As stress grows, modern Chinese turn to Western psychotherapy
When Li Xianyun began working as a psychiatrist at Hui Long Guan Hospital in Beijing in 1991, she did not discuss her job in public. People thought it was strange, she says, and they assumed she worked in an insane asylum. Now, those she meets are eager to learn more about her profession.
“If I tell them I’m a psychiatrist and talk about my job, they show ………….
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How to banish earworms from your brain
Although it seems maddeningly impossible, new research suggests we really can get rid of that nagging tune that endlessly plays over and over again in our head.
For those of you who had Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” in your head for most of 2012, or haven’t been able to stop your brain from playing “Master of the House” since seeing “Les Miserables” over the holidays, you’ll want to take note.
The trick is this: …………read more
http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16308348-how-to-banish-earworms-from-your-brain
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The gap between two cultures is not a gap
In Indonesia I once visited a small island called Sumba. It is famous for its wonderful, powerful, small horses and famous for its tradition of burried people in the middle of the village.
Since years people of Sumba get accustomed to Christian religion. One thing which astonished me all over Indonesia was the fact that often both traditions were accepted at the same time, the Christian and the old Animistic believe-tradition (Marapu). Here an example:
A very old couple decided …………
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100 years of women’s issues in China…. baby, you’ve come along
A close relative recently passed away at the ripe old age of 100. Born in 1912 in China, her life story documents how far Chinese women have come in the past 100 years. This is a tribute to her fortitude, courage and optimism in spite of gender issues, war and famine in the early years of her long eventful life………
Read MoreHappy New Year to everybody ……
hope to meet you again this year: posting, commenting and questioning.
You are welcome.
warm regards Ulrich
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Smelling: Examination of ‘true’ autobiographical memories
The sense of smell is set apart from other sensory modalities. Odours possess the capacity to trigger immediately strong emotional memories. Moreover, odorous stimuli provide a higher degree of memory retention than other sensory stimuli. Odour perception, even in its most elemental form – olfaction – already involves limbic structures. This early involvement is not paralleled in other sensory modalities………..
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Movement – our roots
I let myself go in movement. Movements live their own life in me. I don’t know from where a movement starts, from which foot, which hand. I offer my body so that the ideas and the movement can act. “Then I’m again touching my roots”, says the dancer and choreograph Ismael Ivo. His form, his way of expression are unique and deeply convincing.
This photo, made by my colleague Heike Rost, shows the stage, being prepared for a dance- performance
http://blog.heikerost.com/bilder/begegnungen-ismael-ivo/
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Stranger – Danger or:
(N)ever talk to a stranger
I of course agree to the six rules for children in order to prevent any kind of bad experience, so that they can keep their boundaries.
But to be honest, I want to talk about meeting strangers in the life as youth and adult.
Globalization is based on meeting strangers, strange people, strange cultures, strange behavior. So, to survive or ……….
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Body language basics
Very simple, very clear though sometimes a bit too simple, you’ll find some interesting basic information on body language via the link at the end of the text.
It’s a web-MD-information network giving information about handshakes, synchrony, posture, eye-contact, playing with hairs, first-dating and so on.
So, just have a look and try to get a better understanding.
But always be aware that it is an easy issue to read the body-language. 😉
Looking at one’s face and posture is the one side of the coin. Feeling your own impression, your own bodily resonance is the other side of the coin. And the coin, the material of the coin by itself is the context in which you meet someone and try to read his body language.
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/body-language-basics
Facial expression by itself does not give reliable answers
Facial expression by itself does neither accurately mirrors deeper, extreme emotions nor helps to distinguish accurately deeper extreme positive or negative emotions.
These are some basic results of a new study published in Science from November 2012. Here are some of the most important results regarding the expression of extreme emotions: