Atualmente a obesidade desponta como epidemia global, uma das patologias de mais alto risco e com graves consequências para a saúde física e mental. Suas formas de tratamento mostram-se ineficazes, as pessoas sentem dificuldade em seguir dietas alimentares e manter atividades físicas. Assim, a perda de peso não permanece por muito tempo. Pensando nas possíveis formas de tratamento, este trabalho teve por objetivo averiguar as possibilidades de auxílio proporcionadas pelo Psicodiagnóstico Interventivo como coadjuvante no tratamento de mulheres com obesidade grau II. Foram realizados cinco estudos de caso com mulheres entre 30 e 40 anos, com IMC maior que 35 kg/m² e menor que 39,9 kg/m² (obesidade grau II), de nível socioeconômico médio. Elas foram encaminhadas pela equipe médica do Centro de Saúde-Escola da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. Realizou-se avaliação psicológica em oito sessões, com aplicação do Procedimento do Desenho da Figura Humana (DFH), no início e ao final do processo; entrevista semiestruturada e Procedimento de Desenhos-Estória (D-E), com enfoque interventivo. As técnicas foram avaliadas por meio do método da livre inspeção, em uma abordagem qualitativa de perspectiva psicanalítica. Houve similaridades entre as mulheres avaliadas. Como aspectos comuns, todas elas tiveram experiências iniciais com um ambiente que não se mostrou suficientemente bom, incapaz de prover suas necessidades afetivas. A figura materna não foi capaz de acolher as necessidades das mulheres, também não houve auxílio da figura paterna, que foi vista com intensa rigidez, autoritarismo e severidade. A falta de confiança no ambiente familiar pareceu se estender ao convívio social das mulheres, em especial, em seus relacionamentos amorosos, tidos como insuficientes e até traumáticos. Muitas vezes, o outro funcionou como figura provedora de afeto e cuidado, em uma tentativa de substituir o prejuízo das figuras parentais. Assim, ele era visto como cuidador e não aquele capaz de prover satisfação sexual. As mulheres apresentaram sentimentos de menos valia, desvalorização de si e baixa autoestima, recorrendo à submissão ao outro e a busca incessante por agradá-lo para não perder o seu afeto. Elas usavam o alimento como forma de se proteger do contato interpessoal, por receio de sofrerem e não serem amadas, como uma capa falso self que protegesse o self verdadeiro. Logo, afastavam-se deste convívio, sentindo-se isoladas. A falta de provimento das necessidades dessas mulheres na infância acarretou em dificuldade em ser autônoma e fazer uso pessoal dos objetos, com prejuízos na passagem pela transicionalidade. Durante o Psicodiagnóstico Interventivo, o encontro entre participante e pesquisadora permitiu que as mulheres se sentissem seguras, confiantes e aceitas, mesmo ao demonstrar seus sentimentos hostis em relação ao outro. O fornecimento de holding e a vivência de um ambiente suficientemente bom, oferecido durante a avaliação/intervenção, permitiram que elas entrassem em contato consigo mesmas, conhecessem suas necessidades e desejos, podendo expressá-los sem sofrer retaliação ou perder o objeto amado. Assim, foi dado um sentido para o alimento e cada uma pôde fazer uso desta significação em sua vida pessoal. / In the present days, obesity stands out as a global epidemics and one of the most risky pathologies, with serious consequences for both physical and mental health. Treatments for such illness have shown unsuccessful, with people experiencing difficulties in following alimentary diets and keep on practicing physical exercises. Therefore, weight loss does not last for long. Within the reflections on possible treatment strategies, the present study aimed to investigate care possibilities offered by Intervenient Psychodiagnosis as an adjuvant resource in the treatment of Level II, obese women. Five case studies were performed, with women ranging from 30 to 40 years of age, BMI between 35 kg/m² and 39,9 kg/m² (Level II Obesity) and average socio-economic level. All participants were addressed by their medical staff (School/Health Unit Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo) and psychologically assessed along eight sessions. The following instruments were applied: Human Figure Drawing Test (HFDT; beginning and end of process); semi-structured interview and Drawing-and-Story Procedure (D-E), with an intervenient approach. All techniques were assessed via free inspection method, in a qualitative, psychoanalytical approach. Similarities were found along all participants; common aspects include initial experiences within an ambient that has shown not sufficiently good, and therefore, unable to support participants affective needs. The same inability was observed in the maternal figure, as well as lack of support by a paternal figure, which was perceived as highly rigid, authoritative and severe. The lack of confidence in the familiar ambient seemed to extend to participants sociability, especially when regarding their love relationships, which were experienced as insufficient and even traumatic. Many times, the other worked as an affection and care provider, in an attempt to substitute the impairment of parental figures. Hence, such other was seen as someone who took care and not one able to provide sexual satisfaction. The participants also presented feelings of low self-esteem as well as self-depreciation, recurring to the other in a submissive way, in an attempt to incessantly pleasing this object, so that his/her affection would not be lost. Food was used by participants as way to protect themselves from interpersonal contact, due to their fear of suffering and not be loved; such expedient worked as a false-self cloak, in order to protect the true self. Soon, participants would create a distance from such contact, leading to feelings of isolation. The lacks of necessities satisfaction of such women during their infancies led to a difficulty in developing autonomy and make a personal use of objects, as well as to an impairment of their passage to transitionality. During Intervenient Psychodiagnosis, the meeting of participant and researcher allowed that these women felt safe, confident and accepted, even when showing hostile feelings toward the other. The offering of holding and experience in a sufficiently good ambient, as done during the assessment/intervention, allowed these women to get in touch with themselves and to know their needs and desires, as well as experiencing they could be expressed without retaliation, or leading to a loss of the loved object. Therefore, food was attributed a meaning, with each of the participants being able to make use of such meaning in their personal lives.

Dada uma superfície M, definiremos os grupos de tranças de M, denotado por \'B IND. n\' (M), geometricamente e usando a noção de espaços de confiuração. Mostraremos a equivalência das definições. Na mesma linha de raciocínio, definiremos os grupos de tranças puras de superfícies \'P IND. n\' (M). Apresentaremos as propriedades mais importantes dos grupos de tranças do plano e mostraremos que \'B IND. n\' (\'R POT. 2\') injeta em \'B IND. n\' (M), para muitas superfícies M. Mais detalhadamente, obteremos a apresentação de \'B IND. n\' (\'RP POT. 2\' ) e \'P IND. n\'(\'RP POT. 2\') / For a surface M, we define the braid groups of M, \'B IND. n\'(M), geometricaly and using the notion of configuration spaces. We show the equivalence of these definitions. In the sequence, we define the pure braid group of M, \'P IND. n\' (M). We present the most important properties of braid groups of the plane and we show that \'B IND. n\'\'(\'R POT. 2\') embedds in \'B IND. n\' (M), for almost all M. In a more detailed fashion, we present \'B IND. n\' (\'RP POT. 2\') and \'P IND. n\' (\'RP POT. 2)

by Lok Tsan-ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75). / Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 1 --- "Rings, Modules and Categories" --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1 --- "Rings, Subrings and Ideals" --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2 --- Modules and Categories --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Module Theory --- p.13 / Chapter 2 --- Isomorphisms between Endomorphism rings of Quasiprogener- ators --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- Preliminaries --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Fundamental Theorem --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3 --- Isomorphisms Induced by Semilinear Maps --- p.41 / Chapter 2.4 --- Isomorphisms of General linear groups --- p.46 / Chapter 3 --- Endomorphism ring of projective module --- p.54 / Chapter 3.1 --- Preliminaries --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2 --- Main Theorem --- p.60 / Bibliography --- p.74

Cluster categories, introduced by Buan–Marsh–Reineke–Reiten–Todorov and later generalised by Amiot, are certain 2-Calabi–Yau triangulated categories that model the combinatorics of cluster algebras without frozen variables. When frozen variables do occur, it is natural to try to model the cluster combinatorics via a Frobenius category, with the indecomposable projective-injective objects corresponding to these special variables. Amiot–Iyama–Reiten show how Frobenius categories admitting (d-1)-cluster-tilting objects arise naturally from the data of a Noetherian bimodule d-Calabi–Yau algebra A and an idempotent e of A such that A/< e > is finite dimensional. In this work, we observe that this phenomenon still occurs under the weaker assumption that A and A^op are internally d-Calabi–Yau with respect to e; this new definition allows the d-Calabi–Yau property to fail in a way controlled by e. Under either set of assumptions, the algebra B=eAe is Iwanaga–Gorenstein, and eA is a cluster-tilting object in the Frobenius category GP(B) of Gorenstein projective B-modules. Geiß–Leclerc–Schröer define a class of cluster algebras that are, by construction, modelled by certain Frobenius subcategories Sub(Q_J) of module categories over preprojective algebras. Buan–Iyama–Reiten–Smith prove that the endomorphism algebra of a cluster-tilting object in one of these categories is a frozen Jacobian algebra. Following Keller–Reiten, we observe that such algebras are internally 3-Calabi–Yau with respect to the idempotent corresponding to the frozen vertices, thus obtaining a large class of examples of such algebras. Geiß–Leclerc–Schröer also attach, via an algebraic homogenization procedure, a second cluster algebra to each category Sub(Q_J), by adding more frozen variables. We describe how to compute the quiver of a seed in this cluster algebra via approximation theory in the category Sub(Q_J); our alternative construction has the advantage that arrows between the frozen vertices appear naturally. We write down a potential on this enlarged quiver, and conjecture that the resulting frozen Jacobian algebra A and its opposite are internally 3-Calabi–Yau. If true, the algebra may be realised as the endomorphism algebra of a cluster-tilting object in a Frobenius category GP(B) as above. We further conjecture that GP(B) is stably 2-Calabi–Yau, in which case it would provide a categorification of this second cluster algebra.

A Cohomologia de Hochschild é um invariante associado a álgebras o qual pode nos fornecer propiedades homologicas das álgebras e suas categorias de módulos. Além disso tem aplicações em Geometria Algébrica e Teoria de Representações, entre outras áreas. Para álgebras A sobre um corpo, o i-ésimo grupo de cohomologia de Hochschild HH^i(A,M) de A, com coeficientes no bimódulo M, coincide com Ext^i_{A^e}(A,M). Logo, este pode ser calculado usando uma resolução projetiva da álgebra como A-bimódulo. Diferentes autores como Dieter Happel, Claude Cibils, Edward Green, David Anick, Michael Bardzell e Andrea Solotar desenvolveram ferramentas para a construção destas resoluções em casos específicos. Um resultado recente e muito importante é apresentado por Andrea Solotar e Sergio Chohuy, onde se mostra a construção de uma resolução projetiva de bimódulos para álgebras associativas generalizando o resultado para álgebras monomiais feito por Bardzell. Nesta dissertação pretendemos introduzir ao leitor no conceito de Cohomologia de Hochschild mostrando a importância da mesma mediante resultados conhecidos para álgebras de dimensão finita. Além disso, apresentamos os conceitos e resultados do trabalho de Chohuy e Solotar mencionado acima. No decorrer deste trabalho complementamos algumas demonstrações dos resultados enunciados com o fim de propiciar uma ferramenta para o melhor entendimento dos tópicos trabalhados aqui. / The Hochschild Cohomology is an invariant attached to associative algebras which may provide us some homological aspects of the algebras and its category of modules. Moreover, it has applications to Algebraic Geometry and Representation Theory, among others areas. For algebras A over a field the Hochschild cohomology group HH^i(A,M) of A with coeficients in a bimodule M coincides with Ext^i_{A^e}(A,M). So it can be computed using a projective resolution of the algebra, as a bimodule over itself. Therefore different authors like Dieter Happel, Claude Cibils, Edward Green, David Anick, Michael Bardzell, Sergio Chohuy and Andrea Solotar developed tools for the construction of these resolutions in particular cases. A recent and very important result was introduced by Andrea Solotar and Sergio Chohuy, where they show a construction of a projective bimodule resolution for associative algebras generalizing the result for monomial algebras made by Bardzell. In this dissertation we intend to introduce the reader in the cohomology Hochschild concept, showing its importance through known results for finite dimensional algebras. Besides, we exhibit the concepts and results of Chohuy and Solotar mentioned before. During this text, we complement some demonstrations with the purpose of giving a tool for the a better understanding.

The main purpose of this thesis is to calculate the integral cohomology ring of the symmetric square of quaternionic projective space, which has been an open problem since computations with symmetric squares were first proposed in the 1930's. The geometry of this particular case forms an essential part of the thesis, and unexpected results concerning two universal Pin(4) bundles are also included. The cohomological computations involve a commutative ladder of long exact sequences, which arise by decomposing the symmetric square and the corresponding Borel space in compatible ways. The geometry and the cohomology of the configuration space of unordered pairs of distinct points in quaternionic projective space, and of the Thom space MPin(4), also feature, and seem to be of independent interest.

Chou Yun-Sum, Bailey. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Symbol / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- The Goal: Euclidean Reconstruction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Historical background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Scope of the thesis --- p.2 / Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Outline --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- An introduction to stereo vision and 3D shape reconstruction / Chapter 2.1 --- Homogeneous Coordinates --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Camera Model / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Pinhole Camera Model --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Camera Calibration --- p.11 / Chapter 2.4 --- Geometry of Binocular System --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5 --- Stereo Matching --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Accuracy of Corresponding Point --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- The Stereo Matching Approach --- p.18 / Chapter 2.5.2.1 --- Intensity-based stereo matching --- p.19 / Chapter 2.5.2.2 --- Feature-based stereo matching --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Matching Constraints --- p.20 / Chapter 2.6 --- 3D Reconstruction --- p.22 / Chapter 2.7 --- Recent development on self calibration --- p.24 / Chapter 2.8 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Camera Calibration / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.26 / Chapter 3.2 --- Camera Self-calibration --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3 --- Self-calibration under general camera motion --- p.27 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The absolute Conic Based Techniques --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- A Stratified approach for self-calibration by Pollefeys --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Pollefeys self-calibration with Absolute Quadric --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Newsam's self-calibration with linear algorithm --- p.34 / Chapter 3.4 --- Camera Self-calibration under specially designed motion sequence / Chapter 3.4. 1 --- Hartley's self-calibration by pure rotations --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Summary of the Algorithm / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Pollefeys self-calibration with variant focal length --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Summary of the Algorithm / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Faugeras self-calibration of a 1D Projective Camera --- p.38 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary of the Chapter --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Self-calibration under Planar motions / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- 1D Projective Camera Self-calibration --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- 1-D camera model --- p.42 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- 1-D Projective Camera Self-calibration Algorithms --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Planar motion detection --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Self-calibration under horizontal planar motions --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Self-calibration under three different planar motions --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Result analysis on self-calibration Experiments --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Essential Matrix and Triangulation --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Merge of Partial 3D models --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary of the Reconstruction Algorithms --- p.53 / Chapter 4.6 --- Experimental Results / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Experiment 1 : A Simulated Box --- p.54 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- Experiment 2 : A Real Building --- p.57 / Chapter 4.6.3 --- Experiment 3 : A Sun Flower --- p.58 / Chapter 4.7 --- Conclusion --- p.59 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Building Reconstruction using a linear camera self- calibration technique / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- Metric Reconstruction from Partially Calibrated image / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Partially Calibrated Camera --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Optimal Computation of Fundamental Matrix (F) --- p.63 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Linearly Recovering Two Focal Lengths from F --- p.64 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Essential Matrix and Triangulation --- p.66 / Chapter 5.3 --- Experiments and Discussions --- p.67 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Refine the basic model with detail depth information by a Model-Based Stereo technique / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.72 / Chapter 6.2 --- Model Based Epipolar Geometry / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Overview --- p.74 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Warped offset image preparation --- p.76 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Epipolar line calculation --- p.78 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Actual corresponding point finding by stereo matching --- p.80 / Chapter 6.2.5 --- Actual 3D point generated by Triangulation --- p.80 / Chapter 6.3 --- Summary of the Algorithms --- p.81 / Chapter 6.4 --- Experiments and discussions --- p.83 / Chapter 6.5 --- Conclusion --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusions / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary --- p.86 / Chapter 7.2 --- Future Work --- p.88 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.89

Title: Properties of Poulsen simplices Author: Zdeněk Jaroň Department: Department of Mathematical Analysis Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Jiří Spurný, Ph.D. Abstract: In the present thesis, we study a generalisation of concept of the Poulsen simplex in general, non-metrizable case. First, for any given simplex F we con- struct a new one S, containing F as a face, having dense set of extreme points and preserving some important properties of F. In the next part, we employ this con- struction to build up, for any given infinite cardinal κ, two simplices S1, S2 with dense extreme boundary, with density character equal to κ and with spaces of affine functions Ac (S1) and Ac (S2) having the same density character, but which are not affinely homeomorphic. Keywords: Poulsen simplex, projective limit, Helly space

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-06-13T17:29:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GeovanCampos.pdf: 458133 bytes, checksum: 442b76b0f10e2ef37624745cce5924a3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-13T17:29:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GeovanCampos.pdf: 458133 bytes, checksum: 442b76b0f10e2ef37624745cce5924a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-31 / In this work, we talk about the article "Area-Minimizing Projective Planes in 3- Manifolds" due to Hubert Bray, Simon Brendle, Michael Eichmair and Andr´e Neves. In this article they consider a compact Riemannian 3-manifold (M; g) with positive scalar curvature and an embedded projective plane. In these conditions they prove a higher estimate of curvature, in term of infimum of the scalar curvature of (M; g), for the area of the projective plane that has the smallest area within the class of all surfaces Σ ⊂ M homeomorphic to projective plane. Furthermore, they prove that this inequality is great. More precisely, they get that if this equality hold in (M 3; g), so M is isometric to the three-dimensional projective space RP3 with constant sectional curvature. / Neste trabalho, dissertamos sobre o artigo "Area-minimizing Projective Planes in 3-Manifolds" devido a Hubert Bray, Simon Brendle, Michael Eichmair e André Neves. Neste artigo eles consideram uma 3-variedades Riemannianas compactas (M³, g) com curvatura escalar positiva e que admitem planos projetivos mergulhados. Nestas condições eles provam uma estimativa superior, em termo do ínfimo da curvatura escalar de (M; g), para a área do plano projetivo que possui a menor área dentro da classe de todas as superfícies Σ ⊂ M homeomorfas ao plano projetivo. Além disso, eles provam que esta desigualdade é ótima. Mais precisamente, eles obtém que se a igualdade ocorre então a variedade Riemanniana (M³, g) é isométrica ao espaço projetivo tridimensional RP3 coma métrica de curvatura seccional constante.

O crescimento do número de idosos no Brasil nos confronta com o desafio de olhar para o envelhecimento de forma diferente. No que concerne à Psicologia, tal exercício é essencial para (re)pensarmos a prática ampliando-a à população idosa. Tendo como hipótese a ocorrência de mudanças na imagem corporal e considerando o possível conflito mente-corpo no envelhecimento, o estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos de uma prática de meditação na autoimagem de idosos analisando conteúdo verbal e conteúdo gráfico; foi utilizado um roteiro de entrevista e o Procedimento de Desenho-Estória com Tema (Vaisberg, 1999); foi solicitado aos participantes que realizassem o desenho de uma pessoa idosa, que foi comparado com suas respostas sobre percepção do envelhecimento/velhice. Os dados foram analisados antes e depois da intervenção do curso de meditação. O referencial psicanalítico serviu como base para a análise dos dados, que considera a existência de aspectos inconscientes e a presença de mecanismos de defesa permeando o funcionamento psíquico. Os instrumentos permitiram visualizar diferenças entre os dados, com contradição no teor das respostas gráficas e verbais; os resultados mostraram essencialmente mudanças significativas referentes aos desenhos; o conteúdo verbal permaneceu praticamente o mesmo nos dois momentos; nas características gráficas houve expansão, notando-se ampliação da percepção de si e mudança de posicionamento/perspectiva num modo geral; dois desenhos apresentaram maior espontaneidade retratando o próprio sujeito de maneira mais natural, menos formal; uma resistência na execução da tarefa conforme solicitada também ocorreu, que foi associada a conflito com o envelhecimento; houve referência explícita dos sujeitos sobre a melhora percebida em seu cotidiano atribuindo-a à meditação. Tal prática pode ter contribuído para a expansão da autoimagem e da espontaneidade, porém outros fatores podem ter concorrido para esta mudança, como a frequência ao curso, a aquisição de novos contatos pessoais (pares), um novo conhecimento, ou mesmo o ato de sair de casa direcionando-se à uma atividade. Estes fatores influenciam a autoestima, a motivação e consequentemente, a autoimagem. O conflito mente-corpo não é exclusivo da população idosa, porém se torna mais proeminente nesta fase da vida. A dificuldade em lidar com o descompasso entre o ritmo do corpo que já não acompanha o ritmo mental foi a tônica vista nos sujeitos da pesquisa. O ato de meditar conciliado com a ideia de reservar um tempo para si, direcionado para o autocuidado, visando o equilíbrio, pode ser benéfico para ampliar a percepção de modo geral, em que os detalhes não importam, e sim o olhar para o todo. Para relativizar vivências, memórias, a percepção de outras gerações, para que sejam ponderados também os afetos: pensar o quanto se pode afetar/ser afetado por condições inerentes da vida: olhar para o que foi trilhado como escolha e para aquilo que não se pôde escolher, se aproximando de uma autoimagem serena na última fase da vida. Concluiu-se que a melhor saída na velhice é ter consciência do conflito mente-corpo e não lutar contra, mas aprender a viver com ele / The growth of elderly number in Brazil confronts us with the challenge of stare at the aging process in a different way. Related to Psychology, such exercise is essential in order to (re) think the practice extending it to the elderly. Given the hypothesis of the changes occurrence in self-image and considering the possible mind-body conflict in this phase of life, the study aimed to evaluate the effects of a meditation practice in self-image of elderly analyzing verbal and graphic content. An interview script and the Procedimento de Desenho-Estória com Tema (Vaisberg, 1999) were used; the participants were asked to draw an old person figure, which was compared with their answers about aging process/old age perception. The material was analyzed before and after the meditation course intervention. The psychoanalytical referential served as basis to interpret the data, which considers the existence of unconscious aspects and presence of defense mechanisms permeating the psychic functioning. The instruments allowed one to visualize differences between data, with contradiction in the graphic and verbal answers accent; the results showed significant changes mainly related to the drawings; the verbal content remained practically the same in both moments; in the graphic features there were expansion, being noticed the self-perception enlargement and change of positioning/perspective in general; two drawings presented more spontaneity picturing the own participant in a more natural way, with less formality; one resistance in the execution of task as solicited also occurred, which was associated to aging process conflict; there was explicit reference from the subjects about a perceived improve in their daily lives attributing it to the meditation. Such practice may have contributed to the self-image and the spontaneity expansion, although other factors may have concurred to this change, such as the attendance to the mediation classes, the acquirement of new personal contacts (pairs), to learn something new, or even the act of going out directed to an activity. These factors have influence on selfesteem, motivation and consequently, the self-image. The mind-body conflict isnt exclusive of elderly population, but it becomes more prominent at this phase of life. The difficulty in deal with the mismatch between the body rhythm which no longer follow the mind rhythm was the tonic seen in the research subjects. The act of meditate adjoined with the idea of reserving a time for oneself, towards self-care, aiming the balance, may be good to extend the overall perception, in which the details dont matter, but the look towards the whole picture, in order to relativize experiences, memories, other generations perception, also pondering the affects; to think how much one can affect/being affected by life inherent conditions: to look at what was trodden as choice and to what one could not choose, getting closer to a serene self - image in the last phase of life. It was concluded that the best alternative in old age is to be conscious of the mind-body conflict and not fight against it, but learn to live with it