Socialism in Thought and Action.

Thought-action fusion and thought suppression in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

To examine the significance of thought-action fusion (TAF) and thought suppression tendencies, the present study obtained pre- and post-treatment questionnaire data on these constructs in a sample of OCD patients (n=24) and non-OCD anxiety patients (n=20). Results indicate that TAF and suppression are correlated with severity of psychopathology. Yet, the associations between TAF and psychopatho...

Occupational Epidemiology: Thought and Action

Turning thought into action.

Patients with spinal cord injury, subcortical stroke, neuromuscular diseases (including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), and limb amputation have at least two characteristics in common: a brain that wants to direct movement and a body that fails to respond accordingly. Despite intact cortical function , central motor commands in persons with these paralyzing disorders are " disconnected " from t...

From thought to action

Systems engineering is rapidly assuming a prominent role in neuroscience that could unify scientific theories, experimental evidence, and medical development. In this three-part work, I study the neural representation of targets before reaching movements and the generation of prosthetic control signals through stochastic modeling and estimation. In the first part, I show that temporal and histo...

Selling ‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics’ ‘Thought and Politics’ and the Legitimisation of China’s Developmental Strategy

2008 looks set to be remembered for the global discrediting of an overly doctrinaire faith in market-driven economic development and, by the same token, of predominantly market-based rather than state-directed models for the provision of basic services. Meanwhile, in China, a year in which the Beijing Olympics were intended to be an unalloyed triumph for the successes of national development ha...