Emotional behavior is organized along two psychophysiologic dimensions: (1) valence, varying from negative to positive, and (2) arousal, varying from low to high. Behavioral responses along these dimensions are assumed to be mediated by different brain circuits. We recorded startle reflex modulation and skin conductance responses in healthy volunteers during functional magnetic resonance imagin...

In the context of multicultural and postmodern rhetoric contemporary art festivals, we examine a case study in which Hungarian choreographer Eszter Salamon appropriates Mapuche practices—the kawell tayil choike purrún—in her piece Monument 0.6: Landing (A Ritual Empathy) (2017). We analyze discursive embodied dimensions this borrowing its harmful consequences for indigenous communities. show ho...

introduction: the proportion of older adults in the population continues to grow in the developing countries. in addition, persons at or over the age of 60 years have decreased quality of life in geriartrics because of several factors, such as low physical activity and impairment in mobility. this study was performed to assess the effect of group-based exercise program on physical functional in...

■ Abstract During the Mississippian period (A.D. 1000–1500) the southeastern United States witnessed a broadscale fluorescence of polities characterized by impressive earthwork construction, rich mortuary offerings, and intensified agriculture. Research on the nature of complexity in these so-called chiefdoms has been an enduring issue in North American archaeology, even as this research has un...

The Kambô ritual consists of various types of skin scarification and subsequent application of Phyllomedusa bicolor secretion to the fresh wounds. In Europe, the ritual of Kambô is becoming more popular, but its use can lead to serious multiple organ damage, sometimes life-threatening. Our manuscript shows a patient with toxic liver damage probably associated with the Kambô ritual.

Abstract Sociologists have long been interested in the theoretical possibility of a universal ritual. Despite growing number indicators world society and globalization, there not attempts to observe analyze international reach particular rituals. We propose an extension “interaction ritual chain” by theorizing how interaction might be created diffused internationally. look at case COVID-19 pand...

in iran and many other countries of the world, varieties of religious theaters have been created based on numinous and spiritual principles and beliefs, and believe in eternity which have inveterate origins and bases and even some of them are ritual; theater ritual origin has emphasized on religious roots and bases of theater, which have been called social, cultural, communicational, and artist...