The Mindful Gorilla

Trampled by world's 2nd largest mountain gorilla in Rwanda

2022-09-01T15:29:00.001-07:00

https://youtu.be/WdBAV8QzL-U

I took this video with an iPhone in January 2014 in Rwanda. The first 9 minutes feature a cute baby gorilla playing with its mother. The action starts around 10:10. The large male gorilla marches in and steps on my chest ... Our guides think I had gotten too close to the baby (iPhones couldn't zoom on video back then), so the large male was telling me to back off. The guides estimate he weighs 280kg. Maybe they could have warned me before he entered the frame?

Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla (short)

2022-09-01T15:21:00.000-07:00

https://youtu.be/x2H7zcqjplc

NEW - (short version) - An incredible chance encounter with a family of wild Mountain Gorillas in Uganda. Check blog.commonflat.com for more photos and background on this once in a lifetime experience.

Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla (HD Version)

2022-09-01T14:39:00.002-07:00

An amazing chance encounter with a troop of wild mountain gorillas near Bwindi National Park, Uganda

https://youtu.be/hg2hCuDy2wg

Gorilla Documentary - Gorillas: 98.6% Human | Explore Films

2022-09-01T14:32:00.002-07:00

https://youtu.be/NdE7bANJIz0

A gorilla experience like no other, Explore founder Charlie Annenberg travels to Rwanda to bring us up close to these gentle creatures. Through breathtaking footage of gorillas and the mystical mountains they call home - and guidance from Craig Sholley of African Wildlife Foundation - Charlie learns about efforts to preserve gorillas while feeling the adrenaline rush of a close encounter. EXPLORE is the largest live nature cam network on the planet. We bring nature to you, raw, unscripted, and unedited. Enjoy the natural world as it unfolds in real time in front of our cameras. EXPLORE.org takes you from Kenya, Africa to the riverbanks of Katmai, Alaska and everywhere in between. Visit the full multicam experience: http://explore.org

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Gorilla 💎　Story of Frank 🔱　San Diego Safari Park

2022-09-01T14:29:00.002-07:00

https://youtu.be/gg_X3OCgoEs

Teenager gorilla push down Silverback 💎 Winston is angry to Kokamo 💎 ウィン...

2022-09-01T14:27:00.004-07:00

https://youtu.be/JhQ4Slc8fX0

Kingo s family, Mondika, Congo

2022-09-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

https://youtu.be/o4k8Uahi8UE

Koko's Tribute to Robin Williams

2022-09-01T14:21:00.003-07:00

https://youtu.be/I9I_QvEXDv0

Robin Williams met Koko in 2001. It was a very cheerful encounter for both, and Koko has treasured it to this day. When Koko learned of Robin's passing (on Aug. 11, 2014) she became very sad. We hope this video will lift her spirits and remind everyone of the profound gift of joy that Robin Williams brought to our world.

Koko The Talking Gorilla

2022-09-01T14:19:00.000-07:00

https://youtu.be/nGifKRV8Wys

DR. JANE GOODALL

2022-08-24T01:07:00.003-07:00

"Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference."

DR. JANE GOODALL

“Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown” Victor Hugo

2022-08-23T23:26:00.005-07:00

“Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown” Victor Hugo

Seymour Bernstein teaches Chopin's Prelude in E minor

2022-08-23T15:53:00.001-07:00

Seymour Bernstein teaches Chopin's Prelude in E minor

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1:34 Performance of Chopin E minor Prelude

4:16 Finding your own interpretive ideas

5:24 Chopin knew he was dying

6:33 Preliminary swing stroke

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10:21 “All piano playing is a series of illusions”

12:05 Controlling repeated chords

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18:44 Romantic hairpins are not what you think

21:16 How to play hairpins in a Brahms Intermezzo

22:40 More proof from Fanny Mendelssohn

24:36 Irrefutable evidence from Chopin’s G minor Ballade

26:36 “Rob Peter, but don’t pay Paul.”

28:35 Crescendo means ‘get softer’!

31:47 What Chopin learned from Bach

33:44 How to voice chords on the piano

38:08 How does a piano produce dynamics?

39:34 How not to bang out a crescendo

41:58 The most profound chord in the E minor Prelude

43:32 How practicing music translates to life

Join Seymour Bernstein as he re-introduces you to one of Chopin's most popular and tragic works, the E Minor Prelude, Op. 28 No. 4.

In this in-depth lesson, Bernstein not only demonstrates the physical mechanics necessary to realize your expressive intentions in this work, he reveals how the Prelude contains information crucial to your general development as a pianist and a person.

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World's oldest gorilla celebrates 65th birthday

2022-08-13T17:24:00.002-07:00

https://youtu.be/uujw2vlBnak

Damián Aspinall raised a baby gorilla named Kwibi

2022-07-31T06:15:00.001-07:00

Damián Aspinall raised a baby gorilla named Kwibi

Damián Aspinall raised a baby gorilla named Kwibi

and wanted him to meet the gorilla again

Everyone warned him to not meet the gorilla he raised. 🦍

5 years later, their meeting in the jungle left everyone in tears.

https://youtu.be/OTE4pS5I-Is

Take Your Pet to Work

2019-12-28T04:40:00.000-08:00

Pets in the Workplace

Whether it’s a dog, cat, or fish, having a pet in the workplace is not only therapeutic, studies show that they can relieve stress too. Here are some Mindful Work tips to create a relaxing, work environment that includes animals too.

Though pets are beloved members of most American homes, few businesses allow them in the workplace. According to an American Pet Products Manufacturers Association survey, only 17 percent of U.S. employers allow animals in the workplace. This is unfortunate considering that a Dogster and Simply Hired survey showed that 66 percent of participants would work longer hours if they could bring their dog. And 55 percent said they would commute a greater distance if they could bring their four-legged friend.

Fortunately, more businesses are coming around. Major companies like Amazon, Ben and Jerry’s, Build-A-Bear Headquarters, and Google allow their employees to bring their dogs to work due to the numerous benefits. Studies have found that having dogs in the workplace not only benefits the dog owners, but all employees in general. These animals increase trust, morale, communication, and productivity among employees. With dogs in the office employees were more likely to be satisfied and committed to their jobs.

Studies show that bringing your pets to work can lower stress levels throughout the day. The people who didn’t bring a dog experienced a drastically high spike in their stress hormone (or cortisol) levels. Having a dog around the office can also give your health a boost, because of the frequent dog walks. The breaks are great for your mental health and experts say that the walks are good for your heart and waistline.

Take Your Dog to Work Day is this Friday. Thinking about participating? Consider these five Mindful tips:

Rules and regulations. Before you bring your pet be sure to read up on the office policies and discuss it with your boss. Sometimes, rules against pets are set by the building landlords and management company. Be sure that you’re following all the rules.
Be Mindful of neighbors. Before you bring in your pet, be sure to talk to your coworkers. Make sure that they’re okay with the idea, since they could have allergies or be uncomfortable with animals.
Pet-proof. Just because your office allows pets doesn’t mean that it’s a safe environment for them. Beware of exposed wires and boxes or objects on the floor that they can get into.
A second home. Make your office comfortable for your pets with treats, water, chewing toys, and a soft place to rest. The more comfortable they are the better they will behave.
Beware of messes. To keep the number of accidents to a minimum, be sure to keep an eye on your pets and take them on frequent bathroom breaks.

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2019-12-28T04:39:00.000-08:00

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Mindfulness meditation as an intervention for binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss: A systematic review Review Article
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A Mindful Eating Group Intervention for Obese Women: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study Original Research Article
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The Effect of a Mindful Restaurant Eating Intervention on Weight Management in Women Original Research Article
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A brief mindfulness intervention reduces unhealthy eating when hungry, but not the portion size effect Original Research Article
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Does mindfulness matter? Everyday mindfulness, mindful eating and self-reported serving size of energy dense foods among a sample of South Australian adults Original Research Article
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Development and Validation of the Mindful Eating Questionnaire Original Research Article
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The Relationships Between Mindful Eating, Weight, and Quality of Life in College Students
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It's not what you think, it's how you relate to it: Dispositional mindfulness moderates the relationship between psychological distress and the cortisol awakening response
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Jennifer Daubenmier, Dara Hayden, Vickie Chang, Elissa Epel

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Teasing apart low mindfulness: Differentiating deficits in mindfulness and in psychological flexibility in predicting symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and depression Original Research Article
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Pilot study: Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL): Weight, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes associated with a mindfulness-based intervention for people with obesity
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Effects of mindful eating training on delay and probability discounting for food and money in obese and healthy-weight individuals Original Research Article
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Everyday mindfulness and mindfulness meditation: Overlapping constructs or not? Original Research Article
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Exploratory randomised controlled trial of a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention for women Original Research Article
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Mindfulness tempers the impact of personality on suicidal ideation Original Research Article
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Affective implications of the mating/parenting trade-off: Short-term mating motives and desirability as a short-term mate predict less intense tenderness responses to infants Original Research Article
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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: Process of change Original Research Article
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Knowledge, perceptions and preferences of elderly regarding protein-enriched functional food Original Research Article
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Personality profiles in Eating Disorders: Further evidence of the clinical utility of examining subtypes based on temperament Original Research Article
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Dealing with problematic eating behaviour. The effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on eating behaviour, food cravings, dichotomous thinking and body image concern Original Research Article
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Association of Mediterranean diet and other health behaviours with barriers to healthy eating and perceived health among British adults of retirement age Original Research Article
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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for seasonal affective disorder: A pilot study
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Mindfulness skills, psychological flexibility, and psychological symptoms among physically less active and active adults Original Research Article
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Abnormal valence differentiation in alexithymia Original Research Article
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Probing behavioral responses to food: Development of a food-specific go/no-go task Original Research Article
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Slim by design: Redirecting the accidental drivers of mindless overeating Original Research Article
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Trait mindfulness and catastrophizing as mediators of the association between pain severity and pain-related impairment Original Research Article
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Mindful Eating: Less than perfect
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Interactively mediating experiences of mindfulness meditation Original Research Article
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Jay Vidyarthi, Bernhard E. Riecke

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Reappraisal and mindfulness: A comparison of subjective effects and cognitive costs
Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 51, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 899-904
Shian-Ling Keng, Clive J. Robins, Moria J. Smoski, Jana Dagenbach, Mark R. Leary

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Sensory-Based Nutrition Pilot Intervention for Women Original Research Article
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Karine Gravel, Anne Deslauriers, Marie Watiez, Michelle Dumont, Andrée-Ann Dufour Bouchard, Veronique Provencher

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The role of mindfulness based interventions in the treatment of obesity and eating disorders: An integrative review Review Article
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 430-439
Judi Godsey

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Happy eating. The underestimated role of overeating in a positive mood Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 67, 1 August 2013, Pages 74-80
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Immunology and probiotic impact of the newborn and young children intestinal microflora Original Research Article
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From mindless eating to mindlessly eating better Review Article
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Perceived incompetence and disordered eating among college students Original Research Article
Eating Behaviors, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 111-119
Amanda G. Ferrier, Matthew P. Martens

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Toward a Theoretical Model for Mindfulness-Based Pain Management
The Journal of Pain, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2014, Pages 691-703
Melissa A. Day, Mark P. Jensen, Dawn M. Ehde, Beverly E. Thorn

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Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women Original Research Article
Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 57, June 2014, Pages 43-54
Lori A. Brotto, Rosemary Basson

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The effects of three mindfulness skills on chocolate cravings Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 76, 1 May 2014, Pages 101-112
Julien Lacaille, Jinshia Ly, Natalie Zacchia, Sophia Bourkas, Emma Glaser, Bärbel Knäuper

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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the treatment of headache pain: A mixed-methods analysis comparing treatment responders and treatment non-responders Original Research Article
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 278-285
Melissa A. Day, Beverly E. Thorn, Nancy J. Rubin

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Participation in mindfulness-based stress reduction is not associated with reductions in emotional eating or uncontrolled eating Original Research Article
Nutrition Research, Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 413-420
David J. Kearney, Meredith L. Milton, Carol A. Malte, Kelly A. McDermott, Michelle Martinez, Tracy L. Simpson

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Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density Original Research Article
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Volume 191, Issue 1, 30 January 2011, Pages 36-43
Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Mark Vangel, Christina Congleton, Sita M. Yerramsetti, Tim Gard, Sara W. Lazar

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Mindfulness, spirituality, and health-related symptoms Original Research Article
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Volume 64, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 393-403
James Carmody, George Reed, Jean Kristeller, Phillip Merriam

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Development of a novel mindfulness and behavioral intervention for stress-eating: A comparative pilot study Original Research Article
Eating Behaviors, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 August 2014
Joyce Corsica, Megan M. Hood, Shawn Katterman, Brighid Kleinman, Iulia Ivan

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Potential for a Stress Reduction Intervention to Promote Healthy Gestational Weight Gain: Focus Groups with Low-Income Pregnant Women Original Research Article
Women's Health Issues, Volume 24, Issue 3, May–June 2014, Pages e305-e311
Melanie Thomas, Cassandra Vieten, Nancy Adler, Ingrid Ammondson, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Elissa Epel, Barbara Laraia

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Mindfulness-based relapse prevention with racial and ethnic minority women
Addictive Behaviors, Volume 38, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 2821-2824
Katie Witkiewitz, Brenna L. Greenfield, Sarah Bowen

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Social modeling of eating. A review of when and why social influence affects food intake and choice Original Research Article
Appetite, In Press, Uncorrected Proof, Available online 28 August 2014
Tegan Cruwys, Kirsten E. Bevelander, Roel C.J. Hermans

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Motives for eating tasty foods associated with binge-eating. Results from a student and a weight-loss seeking population Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 83, 1 December 2014, Pages 160-166
M.M. Boggiano, E.E. Burgess, B. Turan, T. Soleymani, S. Daniel, L.D. Vinson, K.L. Lokken, B.C. Wingo, A. Morse

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Dispositional mindfulness as a positive predictor of psychological well-being and the role of the private self-consciousness insight factor
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 71, December 2014, Pages 15-18
Rick Harrington, Donald A. Loffredo, Catherine A. Perz

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A meta-analysis of the relationship between trait mindfulness and substance use behaviors Review Article
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 143, 1 October 2014, Pages 1-10
Kenny A. Karyadi, J. Davis VanderVeen, Melissa A. Cyders

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Mindful attention regulation and non-judgmental orientation in depression: A multi-method approach Original Research Article
Biological Psychology, Volume 101, September 2014, Pages 36-43
Katharina Rohde, Dirk Adolph, Detlef E. Dietrich, Johannes Michalak

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Baby Eating Behaviour Questionnaire and associations with infant weight, gender and feeding mode in an Australian sample Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 82, 1 November 2014, Pages 43-49
Kimberley M. Mallan, Lynne A. Daniels, Susan J. de Jersey

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The impact of cognitive restructuring and mindfulness strategies on postevent processing and affect in social anxiety disorder Original Research Article
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 28, Issue 6, August 2014, Pages 570-579
Bethany Shikatani, Martin M. Antony, Janice R. Kuo, Stephanie E. Cassin

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Physical activity and healthy diet: determinants and implicit relationship Original Research Article
Public Health, Volume 128, Issue 6, June 2014, Pages 568-575
Aida Isabel Tavares

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Food preference and intake in response to ambient odours in overweight and normal-weight females Original Research Article
Physiology & Behavior, Volume 133, 22 June 2014, Pages 190-196
Harriët F.A. Zoon, Wei He, René A. de Wijk, Cees de Graaf, Sanne Boesveldt

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Original Research Article
The Lancet, Volume 384, Issue 9945, 30 August–5 September 2014, Pages 766-781
Marie Ng, Tom Fleming, Margaret Robinson, Blake Thomson, Nicholas Graetz, Christopher Margono, Erin C Mullany, Stan Biryukov, Cristiana Abbafati, Semaw Ferede Abera, Jerry P Abraham, Niveen M E Abu-Rmeileh, Tom Achoki, Fadia S AlBuhairan, Zewdie A Alemu, Rafael Alfonso, Mohammed K Ali, Raghib Ali, Nelson Alvis Guzman, Walid Ammar, Palwasha Anwari, et al.

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Stick with your group: Young children’s attitudes about group loyalty Original Research Article
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 126, October 2014, Pages 19-36
Antonia Misch, Harriet Over, Malinda Carpenter

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Heartfelt imitation: High interoceptive awareness is linked to greater automatic imitation Original Research Article
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Vivien Ainley, Marcel Brass, Manos Tsakiris

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The Dark Triad, schadenfreude, and sensational interests: Dark personalities, dark emotions, and dark behaviors Original Research Article
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 68, October 2014, Pages 211-216
Samantha James, Phillip S. Kavanagh, Peter K. Jonason, Jill M. Chonody, Hayley E. Scrutton

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Piloting a stress management and mindfulness program for undergraduate nursing students: Student feedback and lessons learned Original Research Article
Nurse Education Today, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 May 2014
Pamela van der Riet, Rachel Rossiter, Dianne Kirby, Teresa Dluzewska, Charles Harmon

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Unregulated use of laptops over time in large lecture classes Original Research Article
Computers & Education, Volume 78, September 2014, Pages 78-86
Eric D. Ragan, Samuel R. Jennings, John D. Massey, Peter E. Doolittle

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Promoting the avoidance of high-calorie snacks. The role of temporal message framing and eating self-efficacy Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 80, 1 September 2014, Pages 131-136
Susan Churchill, Anna Good, Louisa Pavey

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Individual differences in executive function predict distinct eating behaviours Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 80, 1 September 2014, Pages 123-130
Vanessa Allom, Barbara Mullan

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Cooking up diversity. Impact of a multicomponent, multicultural, experiential intervention on food and cooking behaviors among elementary-school students from low-income ethnically diverse families Original Research Article
Appetite, Volume 80, 1 September 2014, Pages 114-122
Qiong Chen, Keiko Goto, Cindy Wolff, Stephanie Bianco-Simeral, Kristin Gruneisen, Katharine Gray

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“I’ll have what he’s having”: Group ordering behavior in food choice decisions Original Research Article
Food Quality and Preference, Volume 37, October 2014, Pages 79-86
Brenna Ellison

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Continuous loudness response to acoustic intensity dynamics in melodies: Effects of melodic contour, tempo, and tonality Original Research Article
Acta Psychologica, Volume 149, June 2014, Pages 117-128
Kirk N. Olsen, Catherine J. Stevens, Roger T. Dean, Freya Bailes

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Morningness–eveningness and personality characteristics of young healthy adults Original Research Article
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 68, October 2014, Pages 136-142
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Depressive rumination alters cortisol decline in Major Depressive Disorder Original Research Article
Biological Psychology, Volume 100, July 2014, Pages 50-55
Joelle LeMoult, Jutta Joormann

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Molecular analyses provide insight into mechanisms underlying sarcopenia and myofibre denervation in old skeletal muscles of mice Original Research Article
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Volume 53, August 2014, Pages 174-185
Mitchell Barns, Cedric Gondro, Ross L. Tellam, Hannah G. Radley-Crabb, Miranda D. Grounds, Tea Shavlakadze

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The impact of low, average, and high IQ on economic growth and technological progress: Do all individuals contribute equally? Original Research Article
Intelligence, Volume 46, September–October 2014, Pages 1-8
Nik Ahmad Sufian Burhan, Mohd Rosli Mohamad, Yohan Kurniawan, Abdul Halim Sidek

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The psychometric qualities of a short version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale – Revised Child version Original Research Article
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Katrijn Brenning, Stijn Van Petegem, Janne Vanhalst, Bart Soenens

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Impulsive action and impulsive choice across substance and behavioral addictions: Cause or consequence? Review Article
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Jon E. Grant, Samuel R. Chamberlain

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Delivering an Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment to Underserved Populations Using Telemedicine: The Case of a Trauma-Affected Adolescent in a Rural Setting Original Research Article
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Effect of specific psychotherapy for chronic depression on neural Responses to emotional faces
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Jan Philipp Klein, Benjamin Becker, René Hurlemann, Christina Scheibe, Michael Colla, Isabella Heuser

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Self-Reported Physical Activity Patterns Among Low-Income Latina Women in Arizona Original Research Article
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I take therefore I choose? The impact of active vs. passive acquisition on food consumption Original Research Article
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Gorilla Genome

2019-12-28T04:35:00.003-08:00

A second look at the gorilla genome shows just how similar we are

By Rachel Feltman April 1

Western lowland gorilla Kamba holds her one-day-old son, Zachary. (Jim Young/Reuters)

A gorilla named Sue, formerly of the Lincoln Park Zoo, is showing scientists just how similar her species is to our own. In a study published Thursday in Science, researchers presented a new, more complete genome sequence for the animal based on her blood sample.

Gorillas are some of our closest relatives, edged out only by chimpanzees and bonobos. This latest genome sequence confirms that just 1.6 percent of their genes diverge from our own. For reference, chimps and bonobos tie for 1.2 percent divergence, and after gorillas there's a sharp drop-off to 3.1 percent in orangutans — great apes with Asian instead of African origins. The genomes of individual humans differ from one another by around 0.1 percent.

Because gorillas are so close to us on the family tree, their genomes are especially valuable to study. "The differences between species may aid researchers in identifying regions of the human genome that are associated with higher cognition, complex language, behavior and neurological diseases," study author Christopher Hill of the University of Washington told Reuters.

[New fossil could reshape our understanding of ape evolution]

Last year, for example, scientists at Duke University pinpointed a gene regulator — a gene that tells other genes how strongly to present themselves and when — that makes human brains grow big. They found it by tracking the differences between human and chimpanzee genomes in areas related to brain development.

The more we know about the genes of our close relatives, the better we can understand what tiny changes have made us so different from them. And understanding those differences can enrich research on everything from language to disease.

"My motivation in studying human and great ape genomes is to try to learn what makes us tick as a species," lead author Evan Eichler of the University of Washington said in a statement. Eichler and his colleagues used more recent sequencing techniques for their genome than the one published in 2012. In addition to finding new, previously unknown coding segments, the team noted that the older method of sequencing had thrown away some of the duplicates of segments that were repeated. Strings of genetic code repeat frequently in organisms over time, and seeing how many redundancies there are can help scientists figure out the history of the species.

For example, the new sequence shows that a population bottleneck that occurred some 50,000 years ago — a time when the population was small and the species became inbred — was probably worse than the first sequence had suggested.

"I'd like to see a re-doing of all the great ape genomes, including chimpanzee and orangutan, to get a comprehensive view of the genetic variants that distinguish humans from the great apes. I believe there is far more genetic variation than we had previously thought. The first step is finding it," Eichler said. He also hopes that humans having their genome sequenced for clinical reasons will one day be able to expect such accuracy and detail.

Unfortunately, he estimates that the sequencing method costs "$80,000 a pop." Since other methods for human sequencing have hit the $1,000 milestone, that might be a hard sell. Then again, the cheaper process cost $100 million just 15 years ago — so it's all relative.

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Wild chimpanzees drink alcoholic palm wine — and get tipsy
Rachel Feltman runs The Post's Speaking of Science blog.

Anoushka Shankar + Norah Jones - Traces Of You

2019-12-28T01:51:00.001-08:00

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2019-12-28T01:32:00.001-08:00

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Charlie learns about efforts to preserve gorillas while feeling the adrenaline rush of a close encounter.

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Information Overload is the Bane of my Life

2019-04-24T02:56:00.000-07:00

My daily struggle is to understand what is important, to my situation, in the constant barrage of information on the Internet.

What can and should be ignored?

Is my purpose to seek distraction, novelty and entertainment?

Or is the goal and purpose to my Net Surfing to gain valuable knowledge?

What do I hope to accomplish?

“There are things that attract human attention, and there is often a huge gap between what is important and what is attractive and interesting."

- Yuval Noah Harari

And Donald Trump has not helped make being informed easy with all his mixed messages.

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”

― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Break Dancing Gorilla at the Calgary Zoo

2017-06-25T16:06:00.001-07:00

Published on Jun 17, 2011

The
video shows Zola having pure fun with an enrichment opportunity during
Spotlight on Gorillas and is not a trained behavior; the music was added
afterward.

Zola, nine-years old, is one of eight Western lowland
gorillas currently living at the Calgary Zoo as part of the Association
of Zoos and Aquariums Gorilla Species Survival Plan. He loves to play
in water and keepers regularly give him the opportunity to do so as part
of the enrichment activities they plan and vary on a daily basis.

Category: Pets + Animals

Link: https://youtu.be/VNKyG4C2VlA

Breakdancing Gorilla Enjoys Pool Behind-the-Scenes

2017-06-25T15:02:00.001-07:00

Published on Jun 20, 2017

Watch
Zola gorilla demonstrate play behaviors as he splashes and dances
during a swimming pool enrichment session off habitat,
behind-the-scenes.

➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/SubscribeDallasZooTube

Catch
a sneak peak of Zola showing off his dance moves in a behind-the-scenes
video shot by zookeeper Ashley Orr. You may remember Zola when he was a
youngster from the viral video of him break dancing at The Calgary Zoo,
but there’s a lot more to this behavior than you may think.

Enrichment
helps enhance the environment and lives of animals, like Zola, by
providing them with mental and physical stimulation to increase natural
behaviors. Enrichment can take many forms, but for this spunky great
ape, it means playing and spinning in his favorite blue pool while off
habitat!

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Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah

2016-11-23T11:49:00.000-08:00

Leonard Cohen Dominique Issermann

Leonard Cohen: Darkness and Praise

By LEON WIESELTIER
NOV. 14, 2016

The email from the boy began: “Did anything inspire you to create Hallelujah?"

Later that same winter day the reply arrived:
“I wanted to stand with those who clearly see God’s holy broken world for what it is, and still find the courage or the heart to praise it. You don’t always get what you want. You’re not always up for the challenge. But in this case — it was given to me. For which I am deeply grateful.”

The question came from the author's son, who was preparing to present the hymn to his fifth-grade class. The boy required a clarification about its meaning. The answer came from the author of the song, Leonard Cohen.

Cohen lived in a weather of wisdom, which he created by seeking it rather than by finding it. He swam in beauty, because in its transience he aspired to discern a glimpse of eternity.
There was always a trace of philosophy in his sensuality.
He managed to combine a sense of absurdity with a sense of significance, a genuine feat.
He was a friend of melancholy but an enemy of gloom, and a renegade enamored of tradition.

Leonard was, above all, in his music and in his poems and in his tone of life, the lyrical advocate of the finite and the flawed.

Leonard sang always as a sinner. He refused to describe sin as a failure or a disqualification. Sin was a condition of life.

“Even though it all went wrong/ I’ll stand before the Lord of song/ With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah!”

The singer’s faults do not expel him from the divine presence. Instead they confer a mortal integrity upon his exclamation of praise.

He is the inadequate man, the lowly man, the hurt man who has given hurt, insisting modestly but stubbornly upon his right to a sacred exaltation.

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

He once told an interviewer that those words were the closest he came to a credo.

The teaching could not be more plain: fix the crack, lose the light.

Here is a passage on frivolity by a great rabbi in Prague at the end of the 16th century:

“Man was born for toil, since his perfection is always being actualized but is never actual,”
he observed in an essay on frivolity.
“And insofar as he attains perfection, something is missing in him. In such a being,
perfection is a shortcoming and a lack.”

Leonard Cohen was the poet laureate of the lack, the psalmist of the privation, who made imperfection gorgeous.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/opinion/my-friend-leonard-cohen-darkness-and-praise.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&src=trending

Living with a sense of purpose in life

2016-11-22T04:50:00.001-08:00

Conclusion:

A sense of purpose in life also gives you this considerable advantage:

"People with a sense of purpose in life have a lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease."

The conclusions come from over 136,000 people who took part in 10 different studies.

Participants in the studies were mostly from the US and Japan.

The US studies asked people:

how useful they felt to others,
about their sense of purpose, and
the meaning they got out of life.

The Japanese studies asked people about ‘ikigai’ or whether their life was worth living.
The participants, whose average age was 67, were tracked for around 7 years.

During that time almost 20,000 died.
But, amongst those with a strong sense of purpose or high ‘ikigai’, the risk of death was one-fifth lower.

Despite the link between sense of purpose and health being so intuitive, scientists are not sure of the mechanism.

Sense of purpose is likely to improve health by strengthening the body against stress.

It is also likely to be linked to healthier behaviours.

Dr. Alan Rozanski, one of the study’s authors, said:

“Of note, having a strong sense of life purpose has long been postulated to be an important dimension of life, providing people with a sense of vitality motivation and resilience.

Nevertheless, the medical implications of living with a high or low sense of life purpose have only recently caught the attention of investigators.

The current findings are important because they may open up new potential interventions for helping people to promote their health and sense of well-being.”

This research on links between sense of purpose in life and longevity is getting stronger all the time:

“A 2009 study of 1,238 elderly people found that those with a sense of purpose lived longer.

A 2010 study of 900 older adults found that those with a greater sense of purpose were much less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Survey data often links a sense of purpose in life with increased happiness.

No matter what your age, then, it’s worth thinking about what gives your life meaning.”

Read More:

Find out what kinds of things people say give their lives meaning.

Here’s an exercise for increasing meaningfulness

And a study finding that feeling you belong increases the sense of meaning.

The study was published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine (Cohen et al., 2015).

A sense of purpose in life
Link: http://www.spring.org.uk/2015/12/here-is-why-a-sense-of-purpose-in-life-is-important-for-health

Gorilla and her Baby Pumpkin Carving for a Happy Halloween

2016-10-30T06:05:00.002-07:00

The Mindful Gorilla

Trampled by world's 2nd largest mountain gorilla in Rwanda

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