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The book received positive reviews for presenting fundamental new developments in transpersonal psychology. According to Gregg Lahood and Edward Dale it was representative for the changes in transpersonal psychology, after the initial east-west synthesis and Wilber's neo-Perennial hierarchical models.
The typical height of an adult human is between 1.4 and 1.9 m (4 ft 7 in and 6 ft 3 in), although this varies significantly depending on sex, ethnic origin, and family bloodlines. [239] [240] Body size is partly determined by genes and is also significantly influenced by environmental factors such as diet, exercise, and sleep patterns. [241]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 767 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) ^ a b Webb, Wanda G. (2017-01-01), Webb, Wanda G. (ed.), "2 - Organization of the Nervous System I" , Neurology for the Speech-Language Pathologist (Sixth Edition) , Mosby, pp. 13– 43, doi : 10.1016/b978-0-323-10027-4.00002-6 , ISBN ...
A.R. Luria published his well-known book The Working Brain in 1973 as a concise adjunct volume to his previous 1962 book Higher Cortical Functions in Man. In this volume, Luria summarized his three-part global theory of the working brain as being composed of three constantly co-active processes which he described as the; (1) Attention system ...
In psychology and neuroscience, executive dysfunction, or executive function deficit is a disruption to the efficacy of the executive functions, which is a group of cognitive processes that regulate, control, and manage other cognitive processes. [1] Executive dysfunction can refer to both neurocognitive deficits and behavioural symptoms.
Schematic of diathesis–stress model. The diathesis-stress model, also known as the vulnerability–stress model, is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and stress caused by life experiences.
Ten pairs of cranial nerves come from the brainstem. [5] Other roles include the regulation of the central nervous system and the body's sleep cycle . [ 4 ] It is also of prime importance in the conveyance of motor and sensory pathways from the rest of the brain to the body, and from the body back to the brain. [ 4 ]
Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields.