Mind the trap

“Mind the Trap”: Mindfulness Practice Reduces Cognitive Rigidity

Two experiments examined the relation between mindfulness practice and cognitive rigidity by using a variation of the Einstellung water jar task. Participants were required to use three hypothetical jars to obtain a specific amount of water. Initial problems were solvable by the same complex formula, but in later problems ("critical" or "trap" problems) solving was possible by an additional muc...

The Triune Brain: Limbic Mind Mind Plastic, Emotional Mind

Problem statement: The theory discussed is revealing, as compared to studies on the human brain, the fact that he has inherited the structure and organization of three fundamental types of reptiles, ancient or primitive mammals and mammals, or recent evolved. What is very disconcerting is that nature has been able to connect with each other and establish a sort of communication between them. Ap...

“Mind the Gap” in Reporting the Outdated Statistics

The nature of the TRAP-Anti-TRAP complex.

Tryptophan biosynthesis is subject to exquisite control in species of Bacillus and has become one of the best-studied model systems in gene regulation. The protein TRAP (trp RNA-binding attenuation protein) predominantly forms a ring-shaped 11-mer, which binds cognate RNA in the presence of tryptophan to suppress expression of the trp operon. TRAP is itself regulated by the protein Anti-TRAP, w...

Mind Control: Frontiers in Guiding the Mind

John D. Medaglia ∗, Perry Zurn † ‡ Walter Sinnott-Armstrong § Danielle S. Bassett ¶ ‖ ∗Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA,†Center for Curiosity, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA,‡Department of Philosophy, American University, Washington, DC, 20016 USA,§Department of Philosophy and Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, ...