM

MIND: THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM: The mind-body problem addresses the question how the mind is related to the body. It is a philosophical debate which stems from the fundame...

Saturday, February 11, 2012

MIND: Observe sleep hygiene and avoid sleeplessness

MIND: Observe sleep hygiene and avoid sleeplessness: Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness. It is observed in all mammals, all birds, and many...

Thursday, February 9, 2012

MIND: Perform self hypnosis to overcome examination pani...

MIND: Perform self hypnosis to overcome examination pani...: A higher secondary student wrote to me: “I work hard to prepare for all exams, but on the final day I get nervous. Though I try hard to ove...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

MIND: What is hypnosis?

MIND: What is hypnosis?: Hypnotized lady Hypnosis is a mental state characterized by sense of relaxation and extreme suggestibility. This phenomenon has been ...

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

MIND: Promote metacognition for better learning

MIND: Promote metacognition for better learning: Thinking about thinking Metacognition is the process of monitoring the cognitive processes of learning and problem solving and it involves ...

Thursday, February 2, 2012

MIND: Seeing coloured numbers: not a mental illness

MIND: Seeing coloured numbers: not a mental illness: A vignette Letters and Numbers as a synesthete sees Ms. N. is thirteen now. She is sure that she is not mentally ill. But she is afraid ...