The noun city is an actively epithetized image of Ukrainian poetry the twentieth century. Around it are definitions with direct, descriptive meaning (autological) and figurative, figurative-evaluative (metalogical). Autologous include characteristics size (large, giant, small), age (new, old, ancient, eternal, young), location relative to administrative center (central, provincial), distance fr...

Emotion is one of the lovely gifts from nature. It is present not only in humans, but most species present sorts of emotions and expressions in daily behaviors. However, only human beings ask for explanations. Research into the mystery of emotion can be traced back to Heraclitus (500 BC), who claimed that “the emotional state is characterized by a mixture of body parameters such as temperature ...

Previous research has suggested that older and younger adults are equally able to regulate their outward expressions of emotion, and that the regulation of emotional expression in younger adults results in decreased memory for the emotional stimulus. The current study examines whether older adults show this same memory effect. Older and younger adults viewed positive and negative emotional pict...

The current research investigated the psychological differences between protagonists and antagonists in literature and the impact of these differences on readers. It was hypothesized that protagonists would embody cooperative motives and behaviors that are valued by egalitarian hunter-gatherers groups, whereas antagonists would demonstrate status-seeking and dominance behaviors that are stigmat...

Article history: Received 1 March 2014 Received in revised form 20 March 2014 Accepted 28 April 2014 Abstract Introduction: In recent decade, demand for higher education and the factors affecting Academic Performance especially for graduate courses have been increased. So investigating the relationship between emotional intelligence, personality traits and academic performance was the main obje...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is, apart from the well-known motor symptoms, also characterized by neuropsychological and emotional disturbances. However, patients also often present with a personality profile of low Novelty Seeking and high Harm Avoidance. This profile can be identified as the disease emerges, which raises the question whether these traits correlate with more fundamental neuropsycho...

Prior research indicates that expressive writing enhances well-being by leading people to construct meaningful narratives that explain distressing life experiences. But how does expressive writing facilitate meaning-making? We addressed this issue in 2 longitudinal studies by examining whether and how expressive writing promotes self-distancing, a process that facilitates meaning-making. At bas...

Individual differences in emotional processing are likely to contribute to vulnerability and resilience to emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety. Genetic variation is known to contribute to these differences but they remain incompletely understood. The serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and α2B-adrenergic autoreceptor (ADRA2B) insertion/deletion polymorphisms impact on two separate b...

Studies indicate that language impairment that cannot be accounted for by factors such as below-average non-verbal ability, hearing impairment, behaviour or emotional problems, or neurological impairments affects some 6% of school-age children. Language impairment with a receptive language component is more resistant to intervention than specific expressive or phonological delays, and carries a...