No / Abridged version of article Milne E, Johnson SE, Waters GM et al (2018) The mother-infant bond: a systematic review of research that includes mothers’ subjective experience of the relationship. Community Practitioner. Accepted for publication.

Människor tenderar att driva iväg i tankarna en stor del av den vakna tiden oavsett vad de företar sig. Vidare uppvisar befolkningen otillräcklig sömn vilket är avgörande för kognitiva förmågan och individers hälsa. Studiens syfte var att undersöka sömn som prediktor för uppmärksamhet i form av mind wandering, samt specifikt kategorierna spontaneous och deliberate mind wandering. Ett andra syfte var att undersöka kön, ålder, studerande och arbetande som prediktorer för mind wandering, samt specifikt spontaneous och deliberate mind wandering. Den första hypotesen var att sömnstörningar predicerar mind wandering. Den andra hypotesen var att sömnstörningar predicerar spontaneous mind wandering. Den tredje hypotesen var att kön predicerar a) mind wandering, b) spontaneous mind wandering och c) deliberate mind wandering. Den fjärde hypotesen var att ålder predicerar spontaneous mind wandering. Studien använde kvantitativ metod med ett bekvämlighetsurval och snöbollseffekt. Datainsamlingen skedde med en digital självskattningsenkät och bestod av 201 deltagare. Enkäten innehöll instrumenten The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance (PROMIS), mind wandering questionnaire (MWQ), Mind Wandering Spontaneous (MW-S) och Mind Wandering Deliberate (MW-D). Data analyserades med deskriptiv statistik och multipel regression. Resultatet gav stöd för den första, andra och tre hypotesen, dock förkastades den fjärde hypotesen. Sömnstörningar och kön predicerar mind wandering och spontaneous mind wandering. Studerande och kön predicerar deliberate mind wandering. Däremot predicerade ålder inte mind wandering. Sammantaget visade studien att sömnstörningar har samband med mind wandering, men endast avseende spontaneous mind wandering vilket kan associeras till bristande exekutiv kontroll. Negativa implikationer är associerade med spontaneous mind wandering då det kan leda till att individen inte kan fullfölja sin uppgift och bli mer benägen att känna sig olycklig. / People tend to drift away in their thoughts for a large part of their waking hours regardless of what they are doing. Furthermore, the population exhibits insufficient sleep, which is crucial for cognitive ability and the health of individuals. The purpose of the study was to investigate sleep as a predictor of mind wandering, as well as special categories of spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering. Another aim was to investigate gender, age, studies and work as predictors of mind wandering, spontaneous and deliberate mind wandering. The first hypothesis was that sleep disturbances predict mind wandering. The second hypothesis was that sleep disturbances predict spontaneous mind wandering. The third hypothesis was that gender predicts a) mind wandering, b) spontaneous mind wandering and c) deliberate mind wandering. The fourth hypothesis was that age predicts spontaneous mind wandering. The study used quantitative methods with a convenience sample and snowball effect. The data collection took place with a digital self-assessment questionnaire and consisted of 201 participants. The survey contained the instruments The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sleep Disturbance (PROMIS), mind wandering questionnaire (MWQ), Mind Wandering Spontaneous (MW-S) and Mind Wandering Deliberate (MW-D). The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The result provided support for the first, second and third hypothesis, however the fourth hypothesis was rejected. Sleep disturbances and gender predict mind wandering and spontaneous mind wandering. Studies and gender predict deliberate mind wandering. In contrast, age did not predict mind wandering. Overall, the study showed that sleep disorders are related to mind wandering, but only with regard to spontaneous mind wandering. Negative implications are associated with spontaneous mind wandering as it can lead to the individual feeling unhappy.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Catharine H. Echols. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 P37 / Master of Science

This thesis investigates an understanding of the relationship between mind and world which avoids defining the former as a naturalizable entity and the latter as identifiable with the world described by the natural sciences. I recommend paying closer attention to the notion of person and to our practical encounter with the world. I reject the idea of the world's having a given structure which is independent of our knowledge of it and, consequently, any conception of knowledge as a search for free-standing essences. I start by criticizing the project of naturalizing intentionality in general, and the content of mental states in particular. I focus on Fodor's language of thought and his explication of semantic relations as relations between individual mental representations and isolated features of the world. I argue that this sort of account leads to scepticism or to postulating pre-established harmony. An alternative, Davidsonian framework which highlights the interdependence of meaning and knowledge is explored. Following the Kantian line opened by McDowell, I propose pursuing Davidson's philosophy to its ultimate consequences and defend a non-foundationalist role for experience, oppose Davidson's inconsistent deferentialist attitude to physical processes, and suggest retaining the idea of mental causation by defining causation in terms of explanatory practices rather than laws. From this perspective minds cease to be bundles of mysterious internal states of organisms which need relating to tangible matter. Instead, sense is made of people's dealings with the world in terms of their interaction with each other, their ability to communicate, and the rationality and normativity which regulates their lives. I argue that it is only from this perspective that claims of knowledge can be made, and that attempts at reducing normativity to the supposedly descriptive stance of science eliminate the grounds for maintaining that such attempts should be taken as true or correct.

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This paper examines the role and significance of kinesthetic empathy through a framework modeled in Dance/Movement Therapy. With the innate capacity to connect with others, understand ourselves in greater depth, and learn about the world around us, this paper argues for the human importance of creating empathy in intersubjective dynamics and relations, for the betterment of all parties involved. A system of phases is proposed which includes biological and psychological factors to create a model for intentional kinesthetic empathy. The model looks at empathy through the lens of kinesthesia, as the most authentic way to create this empathic potential to be used as a learning tool.

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