1,368 research outputs found
Response suppression as a function of a vacation from punishment
Response suppression as function of vacation from punishment in pigeon
The Military as an Instrument of U.S. Policy in Southwest Asia: The Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, 1979-1982
Psyche's Descent into the Underworld: The Transcending Pattern in Myth and Literature
The myth of Cupid and Psyche first appears in the Latin novel of
Apuleius entitled the Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Its wide influence
may be due, in part, to the archetypal significance and power of the
myth, especially of its central event, Psyche's katabasis or descent
into the underworld. Apuleius can be credited with creating both the
tale and the unique novel that frames it, as well as explicitly
connecting the two parts into one carefully integrated whole.
Chapters I through IV of this study examine Apuleius' synthesis of his
philosophical, literary, and folk-tale sources into one novel with
this Neoplatonic myth at its core. The myth is seen to function as
the keystone and symbolic heart of the work. Psyche's descent into
the underworld, her subsequent reunion with her divine husband, her
apotheosis, and the birth of her daughter Bliss set the pattern for
the spiritual quest of Lucius, the novel's hero. Parallel to Psyche's
descent and return are Lucius' seaside vision of the goddess Isis and
his subsequent spiritual rebirth. Parallel to Psyche's elevation to
Mt. Olympus and attainment of immortal status are Lucius' initiations into the Isiac mysteries with their promise of long life and eternal
bliss in the Elysian Fields. Psyche's katabasis is clearly a metaphor
for the soul's descent inwards to a source of power that confers
knowledge and immortality. The wide influence of the Psyche myth
throughout Western literature may thus be due to its most universal
spiritual meaning.
The second part of this study begins with an analysis of the
spiritual descent and rebirth pattern in myth, ritual, and psychology.
Based on psychophysiological research on the Transcendental Meditation
technique a model of a "transcending" pattern is proposed for
understanding these events as they occur in imaginative literature.
The transcending model contains three stages: 1) a naturally
increasing quiescence of mind and physiology, which is expressed
metaphorically as a dive or descent; 2) a noetic and ineffable
experience of the inner self, which may be suggested by images of an
unbounded and eternal sense of being; and 3) a blissful return to
activity with a more integrated, holistic psyche. Six modern novels
which consciously retell the Psyche narrative are then examined in the
light of this transcending model. They are: Walter Pater's Marius the
Epicurean, Odessa Strickland Payne's Psyche, Pierre Louys's Psyche,
Jules Romains's Psyche trilogy, C. S. Lewis's Till Have Faces, and
Francois des Ligneris's Psyche 58. The novels consistently appear to
treat the katabasis event as a transcending to subtler levels of the
inner self which is important to the spiritual development of the
protagonist. In addition, Erich Neumann's analysis of the myth as an
archetype for specifically feminine development is examined along with
other views of the feminine quest. It is found that the literature of the feminine quest also conforms to and is illuminated by the
transcending model.
The study concludes by applying the transcending model to several
modern novels not consciously related to the Psyche tradition. The
model is found to be useful in understanding the metaphoric dives and
descents of each protagonist, the basic structure of the narrative,
and even of the creative process itself. Thus the transcending model
proves to be a powerful technique for analyzing the form and content
of literature as well as its effects upon the reader
INTELLIGENCE AND HIGHER STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY
When William James (1890) introduced the concept of consciousness into American psychology, he argued that beyond the range of normal waking consciousness there is the possibility of exceptional states of consciousness that are completely "discontinuous" with discursive thought. He argued that these heightened states of awareness could be induced under specifiable conditions, could influence thought and behavior profoundly, and could be adaptive for the individual. He challenged psychology to investigate these states scientifically
First-Year Seminars Taxonomy
First-year seminars are designed to assist entering students as they form connections with the IUPUI community, including other students, faculty, and advisors in a prospective major. This First-Year Seminars High-Impact Practice Taxonomy seeks to clearly define the features of First-Year Seminars as a high-impact practice. The taxonomy describes four attributes of First-Year Seminars practice along three dimensions of impact—High-Impact, Higher-Impact, and Highest-Impact
Large scale surface structure formed during GaAs (001) homoepitaxy
Atomic force microscopy studies have been performed on GaAs (001) homoepitaxy films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Multilayered features are seen to evolve when the growth conditions favor island nucleation. As the epilayer thickness is increased these features grow in all dimensions but the angle of inclination remains approximately constant at 1°. The mounding does not occur on surfaces grown in step flow. We propose that the multilayered features are an unstable growth mode which relies on island nucleation and the presence of a step edge barrier.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/70983/2/APPLAB-64-7-860-1.pd
El impacto de la reducción del estrés en la hipertensión esencial y las enfermedades cardiovasculares. (Impact of stress reduction on essential hypertension and cardiovascular disease).
ResumenSe ha considerado que el estrés contribuye a la patogénesis y la progresión de las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV). Se ha demostrado que la reducción del estrés mediante la Meditación Trascendental [Transcendental Meditation (TM)®] ha bajado los niveles de presión arterial (PA) y reducido el riesgo de ECV en adultos y adolescentes. Este artículo repasa los resultados que sugieren el impacto beneficioso de la TM en reducir la PA en adultos hipertensos en reposo y en adolescentes pre-hipertensos en reposo, durante un estrés agudo creado en el laboratorio y durante la actividad diaria normal. Dichos resultados tienen implicaciones importantes para la inclusión de la TM en los esfuerzos que se realizan para prevenir y tratar las ECV y sus consecuencias clínicas.AbstractStress has been thought to contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Stress reduction via Trasncendental Meditation (TM)® has been shown to lower blood pressure (BP) levels and reduce CVD risk in adults and adolescents. This article reviews findings suggesting a beneficial BP-lowering impact of TM in hypertensive adults at rest and in pre-hypertensive adolescents at rest, during acute laboratory stress and during normal daily activity. These findings have important implications for inclusion of TM efforts to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases and their clinical consequences.</p
A Coupled Equations Model for Epitaxial Growth on Textured Surfaces
We have developed a continuum model that explains the complex surface shapes
observed in epitaxial regrowth on micron scale gratings. This model describes
the dependence of the surface morphology on film thickness and growth
temperature in terms of a few simple atomic scale processes including adatom
diffusion, step-edge attachment and detachment, and a net downhill migration of
surface adatoms. The continuum model reduces to the linear part of the
Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation with a flux dependent smoothing coefficient in the
long wavelength limit.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to the Journal of Crystal Growt
The role of step edge diffusion in epitaxial crystal growth
The role of step edge diffusion (SED) in epitaxial growth is investigated. To
this end we revisit and extend a recently introduced simple cubic
solid-on-solid model, which exhibits the formation and coarsening of pyramid or
mound like structures. By comparing the limiting cases of absent, very fast
(significant), and slow SED we demonstrate how the details of this process
control both the shape of the emerging structures as well as the scaling
behavior. We find a sharp transition from significant SED to intermediate
values of SED, and a continuous one for vanishing SED. We argue that one should
be able to control these features of the surface in experiments by variation of
the flux and substrate temperature.Comment: revised and enlarged version 12 pages, 5 figures, to appear in
Surface Scienc
Anisotropy and periodicity in the density distribution of electrons in a quantum-well
We use low temperature near-field optical spectroscopy to image the electron
density distribution in the plane of a high mobility GaAs quantum well. We find
that the electrons are not randomly distributed in the plane, but rather form
narrow stripes (width smaller than 150 nm) of higher electron density. The
stripes are oriented along the [1-10 ] crystal direction, and are arranged in a
quasi-periodic structure. We show that elongated structural mounds, which are
intrinsic to molecular beam epitaxy, are responsible for the creation of this
electron density texture.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
- …