Many neglect patients show deficits in the mental representation of their contralesional body side or body parts, termed personal neglect. These deficits include impairments in identifying body parts on schematic drawings of human bodies. Limb activation and alertness cues have been shown to modulate neglect transiently, and are effective treatments for several symptoms of the neglect syndrome....

the compound creatures have a close relationship with mythological thoughts; in fact, they are born by the mythicizing soul of the human who was against a boundless and unknown nature. primitive humans who hadn't any weapons except thought and imagination against the greatness of the avenger nature, were under their protection; the compound creatures are the product of the imagination whic...

BACKGROUND Figure rating scales were developed as a tool to determine body dissatisfaction in women, men, and children. However, it lacks in the literature the validation of the scale for body silhouettes previously adapted. We aimed to obtain evidence for construct validity of a figure rating scale for Brazilian adolescents. METHODS The study was carried out with adolescent students attendin...

There has been growing interest in the assessment of a muscular appearance. Given the importance of assessing muscle appearance attitudes, the aim of this study was to explore the convergence of the Drive for Muscularity Scale, Somatomorphic Matrix, Contour Drawing Rating Scale, Male Figure Drawings, and the Muscularity Rating Scale. Participants were 76 men and 103 women who each completed fou...

Thirumular says in his "THIRUMANTHIRAM" the body is a sacred instrument to contain the soul and therefore must be nurtured well to safeguard the life. Thirumular is reported to have lived a long span of three thousand years according to tradition. The art of longevity and the attempts of immortalising the corporeal human body were the ultimate aims of Siddhars as understood from their numerous ...

quran, the eternal word of god and human capital, since the descent to the present and future generations of muslims will always be special consideration. god's word in a very short time, swept across borders and across wide territories adjacent to their building and conquered the hearts of patriots. this fascination with the muslim holy book, owes much to the aesthetics of the word of god...

Using art in psychotherapy could become an interesting instrument for the cure and the prevention of psychological and psychiatric problems. This belongs to that trend that sees the mediation of art as having big potential to go beyond the spoken word. Everybody knows that our emotions, thoughts, feelings, and so on, are living in the body and speaking through the body, in fact the symbolic dim...