Academic literature on the topic 'Collective mental time travel'

We connect two areas of research: psychological research on mental time travel as a way of understanding memory and the interdisciplinary work on collective memory. For individuals, remembering the personal past and imagining the personal future are closely related. We explore whether the link can extend to the collective realm. We review two recent studies that support this hypothesis and outline questions that should be addressed by future research. We conclude by addressing the relations between memory, simulation, and group identity.

This study means to analyze Shakespeare’s use of mental time travel (MTT) in his collection of sonnets, especially those addressed to his young friend. It also hopes to amplify that Shakespeare’s versification of MTT anticipates modern neuropsychological studies on the topic. The article tackles MTT in light of four different premises induced from the sonnets subject to analysis: first, MTT occurs in the sonnets in correlation with objective time; second, the dual constructive and destructive nature of time triggers the need for the memory-based MTT; third, the disparaging effect of time on the poet and the friend’s mother is meant to stimulate the young friend to heed the future of his extraordinary beauty under the strokes of ruthless time; and, fourth, the destructive force of time on non-human beings and natural phenomena provides another stimulus to urge the young friend to heed the dangers of time on his future.

The rapid development of information technology in the current era of modernization has changed many humanlifestyles in all fields, both private and government agencies to the general public. Laju Jaya Tour & Travel providestransportation services that are known to be on time in the departure schedule. The problem faced is the lack of departureschedule information which makes consumers do not know the departure schedule. Even ordering tickets is not efficientbecause they still use the recording process. To solve this problem, a Travel Reservation web was created to make it easierfor customers to order tickets. Data collection was carried out by conducting interviews directly related to the object understudy and reviewing the necessary needs. This system was built using the JavaScript programming language and MERNStack technology, namely the Mysql database, the ExpressJs framework on the backend, ReactJs on the frontend and NodeJs. In making this information system using the waterfall method. This system has been tested using blackbox testing to getthe expected results and the system is feasible to use. The system is expected to be able to assist in managing travelreservation data where as long as ticket ordering is still done manually. This system has limited features so that it can bedeveloped to make it even better and is expected to have high performance in terms of its software developmentinfrastructure, so it needs regular development.

Introduction: Vaccines and drugs for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 require robust evidence generated from clinical trials before they can be used. Decisions on how to apply non-pharmaceutical interventions such as quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing and travel restrictions should also be based on evidence. There are some experiential and mathematical modelling data for these interventions, but there is a lack of data on the social, ethical and behavioural aspects of these interventions in the literature. Therefore, our study aims to produce evidence to inform (non-pharmaceutical) interventions such as communications, quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing, travel restrictions and other public health measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The study will be conducted in the United Kingdom, Italy, Malaysia, Slovenia and Thailand. We propose to conduct 600-1000 quantitative surveys and 25-35 qualitative interviews per country. Data collection will follow the following four themes: (1) Quarantine and self-isolation (2) social distancing and travel restrictions (3) wellbeing and mental health (4) information, misinformation and rumours. In light of limitations of travel and holding in-person meetings, we will primarily use online/remote methods for collecting data. Study participants will be adults who have provided informed consent from different demographic, socio-economic and risk groups. Discussion: At the time of the inception of the study, United Kingdom, Italy, Malaysia, Slovenia and Thailand have initiated strict public health measures and varying degrees of “lockdowns” to curb the pandemic. These public health measures will change in the coming weeks and months depending on the number of cases of COVID-19 in the respective countries. The data generated from our study could inform these strategies in real time.

Introduction: Vaccines and drugs for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 require robust evidence generated from clinical trials before they can be used. Decisions on how to apply non-pharmaceutical interventions such as quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing and travel restrictions should also be based on evidence. There are some experiential and mathematical modelling data for these interventions, but there is a lack of data on the social, ethical and behavioural aspects of these interventions in the literature. Therefore, our study aims to produce evidence to inform (non-pharmaceutical) interventions such as communications, quarantine, self-isolation, social distancing, travel restrictions and other public health measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The study will be conducted in the United Kingdom, Italy, Malaysia and Thailand. We propose to conduct 600-1000 quantitative surveys and 25-35 qualitative interviews per country. Data collection will follow the following four themes: (1) Quarantine and self-isolation (2) social distancing and travel restrictions (3) wellbeing and mental health (4) information, misinformation and rumours. In light of limitations of travel and holding in-person meetings, we will use online/remote methods for collecting data. Study participant will be adults who have provided informed consent from different demographic, socio-economic and risk groups. Discussion: At the time of writing, United Kingdom, Italy, Malaysia and Thailand have initiated strict public health measures and varying degrees of “lockdowns” to curb the pandemic. It is anticipated that these public health measures will continue in some countries (e.g. Italy, Malaysia) or be tightened further in other countries (e.g. Thailand, UK) to control the spread of the disease in the coming weeks and months. The data generated from our study could inform these strategies in real time.

Surf tourism is the principal development driver in many coastal communities around the world. Surf tourism development brings economic opportunities to residents in coastal destinations, but has also been criticized for associations with gentrification, pollution, and inequity. While many have speculated that surfers represent a crisis-resistant tourist segment, this had not yet been empirically demonstrated, nor had the sustainability implications of their travel during crises been explored. Building on ethnographic observations and two interview phases with 25 resident surfers in Bocas del Toro, Panama, this is the first study to do both. The findings reveal that the pandemic exacerbated existing sustainability challenges by accelerating development near surf-breaks, fomenting tensions within the surf community (related to surf tourism business operations and the distribution of benefits) and facilitating residents to surf more frequently—exacerbating surf-resource crowding. Evidence also revealed, however, a potential shift in surfers’ collective consciousness in the context of the pandemic, which reduced conflicts between visiting and resident surfers. This paper exposes the urgent need for stakeholders in surf communities, and particularly surf tourism business owners, to cooperate in order to preserve surf experiences that are vital to resident mental/physical health and well-being, as well as the attractiveness as a surf tourism destination.

Aims1.To evaluate the clinical practice and documentation of remote patient consultations in memory assessment service during COVID-19 pandemic2.To gather the views of clinicians and patients on the benefits and challenges of remote patient consultations 3.To understand the role of digital psychiatry in our services after the pandemicMethodsAn audit tool and feedback questionnaires for patients and clinicians were completed through discussions and consensus with multidisciplinary team. RCPsych guidance for cognitive assessments was also considered.A random sample of 20 patients was identified who had virtual consultations. Rio clinical records were used for data collection using audit tool.Patients and clinicians were sent questionnairesResultsEvaluation of clinical practiceThe audit demonstrated that all the relevant documentation was completed in vast majority of cases and the clinical practice was not significantly affected by the consultations being carried out virtually. Mental state examination was identified as one aspect which got partially completed in 4 out of 20 assessments during the remote consultationsPatient surveyPatient survey showed that the purpose of the consultation was mostly served by remote appointments. Almost 90% fedback that the communication was clear and they were able to engage freely and effectively with the clinicians. 55% reported preference for face to face meetings in future. 28% preferred remote consultations citing not having to travel as the main reason for their choice. Another benefit identified was relatives who don't live locally could also attend the virtual meetings to support the patients and to offer useful informationClinicians’ surveyFrom clinicians’ perspective, the main advantages were reduced travel time, improved time efficiency, and reduced risk of infection. The main disadvantages were inability to get the full clinical picture compared to face-to-face appointments, technological challenges, and lack of personal touch.43% reported that the job satisfaction has improved from hybrid workingConclusionThere are certainly benefits and advantages for remote consultations from the perspective of both patients and clinicians. While majority of clinicians prefer a combination of remote working and face-to-face consultations, more than half of patients expressed preference for face-to-face appointments. This audit demonstrates that, although remote consultation is not the gold standard method in assessing cognitive functions and dementia diagnosis, it was useful for obtaining most of the relevant information to enable diagnosis and initiating treatment in timely manner. We also found that approximately 437 miles of travelling was prevented because of the possibility of virtual meetings

Abstract This study investigates processing of passive and active constructions between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of English using traditional on-line mechanisms such as response time in conjunction with techniques that capitalize on the parallel activation of distributed mental representations during online syntactic processing. In the current study, hand motions captured by a mouse-tracking system were used to index listeners’ cognitive processes while making commitments to different choice alternatives during the processing of English passive and active structures. During data collection, 57 NNS and 43 NS carried out an aural forced-choice picture identification task. Data analysis indicated differences and similarities between NS and NNS participants such that NS participants are faster at responding to passive and active stimuli, travel less distance, and make fewer directional changes when compared to NNS participants. However, all participants showed similar trends for passive processing, suggesting comparable difficulties in processing passive constructions.

Episodic memory (memories of the personal past) and prospecting the future (anticipating events) are often described as mental time travel (MTT). While most use this description metaphorically, we argue that episodic memory may allow for MTT in at least some robust sense. While episodic memory experiences may not allow us to literally travel through time, they do afford genuine awareness of past-perceived events. This is in contrast to an alternative view on which episodic memory experiences present past-perceived events as mere intentional contents. Hence, episodic memory is a way of coming into experiential contact with, or being again aware of, what happened in the past. We argue that episodic memory experiences depend on a causal-informational link with the past events being remembered, and that, assuming direct realism about episodic memory experiences, this link suffices for genuine awareness. Since there is no such link in future prospection, a similar argument cannot be used to show that it also affords genuine awareness of future events. Constructivist views of memory might challenge the idea of memory as genuine awareness of remembered events. We explain how our view is consistent with both constructivist and anti-causalist conceptions of memory. There is still room for an interpretation of episodic memory as enabling genuine awareness of past events, even if it involves reconstruction.