OBJECTIVE Investigate whether the gut feelings of one person, as measured with an electrogastrogram (EGG), respond to the emotions of a distant person. DESIGN In a double blind protocol, EGG activity was recorded in an individual relaxing in a heavily shielded chamber while, at a distance, a second person periodically viewed the live video image of the first person along with stimuli designed...

PURPOSE Evidence suggests that person-centered caregiving approaches may reduce dementia-related behavioral symptoms; however, little is known about the sequential and temporal associations between specific caregiver actions and behavioral symptoms. The aim of this study was to identify sequential associations between caregiver person-centered actions, task-centered actions, and resident behavi...

person tracking, plan-view statistics, stereo depth images, adaptive template, Kalman filter As the cost of computing per-pixel depth imagery from stereo cameras in real time has fallen rapidly in recent years, interest in using stereo vision for person tracking has greatly increased. Methods that attempt to track people directly in these "camera-view" depth images are confronted by their subst...

This article argues how the clinical psychology of religion can support mental health and care. The starting point is an ecological–existential approach to health, that stresses interactions between person environment, with emphasis on existential dimension interactions. will be related spirituality (R/S) study R/S health. To show added value approach, emotion shame discussed as illustrative ca...