Few studies have explored personality traits to explain paranormal experiences, so it is not surprising that connections remain to be made between such experiences and a person's temperament. The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of paranormal experiences across four temperament groups. Questionnaires that included the standarized Spanish version of the Eysenck Personality Inventory...

The strongest attack against quantum mechanics came in 1935 in the form of a paper by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen. It was argued that the theory of quantum mechanics could not be called a complete theory of Nature, for every element of reality is not represented in the formalism as such. The authors then put forth a proposition: we must search for a theory where, upon knowing everything about ...

Quantum game theory is an important development in quantum computation, and has implications both for classical economic game theory and for quantum mechanics. Unfortunately, the quantum mechanical and quantum computational knowledge assumed in the literature presents a serious communication barrier for most economists. In the other direction, quantum game theory does not always seem to be cogn...

As a pedagogical illustration of the Fourier-space approach to the crystallography of quasiperiodic crystals, a simple derivation is given of the spacegroup classification scheme for hexagonal and trigonal quasiperiodic crystals of rank 4. The categories, which can be directly inferred from the Fourier-space forms of the hexagonal and trigonal space groups for periodic crystals, describe genera...

Sensation seeking is the tendency to pursue sensory pleasure and excitement. A body of research indicates that sensation seeking may contribute to paranormal/anomalous experiences. Examination of relations between sensations seeking and paranormal beliefs has resulted in a limited body of research. This paper hypothesizes that both – sensation seeking and paranormal/anomalous experiences – will...

A. Moreira-Almeida and F.S. Santos (eds.), Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship, Mindfulness in Behavioral Health, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0647-1_3, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Abstract Although there is a long tradition of philosophical and historical discussions of the mind–body problem, most of them make no mention of psychic phenomena as having implications for ...

BACKGROUND In order to reconceptualize somatoform disorders (SFDs), the psychological characteristics of SFD patients are increasingly investigated. The cognitive style of magical thinking (MT) has not been studied so far in patients with SFDs. SAMPLING AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 201 allergy workup patients were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; they...

This study aims to explore public perception of the existence Wapauwe Kaitetu mosque which involves mathematical concepts in building construction. Therefore, this research method is qualitative with a descriptive-exploratory approach. was carried out village, Central Maluku two subjects, namely community leaders and guards who knew mosque. The instruments used are interview guidelines observat...

Locality might prohibit Alice and Bob from using quantum entanglement to transmit information superluminally, but it does not prevent them from either reducing the communication required for some problems, or playing impossible games requiring no communication at all. Accordingly, we will review the polynomial method for determining quantum communication complexity lower bounds. We will also re...

The paper addresses prospects of Japanese mobile telepresence robotics where small anthropomorphic devices are designed to act as intermediaries between remote interlocutors. First, an emic perspective of involved scientists and engineers is presented, focusing on example technologies being developed at the Hiroshi Ishiguro Lab in Kyoto ( Japan), particularly a „cellphone-type tele-operated and...