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Attention Perception - Articles
Exercise and the Brain: One Way to Help With Recovery
by
Lisa Frederiksen

Posted
Thu 05 Nov 2009 10:02pm
by Lisa Frederiksen
Whether it’s a long walk in the woods or a half-hour on the treadmill or a rousing round of hula hoop with the family, exercise — in any of its many, many forms — can help with recovery for loved ones of an alcoholic or alcohol abuser and for the alcoholic/alcohol abuser themselves. That’s quite a claim, to be sure, but whe ...
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Autistic symptoms in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
by
Leslie M.
Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 6:31pm
Clark T, Feehan C, Tinline C, Vostanis P.
Parkview Clinic, Moseley, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Children with the syndrome of disorders of attention, motor control and perception (DAMP) invariably fill diagnostic criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and commonly have symptoms of autistic spectrum disorders. This stu ...
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Perception and stimulus statistics: any good experiments?
by
Gualtiero P.
Posted
Sun 16 Aug 2009 10:11pm
As part of a series on consciousness I am writing, I am presently writing up some notes on the Necker Cube. I have a question perhaps some of the more historically minded readers could answer.
Most of you are familiar with the Necker Cube (see one to the left), a line-drawing that can appear as a cube facing down to the left, or up to the rig ...
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Parallel Perception: A Global Community of Light Warriors
by
Mizpah Matus
Posted
Mon 03 Oct 2011 5:53pm
Lujan Matus is making ripples in the space-time continuum. A multi-faceted shamanic teacher, Lujan is the author of two revolutionary books on consciousness and evolution. Both ‘The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception’, and ‘Awakening the Third Eye’ are full of innovative wisdom and techniques that invite us to enter into that next ...
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Developmental attention and visual auditory synesthesia
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Chris Alterio
Posted
Tue 03 Feb 2009 1:00am
1 Comment
Caveat lector: This post presents more questions than it does answers. It may also be appropriate to ignore all this theorizing and file this separately under 'Kids say the darnedest things.'
A colleague asked me to review one of her cases because the child was presenting with some peculiarities. This four year old child's main difficulties a ...
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Media Psychology: What It Is and Why You Should Care
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Dr. Erik G.
Posted
Tue 15 Jun 2010 9:21am
What is media psychology? It’s a field with no consensus definition, no clearly-defined career paths, and no easy answers. In spite of that, it can add value anywhere human behavior intersects media technologies. Here’s why:
Media technologies are everywhere
People of all ages use media technologies a lot
Young peo ...
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How can we use marketing strategies to promote Health Literacy?
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Thu 15 Nov 2012 9:29pm
This is a guest post by Hema Vishwanathan.
Advertisers are masters of the art of persuading people to buy stuff! How can we use their skills to help promote health literacy? What lessons can we learn from them? I have extensive experience in using marketing to promote public health and would like to share two examples. It is my hope that ...
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WASP activity (Word Associations for Syllable Perception)
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Lily's Dad
Posted
Wed 20 May 2009 1:20pm
Lily has been "playing" with listening and sound production through the use of sound/object toys for the past few months and has been doing very well.
Last week we started using the Level 1 WASP (Word Associations for Syllable Perception) pictures for the same purpose, to help Lily discover the connection between what she hears and what she i ...
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