27 Using projective and objective measures, effects of rock music on emotion were investigated. Sixty students were randomly assigned to three conditions: hard rock, soft rock, and no music. One group listened to hard rock music while taking a projective test with five ink blots and an objective test with an Emotional Assessment Scale (EAS). The same procedure was used for the second group whil...

Menu systems are a standard interface technique in 2D desktop systems. Using menu systems in virtual reality systems however, is often problematic. In this paper, we present five techniques for menu selection in a 3D desktop virtual reality system: a 3D ray-casting technique, two projective techniques, one technique based on 3D positioning, and one technique based on the standard 2D desktop mou...

Art therapy has been applied in a variety of settings and with a large number of different client groups. It has been used for aesthetic, educational and clinical reasons. One of the main applications in the past has been to measure intelligence. However, the test-retest reliability was found to be poor. For example, intelligence or projective tests in clinical psychology, like the 'Rorschach i...

Aim. The present study was aimed to emphasise the role of psychological factor in establishing of an effective and efficient relation and communication between child patient and paediatric dental practitioner as well as to perform a correct individualization of the behavioural and therapeutical management techniques. Material and methods. The present study is an integrative part of an interdisc...

Image coding standards usually focus on storing and transmitting signals efficiently, in a frame based approach. The coming MPEG-4 standard [1] adds a new challenge, namely bringing new services to image communication users. It moves towards representing a scene as a composition of audiovisual objects rather than "just" a collection of pixels. MPEG-4 objects can be captured naturally by one (or...

Inspite of the fact that the study of suicidal behaviour has been the subject of an ever increasing body of li terature, re catch in the field of communication of suicidal intent has somehow not received due attention. Quite often pntient 's suicidal ideas may remain unnoticed during clinical interview in an overcrowded psychiatric outpatient and at times this inadvertent neglect might result i...