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Bitterness as mental illness?
"People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances. This behavior is so common -- and so deeply destructive -- that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder."
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People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances.
This behavior is so common -- and so deeply destructive -- that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder.
Nalaz psihijatara u Vrapču: Ubojica Ivane Hodaka ne boji se kazne, nego novinara - Jutarnji.hr
"Šlogar je, zaključili su, narcisoidan, egocentričan, rigidan, manipulativan, nepovjerljiv, sklon kontroli i pedanteriji, s teškoćama u socijalnom funkcioniranju. Usmjeren je na sebe, ima osjećaj veličine, a nedostaje mu bliskosti, suosjećanja, kritičan je prema drugima. Osoba poput njega je ranjiva samopoštovanja, osjetljiva na kritike. Na kritiku reagira prijezirom ili bijesom. Obezvređuje one koji ga razočaraju ili one nad kojima se osjeća superiorno. Stalno je težio uspješnosti i uvažavanju okoline, i to je privremeno uspio ostvariti druženjem sa “značajnim“ ličnostima, korisnicima terena na Mladosti, odvjetnicima i liječnicima."h
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Šlogar je, zaključili su, narcisoidan, egocentričan, rigidan, manipulativan, nepovjerljiv, sklon kontroli i pedanteriji, s teškoćama u socijalnom funkcioniranju. Usmjeren je na sebe, ima osjećaj veličine, a nedostaje mu bliskosti, suosjećanja, kritičan je prema drugima. Osoba poput njega je ranjiva samopoštovanja, osjetljiva na kritike. Na kritiku reagira prijezirom ili bijesom. Obezvređuje one koji ga razočaraju ili one nad kojima se osjeća superiorno. Stalno je težio uspješnosti i uvažavanju okoline, i to je privremeno uspio ostvariti druženjem sa “značajnim“ ličnostima, korisnicima terena na Mladosti, odvjetnicima i liječnicima.
PEP Web - Salieri's Dilemma: A counterpoint between envy and appreciation
"Klein described the conflict between envy and gratitude as inherent in the human being; she suggested an interesting link between envy and admiration, but never developed this idea in her theory. The hypothesis that we put forward in this paper is the existence of a particular intolerance—related to envy—of one's own capacity to recognise the valuable aspects of the object. This situation leads to the paradox that the same faculty that allows the patient to appreciate the good qualities of the object is at the same time the source of unbearable pain. The capacity to recognise the good aspects of the object—whether they are perceived or attributed by projective identification—cannot be accepted as a valuable aspect of the self and is taken as a proof of the self's unworthiness. We think that the description of this intolerance towards admirative appreciation introduces a change in the understanding of idealisation simply as a defence against envy and enriches the conflict expressed in the immediacy of the transference–countertransference."
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Klein described the conflict between envy and gratitude as inherent in the human being; she suggested an interesting link between envy and admiration, but never developed this idea in her theory. The hypothesis that we put forward in this paper is the existence of a particular intolerance—related to envy—of one's own capacity to recognise the valuable aspects of the object. This situation leads to the paradox that the same faculty that allows the patient to appreciate the good qualities of the object is at the same time the source of unbearable pain. The capacity to recognise the good aspects of the object—whether they are perceived or attributed by projective identification—cannot be accepted as a valuable aspect of the self and is taken as a proof of the self's unworthiness. We think that the description of this intolerance towards admirative appreciation introduces a change in the understanding of idealisation simply as a defence against envy and enriches the conflict expressed in the immediacy of the transference–countertransference.
PEP Web - The Search for the Father in Amadeus*
"What is the source of creativity? Why are some artists favored with prodigious inborn talent while other artists, no less deserving, remain mediocre? What is the relationship between art and madness? These are age-old questions, and they vexed even Freud (1928), who concluded that “Before the problem of the creative artist analysis must, alas, lay down its arms” (p. 177). Wisely or not, psychoanalysts have refused to lay down their arms: Peter Shaffer's plays, in particular, have aroused intense analytic scrutiny (Berman, 1979; Glenn, 1974a, 1974b, 1974c, 1976, 1983; Hamilton, 1979; Slutzky, 1976; Stamm, 1976). Amadeus focuses on the creativity of two quite different artists, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri."
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What is the source of creativity? Why are some artists favored with prodigious inborn talent while other artists, no less deserving, remain mediocre? What is the relationship between art and madness? These are age-old questions, and they vexed even Freud (1928), who concluded that “Before the problem of the creative artist analysis must, alas, lay down its arms” (p. 177). Wisely or not, psychoanalysts have refused to lay down their arms: Peter Shaffer's plays, in particular, have aroused intense analytic scrutiny (Berman, 1979; Glenn, 1974a, 1974b, 1974c, 1976, 1983; Hamilton, 1979; Slutzky, 1976; Stamm, 1976).
Amadeus focuses on the creativity of two quite different artists, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
Antonio Salieri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the 1780s while Mozart lived and worked in Vienna, he and his father Leopold wrote in their letters that several "cabals" of Italians led by Salieri were actively putting roadblocks in the way of Mozart obtaining certain posts or of staging his operas. There is in fact little evidence of Salieri having engaged in any such conspiratorial acts."
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In the 1780s while Mozart lived and worked in Vienna, he and his father Leopold wrote in their letters that several "cabals" of Italians led by Salieri were actively putting roadblocks in the way of Mozart obtaining certain posts or of staging his operas. There is in fact little evidence of Salieri having engaged in any such conspiratorial acts.
Slavoj Žižek: ‘You May!’
Perhaps the best example of the universalised reflexivity of our lives is the growing inefficiency of interpretation. Traditional psychoanalysis relied on a notion of the unconscious as the ‘dark continent’, the impenetrable substance of the subject’s being, which had to be probed by interpretation: when its content was brought to light a liberating new awareness would follow. Today, the formations of the unconscious (from dreams to hysterical symptoms) have lost their innocence: the ‘free associations’ of a typical educated patient consist for the most part of attempts to provide a psychoanalytic explanation of his own disturbances, so we have not only Annafreudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Lacanian interpretations of the symptoms, but symptoms which are themselves Annafreudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Lacanian – they don’t exist without reference to some psychoanalytic theory. The unfortunate result of this reflexivisation is that the analyst’s interpretation loses its symbolic efficacy and leaves the symptom intact in its idiotic jouissance.
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Perhaps the best example of the universalised reflexivity of our lives is the growing inefficiency of interpretation. Traditional psychoanalysis relied on a notion of the unconscious as the ‘dark continent’, the impenetrable substance of the subject’s being, which had to be probed by interpretation: when its content was brought to light a liberating new awareness would follow. Today, the formations of the unconscious (from dreams to hysterical symptoms) have lost their innocence: the ‘free associations’ of a typical educated patient consist for the most part of attempts to provide a psychoanalytic explanation of his own disturbances, so we have not only Annafreudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Lacanian interpretations of the symptoms, but symptoms which are themselves Annafreudian, Jungian, Kleinian, Lacanian – they don’t exist without reference to some psychoanalytic theory. The unfortunate result of this reflexivisation is that the analyst’s interpretation loses its symbolic efficacy and leaves the symptom intact in its idiotic jouissance.
Study of Bush's psyche touches a nerve | World news | The Guardian
A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling, the report's four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the rightwing talkshow host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from the same affliction. All of them "preached a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality". Republicans are demanding to know why the psychologists behind the report, Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition, received $1.2m in public funds for their research from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
The authors also peer into the psyche of President George Bush, who turns out to be a textbook case. The telltale signs are his preference for moral certainty and frequently expressed dislike of nuance.
"This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar, to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and stereotypes," the authors argue in the Psychological Bulletin.
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A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity".
As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling, the report's four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the rightwing talkshow host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from the same affliction.
All of them "preached a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality".
Republicans are demanding to know why the psychologists behind the report, Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition, received $1.2m in public funds for their research from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
The authors also peer into the psyche of President George Bush, who turns out to be a textbook case. The telltale signs are his preference for moral certainty and frequently expressed dislike of nuance.
"This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar, to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and stereotypes," the authors argue in the Psychological Bulletin.
Brain control headset for gamers
A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year. "It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer," said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv.
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A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year.
"It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer," said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv.
Working class 'has lower IQ' - Yahoo! News UK
Bruce Charlton, reader in evolutionary psychiatry at Newcastle University, suggested that the low numbers of working-class students at elite universities was the "natural outcome" of IQ differences between classes.
In a paper shown to the Times Higher Education magazine, Dr Charlton questioned the Government's drive to get more students from poor backgrounds into top universities like Oxford and Cambridge.
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Bruce Charlton, reader in evolutionary psychiatry at Newcastle University, suggested that the low numbers of working-class students at elite universities was the "natural outcome" of IQ differences between classes.
In a paper shown to the Times Higher Education magazine, Dr Charlton questioned the Government's drive to get more students from poor backgrounds into top universities like Oxford and Cambridge.
Our Own Worst Critic | Print Article | Newsweek.com
We are all called upon everyday to read others, to interpret how we look in their eyes. Whether in a job interview, a musical audition or a first date, it's basic human nature to calculate how we're doing as performers in life. But we so often get it wrong, believing we did far better or far worse than we did in fact. Why are we so poor at intuiting what others think of us?
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We are all called upon everyday to read others, to interpret how we look in their eyes. Whether in a job interview, a musical audition or a first date, it's basic human nature to calculate how we're doing as performers in life. But we so often get it wrong, believing we did far better or far worse than we did in fact. Why are we so poor at intuiting what others think of us?
The Popularity Gap | Print Article | Newsweek.com
Figuring out whether you'll end up being a cool prom king or queen bee--or the kid who eats alone in the cafeteria--is an integral part of becoming a teenager.
Turns out, it doesn't necessarily matter. Whether or not your high class voted you "most popular," teenagers who perceive themselves as well liked are just as socially successful over time as the kids who actually are part of the in-crowd, according to a new study in the May-June issue of Child Development. In fact, the overlap between the kids who believe they're popular and those who are deemed popular by their peers is pretty small. "Certainly there's a subset that feels good about themselves and is also popular, but that isn't the majority," says Kathleen Boykin McElhaney, a research associate in psychology at University of Virginia who conducted the study. Her findings add to a growing body of research suggesting that our perception of how we fit into the social world is just as important--if not more important--than our real-life position in the social world.
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Figuring out whether you'll end up being a cool prom king or queen bee--or the kid who eats alone in the cafeteria--is an integral part of becoming a teenager.
Turns out, it doesn't necessarily matter. Whether or not your high class voted you "most popular," teenagers who perceive themselves as well liked are just as socially successful over time as the kids who actually are part of the in-crowd, according to a new study in the May-June issue of Child Development. In fact, the overlap between the kids who believe they're popular and those who are deemed popular by their peers is pretty small. "Certainly there's a subset that feels good about themselves and is also popular, but that isn't the majority," says Kathleen Boykin McElhaney, a research associate in psychology at University of Virginia who conducted the study. Her findings add to a growing body of research suggesting that our perception of how we fit into the social world is just as important--if not more important--than our real-life position in the social world.
Music special: Five great auditory illusions - being-human - 20 February 2008 - New Scientist
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Here we have compiled five of the most striking auditory illusions discovered so far.
We had a big pool to choose from, from the mysterious quintina (fifth voice) heard in some types of throat-singing, to the saxophone solo that isn't on Lady Madonna (it's actually the Beatles singing into their cupped hands) and the soaring guitar sound of Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour. Listen to our top 5 below, and read our explanations of the effects involved.
Psychology Today: Field Guide: Sarcastic Masters
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"Sarcasm doesn't help satisfy a Napoleon complex, but it does give you a little
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Subjects who scored high on aggression tests showed different patterns of brain activity in response to sarcasm than those who did not. The differences suggest that the aggressive subjects were processing nonliteral meaning more quickly. "Sarcasm is definitely a dominance thing—it's related to being top dog," Katz says, both for initiators of sarcastic banter and those who catch on and offer a retort.
Cognitive Daily: Study finds some thoughts really do require language
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But even if language isn't required for some domains, it's still possible that it is required for certain types of mental processes. It may even be required for some thoughts that aren't obviously related to language.
Some research suggests that understanding the thoughts of others -- having a theory of mind -- is one such process. Many children who are late in learning language are also late in developing a theory of mind.
How Harvard students perceive rednecks: The neural basis for prejudice Blogs Scientific American Community
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The source of many of the world's woes might be tracked to a specific brain area responsible for identifying people that are not of our ilk. If so, a study on the neural bases of prejudice and its modulation (read abstract or download the pdf), by Jason Mitchell and Mahzarin R. Banaji, of Harvard University, and C Neil Macrae, at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, published in Neuron in May 2006, could be as important to the burgeoning field of social cognitive neuroscience as Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech was to the American civil rights movement.
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a forebrain area called the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) appears to predict the behavior of members of outgroups by employing prejudices about their presumed background -- assumptions we make, in other words, based on what groups their various traits and contexts seem to put them in or out of. In this sense, outsiders, or those in outgroups, include humans of dissimilar cultural or ethnic identities or any other perceived stereotyped dissimilarity from your own self-identified groups, as well as non-human agents such as cartoons and animals and even inanimate moving objects.
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Mind Hacks: Higher price makes cheap wine taste better
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the brain scans showed when the volunteers tasted the wine they thought was more expensive, their brains showed increased activity in the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC) and its surrounding area, the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC), both areas of the frontal lobes.
MIT Media Lab: Reality Mining
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Reality Mining defines the collection of machine-sensed environmental data pertaining to human social behavior. This new paradigm of data mining makes possible the modeling of conversation context, proximity sensing, and temporospatial location throughout large communities of individuals. Mobile phones (and similarly innocuous devices) are used for data collection, opening social network analysis to new methods of empirical stochastic modeling.
Technology Review: Connecting Your Brain to the Game
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video-game makers will be able to buy Emotiv's electro-encephalograph (EEG) caps and software developer's tool kits so that they can build games that use the electrical signals from a player's brain to control the on-screen action
Personal care, restaurant industries have highest rates of depression
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Government officials tracked depression within 21 major occupational categories. They combined data from 2004 through 2006 to estimate episodes of depression within the past year. That information came from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which registers lifetime and past-year depression bouts.
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