mental workload is one of the factors that influence individuals’ performance in the work environment as well as their efficiency and productivity. the present study aimed at examining the association between mental workload and general health among welders of tehran heavy structuress metal company.this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016. the sample included 100 welders who were workin...

A process is described for selecting the subset of internal models needed to perform situation assessment and organizing them in a representation we designate a mental space. A cognitive framework is proposed that supports the interacting processes of mental space construction and situation assessment. This framework is consistent with a set of design principles derived from a range of psycholo...

We build the software implementation of virtual mental space: its inhabitants are interacting with the literature characters in natural language. The players are encouraged to ask questions about intentions and desires, knowledge and believes, pretending and deceiving of the literature characters. Works of literature are identified based on the patterns of mental interaction between the charact...

this survey is conducted with the purpose of studying factors effective in vitality of residential complexes. this is an important subject because through recognition of the reciprocal relation between human being and environment -as far as vitality is concerned- various attitudes and approaches can be recognized and on the other hand, for the purpose of explaining the concept of vitality in th...

Purpose Mental health and wellbeing are increasingly recognized as fundamental to quality of life; at the same time, mental disorders are increasing. In the UK, a quarter of General Practitioner (GP) consultations are about mental health. Alternative programs to address mental health are necessary for patient-centered care. Research suggests that interaction with nature contributes to mental we...

People inhabit a variety of spaces, the space of the body, the space around the body, the space of navigation. They also create spaces to promote cognition, communication, and collaboration. People’s mental representations of each of these spaces differ, and differ systematically from Euclidean space. Instead people’s conceptions reflect their perception of and action in each space.

BACKGROUND Most previous investigations of imitative suicide have reported suicide clustering in the general population, either temporal clustering following media reporting of suicide or case studies of geographically localised clusters. AIMS To determine whether space - time and space-time-method clustering occur in a national case register of those who had recent contact with mental health...