Breastfeeding in public?
Breastfeeding is communicated in to public by flashmobs all over China. Each year, the event is held right around National Breastfeeding Awareness Day (May 20th) and always seems to draw quite the crowd.
China has a breastfeeding rate of just 28%, much lower than the rate of ……..
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What does it mean: “I feel like”?
The phrase “I feel like” is part of a more general evolution in American culture. We think less in terms of morality – society’s standards of right and wrong – and more in terms individual psychological well-being…..read more
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Kokeshi – Faces which embody the souls of children
They have been associated with miscarried babies and infanticide. They were guardians of children and keepers of their souls. Today, the word kokeshi is even used as a sexual innuendo.
Kokeshi were originally ………..
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Imitation in the neonatal phase
Imitation has long been assumed to occur from birth, with influential theories placing an innate imitation module at the foundation of social cognition (potentially underpinned by a mirror neuron System. Yet, the very phenomenon of neonatal imitation has remained controversial. Empirical support is mixed and interpretations are varied, potentially because previous investigations have relied heavily on cross-sectional designs with relatively small samples and with limited controls. Here, we report surprising results from the most comprehensive longitudinal study of neonatal imitation to date.
Please read more.
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930257-3
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Body language and nonverbal communication in China
Just finished the second workshop of the two years training program at the Shanghai Mental Health Center SMHC. Topic was body language, nonverbal communication and body diagnostics for psychotherapists and physicians.
I also had a two days workshop on the same topic at Tongji University and at New Health in Beijing. A lecture at Beijing Normal University.
All in all impressing how big the interest is in these topics and how motivated the participants were. It mirrors some track in the field of psychology and psychotherapy in China which opens up a forth coming future of great competence.
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Body language book in Chinese
Finally it is done. My latest book on body language and nonverbal communication is translated into Chinese and published in Beijing. It took quite a long time to discuss with my translator or better to say my interpretor all relevant aspects. I am so glad that she did a very competent Job.
Please feel invited to have a look and communicate the book if you think ist worth.
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Family time is marriage conference
“You’ve heard it before, but when we spend time with our parents and relatives, the conversation nearly always comes to the same topic.
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Are you looking for one?”
“You’re almost 25. you should get married before 25, otherwise you’ll be a lonely old lady.”
Seriously aunties, don’t you get bored of asking?
If you can find the love of your life…..”
http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shenzhen/article/coming-back-to-china-abroad?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=group-sharing
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The Most Popular Words Used on Social Media
There is an amazing project forging scientific techniques by measuring psychological well-being and physical health based on the analysis of language in social media. Different perspectives were observed like:
Females from this study (Top), used more emotion words (e.g., excited) and first-person singulars and they mention more psychological and social processes (e.g., ‘love you’ and ‘<3’ –a heart)
Males used more swear words and object references (e.g., ‘xbox’, ‘black ops’, ‘wishes he’).
other perspectives were : Age, personality and so on. Just have a look.
http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2016/03/behind-scenes-social-medias-popular-language/?utm_source=sumome&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sumome_share
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News on body language
Just relaunched my website www.sollmann-online.de . Please feel free to have a look. On the one hand you will find specific articles in the archive. On the other hand there are more articles being posted in the English and Chinese section. Just follow the flags.
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It`s attention what we need
Attention is hugely important. It is the asset that will determine who creates value and who destroys value in the years ahead. Among other things, it will transform the nature and power of brands. If you want to hear more about it have a look …….
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