The role of motor processes in mental rotation: selective shaping of cognitive processing via specific sensorimotor experience

The involvement of motor processes in mental rotation is experience-dependent: different levels of expertise in sensorimotor interactions lead to different strategies in mental rotation. In the present study, wrestlers, gymnasts, and nonathletes physically rotated objects that were either light (wooden) or heavy (lead) but otherwise having the same sizes and shapes. They then performed a mental rotation task using photographs of these objects in which the material and therefore the weight was visible. I hypothesized that wrestlers would rely more heavily on experience-based sensorimotor strategies in performing mental rotation because during their athletic practice they not only manipulate external “objects” (i.e., their opponent) but also have to plan future actions taking into account past experience of these “objects” (for example their weight). All participants reported that lead objects were harder to physically rotate than wooden ones. However, only wrestlers mentally rotated lead objects more slowly than wooden ones—as they would if they were physically rotating them—suggesting the involvement of motor processes. These findings show that the involvement of motor processes in mental rotation depends on specific rather than mere sensorimotor experience.     

空乘大学生心理健康现状调查与对策分析

心理健康对于学生的成长成才具有至关重要的作用。文章针对飞行学院2009级和2010级空乘专业学生进行了心理健康现状调查,分析了目前学院学生的心理健康整体水平和成长需求,为学院在制订学生心理健康培养对策时提供理论参考。     

当代大学生心理健康状况研究

对四川文理学院在校大学生进行了心理健康调查研究,结果发现:1.男生在心理健康水平方面总体好于女生;2.大二、大三学生好于大一和大四学生,大四学生在心理健康方面表现最差;3.体育系在心理健康水平上表现最好,音乐系次之.     

图书馆与大学生心理健康教育——阅读疗法研究

阅读疗法是通过指导性阅读来寻求解决心理问题的办法,缓解或消除心理疾患,促进身心健康的一种辅助心理治疗方法,在促进大学生心理健康方面具有一定优势。高校利用图书馆资源优势开展阅读疗法,把发展性阅读与治疗性阅读相结合,个体与群体治疗相结合,需要考虑读者的不同专业、年级,不同阅读需求和心理特征推荐阅读资料。加大宣传,增加大学生对阅读疗法的了解;组建一支高素质研究推广队伍;利用网络平台实现便捷的指导和查阅都有助于更好地发挥阅读疗法在高校心理健康教育中的应用。     

试论飞行学生飞行训练阶段心理健康教育

飞行学生良好心理素质的养成,除了在入校筛选中进行严格挑选之外,就是要做好对飞行学生的心理健康教育工作,尤其要注重对飞行学生进行系统、持续、全面的心理健康教育,为此,飞行学生在飞行训练学习阶段的心理健康教育工作就显得更加重要.     

韩愈《原毁》对优化大学生自我意识的积极意义

针对当代大学生自我意识发展中的一些偏差及其形成的原因,根据韩愈在其《原毁》中对当时士人待人待己态度的评价及剖析,对解决大学生心理偏差问题具有积极的引导、启发作用,有利于大学生自我意识的优化。     

飞行员心理健康现状、影响因素及保健措施

心理健康对飞行员心身整体健康以及飞行安全有着重要意义。通过回顾当前国内研究展现了飞行员心理健康现状，总结了影响飞行员心理健康的社会心理因素，包括职业行为和行为习惯、应激和情绪事件、认知特点、人格特征等，并从个体和组织角度提出了相应的飞行员心理保健措施。     

Birthdates of patients affected by mental illness and solar activity: A study from Italy

Purpose

This epidemiologic study tested an hypothesized association between the year of birth of persons with major mental illnesses and solar activity over the past century.

Methods

We collected data on diagnoses and birthdates of psychiatric patients born between 1926 and 1975 (N = 1954) in south Italy for comparison to yearly solar activity as registered by the International Observatories.

Results

We found a strong inverse correlation between high solar activity (HSA) and incidence of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a 20-year period whereas the incidence of non-affective/non-psychotic disorders was moderately associated with HSA in the same period.

Conclusions

Interpretation of the observed correlations between HSA during years of birth and the incidence of mental illnesses remains unclear, but the findings encourage further study.     

地方高等师范院校学生心理健康状况调查及对策研究

通过对四所地方高等师范院校学生进行心理健康状况调查,结果表明:每个年级都有较高比例的学生存在心理问题。本文针对调查结果,分析了影响师范生心理问题形成的因素,并提出了相应的对策和建议。     

“五四”青年精神风貌与工读互助主义

“五四”时期以改良为宗旨的工读互助主义，有其深刻的思想渊源。在中国的实践由于经济拮据这一表象的直接原因，不可避免地很快夭折了。“五四”青年在工读互助主义这一实践过程中，所充分展现的心怀天下、心系国家、奋发昂进、执着探索的时代精神风貌值得称颂和借鉴。