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Strange-face illusions during eye-to-eye gazing in dyads: specific effects on derealization, depersonalization and dissociative identity
Full text linkExperimentally induced strange-face illusions can be perceived
when two individuals look at each other in the eyes under low
illumination for about 10 minutes. This task of subject-other eyeto-eye
gazing produces the following perceptions by the subject:
(i) mild to huge deformations and color/shape changes of
face and facial features; (ii) lifeless, unmoving faces and immaterial
presences akin to out-of-body experiences; (iii) pseudohallucinations,
enlightened ‘idealized’ faces and personalities –
rather than the other’s actual face. Dissociative phenomena
seem to be involved, whereas the effects of non-pathological
dissociation on strange-face illusions have not yet been directly
investigated. In the present study, dissociative perceptions and
strange-face illusions were measured through self-report questionnaires
on a large sample (N = 90) of healthy young individuals.
Results of correlation and factor analyses suggest that
strange-face illusions can involve, respectively: (i) strange-face
illusions correlated to derealization; (ii) strange-face illusions
correlated to depersonalization; and (iii) strange-face illusions
of identity, which are supposedly correlated to identity dissociation.
The findings support the separation between detachment
and compartmentalization in dissociative processes. Effects of
gender show that strange-face illusions are more frequent in
men with respect to women if dyads are composed of individuals
of different-gender. Furthermore, drawings of strangefaces,
which were perceived by portrait artists in place the
others’ faces, allowed a direct illustration of examples of dissociative
identities. Findings are discussed in relation to the three level
model of self-referential processing
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
The Monika Encounter: A Mixed Methods Study of a Techno-Based Ghostly Episode
No full textHaunted People Syndrome (HP-S) characterizes recurrent ‘ghostly episodes’ as an
interactionist phenomenon emerging from people with heightened somatic-sensory
sensitivities that are stirred by dis-ease states, contextualized with paranormal belief,
and reinforced via perceptual contagion and threat-agency detection. We tested the
applicability of this psychological model via a three-part, quali-quantitative case study
of a 36-year-old male in France, who self-reported successive encounter experiences
seemingly triggered by the popular horror game and visual novel, Doki Doki Literature
Club! The percipient completed several standardized measures that mapped the
contents and context of his experiences, including indices of ‘deep’ imaginary
companions, stigmata-like marks, and enchantment effects. We also conducted
independent content analyses of his written account to compare the narrative’s
development and descriptions to published sequences for HP-S and dissociative
phenomena. This episode showed (a) slightly below-average ‘haunt intensity’ and
a content structure that paralleled both fantasy and lifestyle-based accounts, (b)
an above-average score on a screener for HP-S recognition patterns, which we
corroborated with scores on separate measures of transliminality, paranormal
belief, and stress levels, (c) a narrative sequence that aligns reasonably well to the
posited process of HP-S, (d) clear indications of depersonalization, derealization, and
dissociated identity, and (e) aftereffects of situational-enchantment. The percipient’s
understanding of his experiences also evolved over time due to active sense-making
activities. Our findings support prior research suggesting that embodied, embedded,
extended, and enactive cognitions partly help to shape the phenomenology of these
often transformative and clinically-relevant experiences
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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