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Educational Explosion
By Lida Prypchan The most recent generations of students and teachers have run into a serious problem; given the educational explosion parallel to the demographic growth of the population, classrooms worldwide face a common spectacle: student overcrowding, a shortage of teachers and insufficient time to cover all the materials needed for professional training. …
The Art of Scientific Investigation
By Lida Prypchan Chance Undoubtedly chance has played an important role in scientific discoveries. Its importance increases when we think about how common failures and frustrations are in research. Probably most of the discoveries in biology and medicine have been unexpected or at least have had an element of chance, especially the most …
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
By Lida Prypchan The Dostoyevsky’s had their roots in the Russian nobility. But their genealogy presents a long line of mystics, the mentally unbalanced, geniuses and the criminally insane. A Maria Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for killing her first husband after trying to kill her stepson. As the result of …
ALCOHOLIC HALLUCINOSIS
By Lida Prypchan Very rare in its pure form, alcoholic hallucinosis, also known as hallucinatory paranoia and chronic alcoholic delirium, characteristically exhibits auditory hallucinations which generate delusions of persecution, while retaining clarity of the senses without impairment. It differs from delirium tremens in the predominance of auditory and tactile hallucinations and clarity of …
The appetite for trivial novelty: INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT?
By: Lida Prypchan People are classified as either introverts or extroverts. This classification is very ambiguous and not particularly practical because a person can be both introverted and extroverted. It’s just that it’s an alternating process: the classification has greater value when we analyze the frequency of the periods when introversion or extroversion …
MY EXPERIENCE WITH NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO
by Lida Prypchan Experience by Lida Prypchan, Elmhurst District – Kosenrufu Gongyo, August 6, 2006 My name is Lida Prypchan. I come from Venezuela where I graduated as a medical doctor in 1986. I have been practicing Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism for 18 years. In 1988, while working as a medical doctor in my country, I …
Face Blindness and Art
There was a segment on 60 minutes about “face blindness” and how it has affected Chuck Close, an artist famous for his close-up portraits. Definition of “face blindness” from Wikipedia: Prosopagnosia (Greek: “prosopon” = “face”, “agnosia” = “not knowing”) is a disorder of face perception where the ability to recognize facesis impaired, while the ability …
ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH?
By Lida Prypchan More men than women: ARE YOU A PSYCHOPATH? Check the Three “I”s: Impulsive + Instability + Intractability The sociopath (the psychopathic or antisocial personality) is generally associated with delinquency, sometimes with sexual crimes. There will, of course, be some cases of this type, maybe quite a few, but …
World Philosophy Day
Read more at: http://www.un.org/en/events/philosophyday/background.shtml Background Philosophy Day has been celebrated by UNESCO every year since 2002, on the third Thursday of November, both at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and other cities around the world. The General Conference of UNESCO established World Philosophy Day in 2005. UNESCO’s objective is to promote an international culture of philosophical …
PTSD and Art therapy
DOWNLOAD THE ORIGINAL PDF PRESENTATION HERE PTSD and Art therapy by Claudia Diaz-MS3 Objectives What, who and why PTSD? What are current treatment therapies? Art therapy in children Art therapy in adults Websites for sharing experiences with others who suffer from PTSD ptsd Traumatic event that continues to be relived and interferes with everyday …