Psychological Space Research Articles

Formation of psychological space as a factor of successful adaptation to school of children with speech disorders

The essence and significance of the formation of psychological space as a factor of successful adaptation to school of children with speech disorders are analyzed. It is determined, that the violation of the child's psychological space causes a painful attitude to everything around and contributes to the formation of internal psychological conflict, which inevitably leads to loss of learning motivation, reduced cognitive activity, disrupted relationships with teachers and peers. The aim is to prove that the formation of psychological space will contribute to the successful adaptation of children with speech disorders to study in primary education.
 The methods of research of the outlined problem are theoretical methods that allowed to separate the provisions that needed to be verified. Empirical methods allowed to identify the level of adaptability of children to study in an educational institution, among them: observation, conversation, testing, statement experiment, processing of research results (presented as a percentage). 
 It was found, that psychological space, a sense of comfort, safety is one of the most important areas of human life, and a properly constructed psychological space can provide a sense of security in the school environment during the period of adaptation.
 It is noted, that in order to facilitate the adaptation of children to learning, in the primary level should be a deep and expanded diagnosis of readiness for learning activities and preparatory work with children who have insufficient school adaptation.
 The diagnostic procedure and the program of research of psychological space as a factor of successful adaptation to school of children with speech disorders are described. The conditions of formation of personal space of a junior schoolchild are defined. 
 It is concluded, that the purposeful formation of psychological space makes it possible to ensure the success of the process of adaptation to learning at school. Psychological space, a sense of comfort, security is one of the most important areas of human life and from the first days of children's schooling, a teacher must ensure that school attendance for a child is not burdensome, form a cognitive learning motive that would dominate in the future studying

The Reading Closet

In this essay, I introduce and conceptualize the term “reading closet” to describe one’s voluntarily exiling oneself from the corporeal world and hiding in a mental space that reading affords. The reading closet connotes a safe, psychological space in which one can silently explore both the contents of texts and those of one’s own desires that are triggered by one’s reading acts. This essay is an attempt to articulate, through its original term, the ways in which we look for an opportunity to be alone with any book available at the moment—for the silent moment of reading that no one could interrupt or penetrate.

The phenomenon of high school students’ academic laziness and satisfaction with the attitude of significant relatives

Introduction. The phenomenon of students’ academic laziness is an urgent and even topical problem for all subjects of the educational system – difficulties arise both for students and significant adults. The research purpose is to develop and test a methodology for studying the possible links between the phenomenon of academic laziness and students’ assessment of satisfaction with relationships with significant relatives. Materials and methods. The study was conducted in the context of the methodology of the ecopsychological approach to understanding the development of the psyche, in which the activity of an individual determines the formation of a subject of educational activity. The study involved 269 students in grades 7–11 of the Moscow general education school. Schoolchildren were offered two methods aimed at studying the phenomenon of academic laziness, as well as a personal resource, including an assessment of the attitude of significant adults and classmates. Methods of mathematical statistics such as Cronbach’s alpha and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient were used. Research results. Methodology “Academic Laziness or Reasons for Unwillingness to Learn” was tested on 269 students in grades 8-11; the second methodology “Personal Resource of Subjectivity Formation” was tested on 402 students in grades 7-11. The proposed article uses the results of the third block – students’ assessment of the attitude of significant adults and classmates. The results of the correlation analysis show statistically significant relationships between the identified causes of academic laziness and the nature of the assessment of satisfaction with relationships with significant people, namely: dissatisfaction with the teachers’ attitude (-0.508), relationships with parents (-0.467); poor health of a schoolchild at school (-0.401) and in the family (-0.414); low level of understanding of the meaning of schooling (-0.302) and in the family (-0.376) at a significance level p<0.001. Discussion of results and conclusion. The assumption that the phenomenon of academic laziness and students’ assessment of significant relationships can be considered as related phenomena was confirmed. It was revealed that satisfaction with the attitude of significant adults will contribute to the student’s learning activity. The methodology “Academic Laziness, or Reasons for Unwillingness to Learn” can be considered as a tool for organizing a corrective psychological space in the field of optimizing the schoolchildren’s educational activities.

Decoloniality as a social issue for psychological study

AbstractThis article provides a theoretical introduction to a two‐installment special issue on decolonial approaches to the psychological study of social issues. Decolonial approaches propose that colonial violence is not confined to the distant past (i.e., colonialism); instead, it persists as coloniality: racialized ways of thinking and being associated with Eurocentric global domination. Rather than characterizing modernity and its individualist psychological manifestations as progress, decolonial theorists use modernity/coloniality to illuminate the colonial violence inherent in the modern order and inseparable from modern individualist development. One implication of a decolonial framework is that colonial violence extends beyond physical space to psychological space, such that complete liberation requires forms of psychological decolonization. Accordingly, articles in this first installment consider decoloniality as a social issue for psychological analysis not only to address historical trauma, internalized inferiority, and other forms of psychological violence among the (formerly) colonized but also to recognize the coloniality in features of Eurocentric modernity—e.g., mainstream environmentalism, prevailing articulations of human rights education, or modern individualist lifeways—that appear liberal or progressive.

Pulsion et clinique de la déambulation dans un syndrome de type Alzheimer : une lecture lacanienne

AimsThis article addresses the issue of wandering in Alzheimer's disease from a psychoanalytic point of view, taking into account the importance of the spatial dimension in psychic dynamics. MethodAfter having presented wandering from a behavioral point of view, it is discussed from a metapsychological perspective, making use of A. & G. Haddad's concept of the “viatoric drive” and as well as J. Lacan's reflections on “the wandering of the journey” and “the wandering of desire.” The clinical vignette of Mr. M. in a workshop of therapeutic mediation through art helps us illustrate the unconscious psychic movements at play in walking. ResultsThree subjective markers emerge: wandering reveals the subject's difficult in orienting himself in both physical and psychological space, demonstrating a form of excitation that is not supported by the viatoric drive; “the wandering of the journey” makes it possible to relocate the place of the Other in the Imaginary; “the wandering of desire” incites the subject to repetition through the play of the drives. DiscussionNeurodegenerative disease is an obstacle to wandering. Art-therapy workshops can help Alzheimer's patients with the reorganization of wandering, where unconscious knowledge would prevail over the excitation of ambulation, thus suggesting, for the subject, the possibility of a structuring “elsewhere.” ConclusionThinking of mediated workshops as places of creation for the subject opens up the possibility of inhabiting one's wandering, considered as expressions of a journey and of desire.

ASPIRE: A Program for Developing Clinician Educators' Scholarship, Advancement, and Sense of Community.

Faculty development programs encouraging clinician educators' scholarship have been established at many medical schools. The same is true for programs that address the isolation and loneliness many faculty members feel in their day-to-day clinical work and administration. Few programs have explicitly combined development of scholarship and sense of community. The goals of the Advanced Scholars Program for Internists in Research and Education (ASPIRE) are as follows: (1) provide training in scholarship development including research methods, implementation, and dissemination; (2) provide expert mentoring and support for professional development; and (3) create a greater sense of campus community. ASPIRE scholars are clinician educators in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. The program runs 18months, includes intensive mentoring, covered time for scholars and mentors, resources, and two half-day educational sessions per month focused on scholarship and community development. Institutional leaders' public statements and actions regarding ASPIRE were documented by program leadership. Data collected from ASPIRE mentors and scholars through interviews and free text survey responses were analyzed using an immersion/crystallization approach. Two central themes were identified for both scholars and mentors: benefits and challenges of the program. Benefits included mentors, program design, community development, increased confidence, skills development, improved patient care, and institutional impact. Challenges included time to accomplish the program, balance of community-building and skills development, and lack of a clear path post-ASPIRE. Combining skills-based learning with safe psychological space were judged important elements of success for the ASPIRE program. Conversations are ongoing to identify opportunities for scholars who have completed the program to continue to pursue scholarship, expand their skills, and build community. We conclude that the program both is feasible and was well-received. Sustainability and generalizability are important next steps in ensuring the viability of the program.

Features of Self-Awareness in Patients with Schizophrenia

This paper discusses in detail the concept of “self-awareness” and its main components, and describes the features of self-consciousness and the course of the disease in people with schizophrenia. The specific features inherent in the self-awareness of people who have schizophrenia are revealed. The paper presents the experience of modern researchers who studied the features of self-awareness of patients with schizophrenia by analyzing documentary sources, analyzing the major psychometric scales of the subjects, studying their ideas about their psychological well-being and their own psychological space, and analyzing the self-descriptions of patients.

The Application of Color Psychology in Community Health Environment Design.

The topic of health has gained importance in today's society in the context of a healthy China. The success of community environmental design is intimately correlated with everyone's physical and mental health since it is the setting for people's daily lives. At present, although the facilities and equipment of the community environment in our country are improving day by day, the important role of color psychology in the community environment has been neglected. Color has always been a part of human life and a very important component of the community environment. When it comes to the design of communal environments, the color design of various areas will have variable degrees of influence on the psychological space and perspective of individuals. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the application value of color psychology in the design of community health environments using color psychology as a scientific foundation. Additionally, the paper attempts to use color psychology as a scientific basis to study the thinking of health issues in the community environment. In addition, the results of the questionnaire survey are used to perform analysis and discussion in order to investigate the regular characteristics of the various research objects, as well as their preferences and psychological needs for color. This is done with the goal of providing empirical support for the improvement of the community environment and the health of the people living in it. In the end, the results of the questionnaire survey are compiled with four different design concepts. These design principles include functionality, naturalness, beauty, and safety. And the design intention and optimization strategy from the three directions the overall building, planting, and paving in the community healthy environment are then presented. This is done in order to create a colorful and comfortable healthy environment for the community life of people and to support the development of people's physical and mental health.

Mapping the Lost Home: Psalm 137 and Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing

Mapping the Lost Home: Psalm 137 and Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing Rachel Ewing Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, tells the story of Jojo, a thirteen-year-old biracial boy in coastal Mississippi, and his family as they struggle to navigate issues of grief and addiction rooted in the generational trauma of racist oppression. When Jojo’s father Michael, a former meth cook, is released from the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, Jojo accompanies his mother Leonie, baby sister Kayla, and questionable family friend Misty on a road trip across the state to bring Michael home. Although the family is temporarily reunited, theirs is not a happy ending. Grandmother and matriarch Philomène dies of cancer; Jojo learns the horrific truth about his beloved grandfather River’s own time as a prisoner; and Leonie and Michael’s meth addiction intensifies. Anxious and restless, Jojo begins walking the woods near his home. In the final pages of the novel, such a walk leads him to something strange: a tree full of ghosts, with bird-like spirits perched two or three to a branch “all the way up to the top, to the feathered leaves” (282). The vision, which Kayla also sees when she and River follow Jojo, evokes the horrors of lynching, the “strange fruit” of Abel Meeropol’s poem and Billie Holiday’s famous song. Readers might also think of the tree of crucifixion, or the baobab tree of African legend.1 Considered alongside the ghosts’ behavior, however—the [End Page 143] “speaking” of the trauma of their death, and their longing remembrance of “home” when Kayla sings—the tree of ghosts functions as a modified iteration of the poplar(s) (or willow[s]) of Psalm 137, sometimes called the Tree of Lamentations, in which the exiled Judean singers hang their harps on the bank in Babylon. 1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.2There on the poplars we hung our harps,3for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?5If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you,if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.2 The psalm has a long history in resistance art. Rose Lucas, among many others, explains its adaptation to “articulate Caribbean and African-American experiences of colonisation and its resistant voices” (2) to express an important liberation theme in Rasta reggae music, and to contrast European and Indigenous experiences in Australian culture. In linking the landscape of the Mississippi coast to the site of exile on the riverbanks of Babylon, Ward brings these associations to bear. As we will see, the adaptation of the psalmist’s tree and the actions of the ghosts—the “speaking” of their trauma, their participation in Kayla’s song, and their refusal to leave the branches—allows the final scene of the novel to encompass both cathartic release and a lament for the loss of a symbolically complex “home,” a lament for a loss that is both past and ongoing, atemporal and rooted in a history of racial oppression. [End Page 144] Avoiding overly simplistic optimism, the ending of the novel is an expression of trauma that in its very existence resists erasure, a complex act of mourning that maps the contours of an unbearable vanishing point as well as a possible path forward. I The adaptation of the tree of Psalm 137 emphasizes “home” as a symbolic and psychological space. Composed after the burning of Jerusalem, the psalm is a lament not only for a physical homeland and cultural identity but also for social bonds previously used to define subjecthood. In the novel, the ghost of the murdered Richie, a boy who served time in Parchman with River, explicitly connects the concept of home to love and family, rather than physical space: “Home...

ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛІЗАЦІЯ МОВИ НОВИХ МЕДІА: ЕВОЛЮЦІЯ ЖАНРОВОЇ ПАРАДИГМИ

The article verbalizes author's position, concerning the intellectualization of genre system of media communication (as a result of communication forms' changes in modern society) and determines the criteria for its professional analysis. These are linguistic, functional and stylistic, linguocultural and sociolinguistic dimensions of evolution of forms of social communication in mass-media sphere. The research focuses on the non-specific communicative principles of the dynamics of genres in traditional and new media, that, according to extra- and intralinguistic factors, provide different ways of fulfilling the tasks of communicative situation. The paper states actual nowadays medialinguistic aspectology for research of media genres in projection on language functions, realized in communicatively changing mass-media context, associated with psychological time and space of culture. Particular attention is paid to the dynamics of functional markers in genre paradigm of media space through the language and cognitive integration of new / traditional genres (post, comment, stories, giveaway, etc.), that in their functional combination form a macrotext, relevant for media communication nowadays. The author also touches upon discussion issues of modern communicative linguistics and media genre theory, that outline the prospects for further investigations in this scientific field: accuracy of nomination and status of certain genres, relevance / irrelevance of traditional for stylistics of the 2nd half of the 20th century genre factors – according to the modern genres of media communication, the diffuse nature of the intellectualization of mass media genre system, connected with appropriate / inappropriate differentiation of such categories, as hyper-genre, sub-genre, genre variety unit, etc.

Способности как объяснительное понятие в современной психологии

The article is devoted to the discussion of the problem of abilities that are relevant for psychological science. The abilities we consider are in the context of modern theoretical and methodological problems of domestic psychology: the conceptual space of psychology, the definition of the subject and method, and the organization of psychological research. It has been debated for some time (beginning in the 1960s) in Russian psychology, the important methodological significance of abilities in explaining numerous aspects of a person's mental life. During which time, a holistic psychological theory of abilities in domestic psychology was not created. The purpose of this article is a theoretical substantiation of the role and place of concepts of abilities in the construction of modern psychological research. The study used the communicative methodology of psychology, allowing us to better consider the process of psychological research as a transformation of the initial abstraction by the researchers in the direction of choosing: the main idea of the study, the base category and modeling representation. Research methods: are the analysis of the role and place of concept of abilities in the design of modern psychological research from material of empirical and experimental data published in leading peer-reviewed journals of 2010 to 2022. As a result, it was found that domestic psychologists use the concept of ability actively in different ways; this defined the main idea of the study. We used, both subjective (from self-awareness), and objective (from behavior), and complex variants of the correlation of the subject and method of studying abilities. This allows us to assert that the concept of ability has an important methodological significance in terms of constructing modern empirical and experimental research. In addition, it showed that the concept of ability performs an important explanatory function in solving the problems of differentiating subjects according to individual psychological characteristics, as well as in explaining the success of performing different types and types of activities.

LIFE PHILOSOPHY "SLOW LIFE" AS A FACTOR OF A SAFE PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE OF PERSONALITY

The article deals with the psychological markers of the Slow Life philosophy, that has emerged and unfold within the social world in many countries. This philosophy of life has gained importance and acts as a contemporary social trend throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This philosophy of life could be a holistic complex, as well as an explicit manner of life, psychological attitudes, values, beliefs, patterns of behavior, and so forth. It's the task of the modern individual to search a replacement philosophy of life. This philosophy is meant to scale back the pressure of society on the individual, whereas protective the worth of the material part of life. One of such search is that the emergence of the Slow Life philosophy, which focuses on a balanced approach to life, within which the worth is the money stability of the person, his own individual experience, the power to relish the instant of life here and now. An empirical study of psychological markers of life philosophy "Slow Life" in a group of people who apply its principles in everyday life and use them in the form of personal guidelines, attitudes, patterns of behavior. This article presents results of the conducted inquiry of psychological options of Slow Life philosophy in young people. Analyzing the information of the research of propensity to use parts of Slow Life philosophy among young people, it ought to be noted: virtually half of the respondents disclosed a high level and quite a 3rd of the respondents have an occasional level of application of Slow Life philosophy concepts. Respondents adhering to the principles of Slow Life philosophy demonstrate higher indicators of motivation, psychological well-being and its components; they're less inclined to emotional burnout, psychological stress and manifestation of negative mental states at a statistically important level. this will testify that Slow Life philosophy of life is thought-about as an element of formation of safer psychological space for a personal in modern conditions of worldwide challenges. Also, the unfold of "Slow Life" life philosophy among young people indicates that it is thought-about as a social trend, that introduces new principles of perspective to life, to the individual within the long run.

The Psychological Space of Professionals’ Trust and Distrust in Socio-Technical Systems

The spatial aspect of professionals' trust and distrust in socio-technical systems has not been sufficiently explored. The study of its structure, criteria for spatial distribution, and interrelationships of elements is of both scientific and practical interest. To perform a comparative analysis of the trust and distrust experienced by professional operators in a socio-technical system of subject-subject and subject-object interactions. This work is based on A.B. Kupreychenko's methodological approach to studying trust and distrust in socio-technical systems, adapted by the authors to the railway transport system in Russia. The subjects were 86 locomotive crew members. The main focus was on their trust/distrust in the operation of the socio-technical (railway transport) system, including their workmates, managers, and themselves, as well as the technical objects they operate (locomotives), manufacturers of railway equipment, and conditions of its operation. The authors identified two relatively independent groups of indicators of trust/distrust in subject-subject and subject-object interactions. Trust in the elements of subject-subject interactions (involving workmates, managers, and the study participants themselves as specialists) was reliably higher than their trust in the elements of subject-object interactions (technical objects, manufacturers of railway equipment, and conditions of its operation). The correlations between trust and distrust in the elements of the socio-technical system were positive. Trust and distrust perform the functions of integrating/differentiating elements of a socio-technical system according to their predictability in various operating conditions. The degree of trust/distrust in the system elements and their "location" in the space of trust/distrust are important when professionals make decisions in the course of performing professional actions. The results of the study can be used for designing socio-technical systems to increase the predictability of their operation in unstable conditions.

Трансформація культурного ландшафту Києва в період незалежності України

The article is about a cultural analysis of Kyiv's cultural landscape, which is made up of a complex of elements such as an architectural ensemble and public spaces, historical and cultural heritage objects, cultural and creative industries, media, along with external agents such as active consumers and contemplators. We observe the fundamental changes in Kyiv's cultural landscape during the period of independence, as a result of modern changes in everyday culture. The article is based on multidisciplinary researches on the psychological space of Harry Trayandis, Sarah Dawkins, Sophia Nartova-Bochaver, visual anthropology of Benjamin Cope, Nerius Millerus, analysis of the transformation of leisure practices of Neil Brenchby-Barbury-Simbros and others. The scientific developments of Ernst Cassirer, Manuel Castells, Arnold Toynbee, and Tolcott Parsons are important core theories on which the methodology of work is built. The transformation in the overall cultural viewpoint may be seen in the development of urban cultural landscapes, as well as the increased emphasis on the production of cultural services. If the city used to be a "factory" for producing goods, it is now a market for services. Cities are becoming more and more places where cultural practices can be carried out. As a result, capital freely flows in the city, fueling the expansion of the cultural environment. Mapping residents' daily cultural practices is evolving into a technique for mapping urban area and industries. Modern geographers like Neil Brenner, David Hervey, and others have recognized 1970s-era spatial alterations in Western cities. The city development, particularly its cultural environment, began with Ukraine's independence in 1991. "Antropolis: wspóczesny Gdask w wymiarze symbolicznym" is a signifcant resource for us. It is a study of Gdansk's urban anthropology from a German to a Polish city after the city's architectural ensemble was demolished during WWII. The experience detailed in the essay is used to propose solutions for the rebuilding of Ukrainian cities. From 1991 to the present, a cultural investigation of the transformative processes of urban cultural landscapes and socio-culture phenomena in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has not been conducted. The cultural landscapes of Ukrainian cities are being transformed, and the cultural coordinates of local communities' social engagement in the alteration of the cultural landscape of cities are being determined.

Sovereignty of the Psychological Space of Men Involved in Amateur Sports

Sovereignty of the Psychological Space of Men Involved in Amateur Sports

Everyday life information means while reflecting in the individual consciousness on postmodern reality background

The purpose of the article is a detailed analysis of information means of reflecting objective reality,in an individual consciousness in a postmodern society. The methodology is based on the use of activity,systemic, socio-cultural approaches, as well as methods of comparative and terminological analysis. Thescientific novelty of work is that the means of reflecting everyday reality in the individual consciousness areinvestigated. Mechanisms of influence of information technologies of mass communication on social identity,lifestyle, and culture, in general, are analyzed. It has been proved that social and cultural phenomena such aspost-folklore, ritualization, mythology, enigmatic narratives play an important role in the process of awarenessof objective reality. It is justified that the consciousness of the individual is in a total space created by masscommunication, and therefore the perception of everyday reality occurs under the influence of informationtechnologies. A significant role in modern society is played by the processes of demassification of everydaylife, which generate pluralism and a variety of thoughts; entertainment and humor are the main factors inthe manipulation of individual and social consciousness. Conclusions. Postmodern reality determines theemergence and development of such phenomena of everyday life, which turn into an important means ofinfluencing the social, and especially the individual consciousness. Everyday life through means of masscommunication is reflected as an image of reality in the individual’s brain, is realized and reproduced as asubjective reality. Scientific exploration in this area will always be relevant since everyday life in modernpostmodern society is an important specific source of society development, the meeting space of philosophy,psychology, social communications, and culture. In our further research, we plan to study in more detail theimpact of post-folklore on the consciousness of the individual in postmodern reality.Keywords: subjective reality, everyday life, enigmatic narratives, mythologization, ritualization, postfolklore, postmodernism, demassification.

Моделирование психолого-педагогического сопровождения студентов с особыми образовательными потребностями в вузе в условиях инклюзивного образования

In Kazakhstan, there is a significant activation of inclusive processes in the higher education system. It is impossible to consider teaching students with special educational needs at a university without creating an inclusive educational environment and implementing psychological and pedagogical support measures. In this regard, there is a need to study the basics of psychological and pedagogical support of persons with disabilities at the university. Inclusive education involves the formation and support of such an integrative psychological and pedagogical space in which neither students with special needs nor students with conditionally normative development will experience difficulties in the process of interaction. The purpose of the study is to analyze the activities of a teacher-psychologist and tutor when accompanying students with special needs in higher education. Based on the data obtained, a model of psychological and pedagogical support of students with special educational needs in higher educational institutions was developed. The implementation of an effective model of support for students with disabilities at universities determines appropriate psychological and pedagogical prerequisites for the development of inclusive higher education. The successful integration of persons with disabilities into the social space of the university has an immense impact on the formation of a positive perception in the learning environment of students. Moreover, it contributes to their positive assimilation of the training program. Within the framework of this article tries to investigate the regulatory and legal framework of inclusive education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, its approaches, principles, and methods of implementing psychological and pedagogical support for students with special needs at universities.

The effects of basic psychological needs satisfaction and mindfulness on solicitors’ well-being

ABSTRACT Rising reports of poor mental health and well-being in lawyers across multiple jurisdictions, notably the United States of America, Australia, and the United Kingdom (UK), have led to a growing international focus on this topic. Yet there remains a paucity of empirical data on the well-being of solicitors practising in England and Wales. Framed by self-determination theory (SDT), we undertook a cross-sectional survey of 340 trainee and qualified solicitors in England and Wales to (1) benchmark the psychological well-being of solicitors against other UK occupational groups and adult population norms; and (2) test relationships between mindfulness, satisfaction of basic psychological needs (perceived autonomy, relatedness, and competence at work) and psychological well-being. The SDT components positively and significantly related to well-being. Mindfulness partially mediated the pathway between basic psychological needs satisfaction and well-being, suggesting that satisfaction of these needs may in themselves facilitate higher mindfulness, thereby contributing to greater levels of well-being. We conceive that autonomy, relatedness, and competence at work provide the psychological space necessary for mindfulness to be cultivated, within which well-being can thrive. These findings support the importance of a systemic approach to solicitors’ well-being to safeguard basic psychological needs in the workplace.

An Expatriate’s perspective of India: A study of India- A Wounded Civilization

Expatriate writing, born out of a paradox between movement and resettlement, a sense of belongingness and alienation, has come to occupy a significant position between cultures and countries. It provides fresh perspectives and raises new theoretical formulations. In the process of trying to understand, or rather unravel, it constructs new identities since such creative expressions involve redefining positions and renegotiating boundaries of the emotional and psychological space one can relate to or which one considers his very own. Cultures travel within the psychological realm with the writers living abroad as they shuttle between the physical and psychological paradigms of two different nations. Cultural theories today are being rewritten by such writers who occupy the “in between’ position living on the peripherals of two cultures.

Normalization by valence and motivational intensity in the sensorimotor cortices (PMd, M1, and S1)

Our brain’s ability to represent vast amounts of information, such as continuous ranges of reward spanning orders of magnitude, with limited dynamic range neurons, may be possible due to normalization. Recently our group and others have shown that the sensorimotor cortices are sensitive to reward value. Here we ask if psychological affect causes normalization of the sensorimotor cortices by modulating valence and motivational intensity. We had two non-human primates (NHP) subjects (one male bonnet macaque and one female rhesus macaque) make visually cued grip-force movements while simultaneously cueing the level of possible reward if successful, or timeout punishment, if unsuccessful. We recorded simultaneously from 96 electrodes in each the following: caudal somatosensory, rostral motor, and dorsal premotor cortices (cS1, rM1, PMd). We utilized several normalization models for valence and motivational intensity in all three regions. We found three types of divisive normalized relationships between neural activity and the representation of valence and motivation, linear, sigmodal, and hyperbolic. The hyperbolic relationships resemble receptive fields in psychological affect space, where a unit is susceptible to a small range of the valence/motivational space. We found that these cortical regions have both strong valence and motivational intensity representations.