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Comfortably Numb is a song by Pink Floyd from their album The Wall (1979). It was inspired by Roger Waters' experience of being injected with tranquilisers before a performance and features two guitar solos by David Gilmour.
Charles Barber is an American author and Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University who writes narrative nonfiction books about medicine, psychiatry, and criminal justice. He has published six books, including Songs from the Black Chair, Comfortably Numb, and In the Blood, and has lectured nationally and internationally on these topics.
The IAPS is a database of pictures for studying emotion and attention, accompanied by normative ratings of valence, arousal and dominance. The IAPS was developed by the University of Florida and has been used in various psychophysiological and psychological research.
Desensitization is a psychological process that reduces emotional responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposure. It is used to treat phobias and anxieties by gradually exposing the client to the feared stimulus while using relaxation techniques.
Reduced affect display is a condition of reduced emotional reactivity in an individual. It can be symptomatic of various disorders, such as schizophrenia, depression, or brain damage, and can affect different brain structures and regions.
A mental image is an experience that resembles perceiving something but occurs when it is not present. Learn about the concept of mind's eye, the physical basis of mental imagery, and the variations in imagery ability across people and animals.
Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. It is based on the correlation between primate brain size and average social group size, and has been applied to various fields such as anthropology, psychology, and business.
Psychic numbing, as it shifts away from the collectivist view, is a common characteristic of people who suffer from PTSD. A general definition of psychic numbing is a diminished response to the external world. [10] There are three elements that attribute to psychic numbing: [10] Loss of interest in activity; detachment from others