Stressful life and reduced well-being have always been an issue of lifestyle in modern society. Constructing a multidisciplinary conceptual framework of environmental tranquility and quality of life is required for the field of architectural development, improved environmental quality, and enhanced human well-being. This paper reviews the main concepts of tranquility, environmental quality, and...

Educational neuroscience or mind, brain, and education science was born in the past two decades from the mega of research findings of neuroscience, education, and psychology. These finding develop our understandings about teaching and learning. Our knowledge about different areas of the brain and their activity in the learning and memory process, effect of the different areas in training and sp...

Chris Dede Graduate School of Education George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 993-2019 [email protected] Marilyn Salzman Department of Psychology George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 352-8375 [email protected] R. Bowen Loftin Virtual Environment Technology Lab University of Houston Houston, TX 77023 (713) 743-1006 [email protected] Katy Ash Department of Psychology George Mason Unive...

Understanding risk for psychopathology through imaging gene–environment interactions Luke W. Hyde, Ryan Bogdan and Ahmad R. Hariri 1 Department of Psychology and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA 2 Laboratory of NeuroGenetics, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Box 90086, 417 Chapel Drive,...

Diagnostic interviews in Psychology require the mastery of several skills and abilities that are required and need to be trained. The purpose of this study was to develop a virtual environment that simulates a situation where trainees can interact with virtual patients. The usability of the application was assessed. Results suggested that simulated interviews are a friendly and motivating tool ...

Embodied approaches to cognitive science frequently describe the mind as "world-involving," indicating complementary and interdependent relationships between an agent and its environment. The precise nature of the environment is frequently left ill-described, however, and provides a challenge for such approaches, particularly, it is noted here, for the enactive approach which emphasizes this co...

Michael G Lenné, Paul M Salmon, Vanessa Beanland, Guy H Walker, Geoff Underwood & Ashleigh Filtness Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia Faculty of Arts and Business, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Austral...