![]() ![]() If you’re a country with a minor film industry, it’s probably pretty clear what you produced in the year that’s Oscar-bait, but I’d imagine India, Hong Kong, Germany and France would have a lot of contenders every year. Apparently every county with any sort of film industry submits one choice, and the Oscar committee winnows it down to 6-9 nominees. The film has enough appeal that India submitted as their official entry for Best Foreign Language film for this year’s Academy Awards. In case you’re wondering about the title, the deaf lead is named Murphy but vocalizes it as “Barfi” because he can’t speak well, and barfi is also the name of a sweet Indian confectionary (oooh onomastic symbolism!) I choose Barfi mostly based on its astonishing 9.0 IMDB rating, (with over 10,000 votes) which, despite its unfortunate name to American ears, is a wonderful comedy/tearjerker about a mischievous deaf guy and his unrequited love. I know a bit about the formula: 1) usually longer than your average 95 minute US film 2) generally have an intermission 3) almost always have at least one dance number, even in a drama (but not a thriller) 4) feature young beautiful actors that can sing and dance ,with a romantic subplot that is full of sexual tension but rarely features even chaste kissing 5) are generally subtitled in English because India has something like 3 gazillion regional dialects and not everyone speaks Hindi, but most moviegoers will speak either Hindi or English, and if you speak neither, you can at least enjoy the singing and dancing and costumes.įor my first trip to the Cinema there was nothing American I wanted to see playing at the time I was heading to the city center, so I figured I’d see an Indian film. I had seen maybe 3 Bollywood films start to finish before I came here. I saw Looper last night, which I liked, but so far, my scorecard is 1 US film, 2 Bollywood films. However, Judge Dredd is in its second week despite tanking in the US. Long artsy films don’t seem to play here I had hoped to catch “Samsara” (the film by the makers of Baraka) before I left Seattle, but I had too much to do. You spend 3 weeks with one TV station and no home internet and see how YOUR standards change before you judge me.) (Which means I’ll be paying to see shameless Glee rip-off Pitch Perfect first run. Though they are showing that new Clint Eastwood drama that looks so dull I won’t bother, and I’ve pretty much decided that at FJ$6.50 a screening (about $3.25 in USD), I’ll see just about EVERYTHING that comes around that I have even a passing interest in. In the month I’ve been here I think there have been two Hong Kong action films screened and exactly 0 UK or European films. Since I’ve arrived late in the year (early September), I can’t tell you now how many of the year’s Oscar nominees will have played here, but my guess will be about half. It shows a mix of Bollywood films and big-budget American films. It has 6 screens but often spaces film showings (especially children’s movies in the morning and violent Hollywood action films at night) so that it’s showing 10 films per week. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Let's stay with our Madonna and Kylie studio duet in 10B. But how do you know which mixes are harmonic? With Madonna and Kylie studio duet in D major, the corresponding code would be 10B. Using Mixed in Key, you can find the key of each song and translate it to the corresponding Camelot code. By knowing the key of the song, you can mix it harmonically with other songs once you understand Camelot Notation.Ĭamelot Notation tells you which keys will result in harmonic mixes. In the studio scenario the two vocals in the duet complement each other because they are in the same key. In the first instance, the two keys, D major and B major, do not mix harmonically. ![]() In Western music, there are only 24 possible keys. So why don't duets like these work in a club, but succeed in the music studio? They perform a duet - Madonna sings in a low voice and Kylie sings in a high voice, but in the same key, perhaps D major. Imagine that Kylie and Madonna are recording together in the same studio. Most people can often tell when something is out of tune, especially if it's two singers. Madonna's vocal is not in the same key as Kylie Minogue. When you play a Madonna vocal in D major on top of a Kylie Minogue vocal in B major, this could get a little sour. When you play the same song back-to-back, the mix will always sound pleasant because the key and the tempo are the same. Harmonic mixing is a process of mixing between harmonically compatible songs. Although harmonic mixing seems complicated at first, it is actually very simple. Many famous DJs currently use harmonic mixing to supplement their beatmatching technique. I learned this technique from watching DJ Sasha, Armin Van Buuren and Miguel Migs. Harmonic Mixing is a technique that I use to transition between songs while I am DJ'ing. Tutorial #1 "Harmonic Mixing using Camelot Notation" Mixed In Key has low memory usage, so it should run alongside Ableton Live. ![]() Save your last 10 song results into your collection.Display harmonically-compatible song combinations.Create browsable collections, drag-and-drop supported.Mixed In Key helps users mix songs harmonically, with no clashing vocals and harmonic elements. Mixed In Key is a Windows application that finds the musical key of songs for musicians and professional DJs. "Mixed In Key Live delivers accurate and impressive key detection, instantly, through drag and dropping anything from one shot samples to whole songs.A free version of Mixed In Key is now available for download. MusicRadar verdict: Mixed in Key Live is an uncomplicated studio asset, particularly for those who need a hand with theory. While programs such as this continue to prove that deep theoretical insight isn’t a prerequisite for musical creativity, it does remind us of how little we actually know! So too is its application as a sample analyser, reducing incalculable amounts of time. ![]() Though Mixed in Key Live is a small and relatively simple piece of software, the speed and precision of its theory-snapping algorithm is a bewilderingly huge asset that we never quite realised we needed. So, if you’re sitting on a mountain of disorganised samples, here’s a handy route back to some key and BPM-stacked unity. The second pillar of Mixed in Key Live is its eagerness to sift through your files too, dragging and dropping your sample and loop files into its File Analysis area results in a quickfire scan (which you can see the swift progress of). Testing it in Spotify confirms that key detection is instantaneous, having no trouble unpacking hard musical material, be it the twinkly pulse of Jon Hopkins or sludgy metal of Deftones. Its algorithms are adept at working in those ecosystems though. While Mixed in Key’s promotion incorporates logos of several platforms, like Spotify, YouTube, Ableton Live and Logic Pro X, in actuality it scans any and all system audio currently playing on a host Mac. Expanding it out presents a graphic note visualiser, where we can see every single note within a chord or a track, and that note’s relative dominance next to the other. Using it while working on a sprawling Logic track, which has been badly re-pitched at a much earlier point in its life, Mixed in Key Live tells us what bizarre key we’re now living in.įrom its initial position on the top Mac menu bar, the tiny application can be floated unobtrusively over currently open music software or DAW. It’s an aim we can get on board with, and one which the software promptly succeeds at. For even greater music theory analysis, this has yet to be topped.Īble to discern the same information with a much more dominant UI.ĭeveloped alongside acclaimed multi-skilled DJ and producer Kshmr, the very aim of Mixed in Key Live is to save time, and let its under-the-hood do the hard musical decoding while your focus remains on creating. ![]() ![]() ![]() Descriptive statistics with different charts (pie charts, bar charts, boxplots, etc.Exportable data reports to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Get started with Sourcetree by following this tutorial and excel in Git and your projects in no time.Easy interpretation of complex life sciences data.In-app My Assistant that helps you choose the right statistical tool.The free version of XLSTAT includes 14 essential features.SZHMhQDesJ0UOBAO0+HxIvRAs9RlRROAt7wUDNQQ9fYGjNFFQzn4BYey1kozFhb2hUWBĮEzbVSIv3ewnLcPJTDzzCiZEwquiIdXzK26ptLuVo+0= TOA8Wo4UgR8FDvFr3f/5IluuoUifzGygbOlhZ01lySEUJLsztDJOUPZrR77VujV8jGkn Gq7QnstEBi/4hbXo4P9n+WOVJfYSL4XnvQHsCo8ojYR85tveXW4MHE1ICsxZ4y5gIrk3 W3cqSAYfEQs1+H0BJFVTDgowEocwV0Igrks2i8ceXaWveeT/NsU/nAluMLxhymH9gr/1į65sOQ8U1/lcp9V+oPiG6I5TSL5+YEu48vF2a0lkd7G8aql0vmzpv+puZJ4nZ1ap9+kUĪG7cysw9gFACQiDXMClAWU0W1Cui1hQVrLBCpoZDdHhT4qxa0om+XpU9IE4C6mwBliLCĪc0yjRFX5WaOdkE+4sLnC5y6s8VvPYMPEOH8M11TYv0fSvZIICK7r/BHUsSzLFjVD29s OdeDfFvL+3RjOdz5zdugYLlUvt6Oa4MhUQv4CNg1oneWY7Y/9afnBuXLz6ZX8f0HEe1bĢAT346SGpxmaMZA12RcA+blnHrJfRwdS/v+Olnd1E516dxPtfmD79vK7McF2w7rKIjtv VLlfDUJQYeHzDWfVk63KmS5e5QG4OUxV4d+TjOq50si5vUv5ogVb+Pb9JpQ4TDy82KmK MBvBXhn/wls82k1Kq6O4I427mPpuZqh5shlAfTLO0CWLcaZNlxcCEW25B6daEBCuVVcQ QwFqjMgKLToPumxvqnU3dSVl6YuvToJsAsTyEwwgB06B90nrgSTm444hnLRaiPnZCsB2 SkFiHn0BAp02i/AZL2NNQkL9/FHAMr/eDgNhkM+rz+RbmY2kHVClAAqhx1wETHQdTZbq ZLTaJHLUWHYAfjTMolMfEbYRJ017KzeBDzqSoSYzLfaY+6r+Q/7KVD5VqZDmgg2sLk1d T4rwC+8azHg7vZ9Ym6bOK5sJVhla0OcX0BHIsgn0JVxKOx8UiolwnjyiIBLBzoyh8mVFįnXMcvXoOATVNVORAmzpx+lWhTuXU2AsXMV0QqsEDuzsdZBK24F0/nZuenZ8dRSnohmx UCZzZAm0RhPjTHlUv7XpgNw2FGdZUYTntY6/xJKssz5d1mOdnnY4NbQPZkzjJwjn6+Mwį6ulcXYhOXtZWjGp3gCZkZM9xqsxZN2XIoqyc8j/eTAwnZ4avOHMvUpQ57dgHhpzFv/TģIvsdSywR4Yp5YDzs4mxKUcsy9gw0vphzUWzTFqe8TobhJlDJLmXXcUxjA+9p+HlJagmĨf0eG7fDtW4j0Ks3T0sCWplAPX/f3wBph9zILl2whS6vPbJZF6JPGa3kOcPAgJSDXeU4ĭ++KmbyBhdv6f57c/O4GPGYKauSRNDOdh/nhnzWrCa8ezymu/kxAbhffeNXmWcvH4OjJ O34VO4JxN4ojCn1jI66hlYiREYY4EgW0KQjCF1NgptX/cNwcd68gtTUkR2qOYFkBidu2 Uv7jFqqGdRPcSR+0TZmRHaQQu1xwAfJsxoPPRZ46zttJoow6Lhxm2ikmnUCcdHLeFrV0 ![]() WfVD3F+/JCBiSBkO3O0SAVJTWtoRYd+MjWcEA5fS4gfF圆k7GBpoSqC5Q60+gJKBI0Ma PGx1gbai44OLnj8ss+Y0dKG9Byj6Rp5bPMcrdlvI8圓Qr3gLYx5BeJ2DeToYKpbw2sQ/ĭJ750vtgdcnK6j1lxPS/RVAw/90vK7r//VySQ5FXW7+RliiV98Lm0tKVfORQAVGwW69KĬersr7Ycz7o5nxFTtMESzONYzs/O7VDQigSUUCQsm/A/YTODh5+yNBJQ5MWqKAgT0ype Rs6TsJ7suf9FUP2VhBsTEOLRPgFb8CwqlzYVRfGlKZC/c91K/f4r8fj9dr2iMZn6mpHr Platform: Download (PC/Mac)Edition: Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021Subscription Term Name: One-Time Purchase Verified Purchase Some of the other reviews seem a bit confused about the Microsoft branding and think that this product doesnt work or they got the wrong version because all the links mention '365'. 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So while Chucky wasn't inspired by a true story in the direct sense, the ongoing franchise and the reboot are both speaking to real issues beyond what you should do whenever your supposed best buddy is after you.As Jack Skellington in "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas," Sarandon gave voice to a Halloween mainstay who has subsequently become one of the most merchandised and cosplayed characters of all time. This new, upgraded Chucky (Mark Hamill) also has dominion over the family's thermostat, cars, and everything else created by tech company Kaslan. And while Mancini's Child's Play points a finger at advertising and consumerism, the remake focuses on the control we allow technology to have over our lives. ![]() Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) portrays Cold War anxieties through an alien invasion Night of the Living Dead (1968) is rife with references to race relations and the Civil War and Rosemary's Baby (1968) deals with rape culture and consent. Many horror stories are meant to be commentary on our fears and the troubles plaguing our society. I thought, I wanted to write a dark satire about how advertising affects children.” “Madison Avenue refers to children as ‘consumer trainees’ and I discovered that as a child. ![]() “Because of my exposure to the world of advertising and marketing through my dad, I was very aware from an early age of the cynicism inherent in that world, particularly selling products to children,” Mancini told director Mick Garris on his podcast, Post Mortem. Mancini himself told Entertainment Weekly that the story was also influenced by his father’s job experience as a pharmaceutical company’s liaison to ad agencies in New York City. While this does sound a lot like the plot line of the first Child's Play, The Hollywood Reporter says that original screenplay writer Don Mancini was actually inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kids and My Buddy doll crazes in the '80s, as he was intrigued by how marketers stoked kids' need to have the latest hot commodity. Florida Weekly reports that no 10-year-old girl ever lived in the Ottos' home. When the old house was eventually bought by a new family in the '70s, Robert was found in the attic and given to the 10-year-old daughter, who claimed that Robert tried to kill her. Some publications, such as The Sun, link the original Chucky to something called "Robert the Doll." According to the legend, the 40-inch, sailor-suited, wood-stuffed figure - which is currently on display at the East Martello Museum in Key West, Florida - was gifted to Robert Eugene Otto in 1906 by his Florida-based family’s Bahamian maid, who supposedly practiced "voodoo." The child told his parents that the doll mutilated his other toys, and knocked furniture over during the night. ![]() But Charles Lee Ray is fictional, and Chucky is not based on a real doll - not a real cursed doll at least. ( The Conjuring film series, for example, is based on the very real couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren and supernatural events they supposedly witnessed.) And though the 2019 remake of Child's Play transforms the murderous doll into a tech toy gone haywire, in the original 1988 movie, Chucky is a doll possessed by the spirit of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif). Horror films often take inspiration from real life - sometimes from serial killers and true crime stories, others from reported hauntings and exorcisms. ![]() ![]() ![]() At first there were lots of obvious issues, such as poorly transcribed text or inaccurate descriptions containing AI hallucinations. “We are getting such exceptional feedback,” says Jesper Hvirring Henriksen, chief technology officer of Be My Eyes. The early trials went well enough that Be My Eyes is now in the process rolling out the AI-powered version of its app to all its users. In March OpenAI started testing its multimodal version of GPT-4 through the company Be My Eyes, which provides a free description service through an app of the same name for blind and low-sighted people. Credit: Lauren Lefferįor disabled communities, the applications of such tech are particularly exciting. And ChatGPT also outperformed Bard in accurately identifying insects from photographs.īased on this photograph of a potted plant, two multimodal AI-powered chatbots-OpenAI’s ChatGPT (a version powered by GPT-4V) and Google’s Bard-accurately estimated the size of the container. Both identified the Statue of Liberty from a single photograph, deduced that the image was snapped from an office in lower Manhattan and offered spot-on directions from the photographer’s original location to the landmark (though ChatGPT’s guidance was more detailed than Bard’s). ![]() In another trial, when given a photograph of a stocked bookshelf, both chatbots offered detailed descriptions of the hypothetical owner’s supposed character and interests that were almost like AI-generated horoscopes. Bard did nearly as well, but it interpreted one “9” as a “0,” thus flubbing the final total. Altogether, the task took less than 30 seconds. In our test, using only a photograph of a receipt and a two-line prompt, ChatGPT accurately split a complicated bar tab and calculated the amount owed for each of four different people-including tip and tax. These abilities have myriad applications. Both can both hold hands-free vocal conversations using only audio, and they can describe scenes within images and decipher lines of text in a picture. Scientific American tested out two different chatbots that rely on multimodal LLMs: a version of ChatGPT powered by the updated GPT-4 (dubbed GPT-4 with vision, or GPT-4V) and Bard, which is currently powered by Google’s PaLM 2 model. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. What Can Multimodal AI Do? On supporting science journalism Though it is in its infancy, the burgeoning technology can perform a variety of tasks. Meta, too, announced big strides in multimodality this past spring. Google began incorporating similar image and audio features to those offered by the new GPT-4 into some versions of its LLM-powered chatbot, Bard, back in May. OpenAI released a multimodal version of ChatGPT, powered by its LLM GPT-4, to paying subscribers for the first time last week, months after the company first announced these capabilities. And now multimodal AIs that are capable of parsing not only text but also images, audio, and more are on the rise. Since that time, these chatbots have demonstrated an impressive capacity for generating text and code, albeit not always accurately. Its arrival ushered in an era of nonstop headlines about artificial intelligence and accelerated the development of competing large language models (LLMs) from Google, Meta and other tech giants. Slightly more than 10 months ago OpenAI’s ChatGPT was first released to the public. ![]() ![]() ![]() Show a red card for expulsionĮND OF (SET) MATCH Cross the forearms in front of the chest, hands openīALL NOT TOSSED OR RELEASED AT THE SERVICE HIT Lift the extended arm, the palm of the hand facing upwardsĭELAY IN SERVICE Raise eight fingers, spread open (i.e. MISCONDUCT PENALTY OR EXPULSIOIN Show a yellow card for penalty. SUBSTITUTION Circular motion of the forearms around each other It contains all the essential information about the game, the players, the equipment, the scoring, the referee and more. TIME-OUT Place the palm of one hand over the fingers of the other, held vertically (i.e. Do you want to learn the official rules of volleyball in English Download the FIVB Volleyball Rules 2017-2020 PDF, the new edition approved by the FIVB Congress. TEAM TO SERVE Extend the arm to the side of team that will serveĬHANGE OF COURTS Raise the forearms front and back and twist them around the body Next, the hand signal explaining the reason why (or what the game/ball fault is) is indicatedĪUTHORIZATION TO SERVE Move the hand to indicate the direction of serve.Immediately after a rally is over, the hand signal “Team to Serve” and a point is always indicatedįIRST to the team who earned the next service and point.All one-handed signals are made with the hand toward the side of the team which made the error.Bachelors of science in nursing (BSN13) 765 Documents. It is easy and well worth the effort for any player to learn these basic hand signals. FIVB-Volleyball Hand Signals 2017 2010-Poster-EN-v04. The following contains descriptions of the Official FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) Referee’s hand signals that we will be using. the server has taken more than 8 seconds to serve the ball which is a service fault) DISQUALIFIED Show both cards together for disqualification Show a red card for expulsion END OF (SET) MATCH Cross the forearms in front of the chest, hands open BALL NOT TOSSED OR RELEASED AT THE SERVICE HIT Lift the extended arm, the palm of the hand facing upwards DELAY IN SERVICE Raise eight fingers, spread open (i.e. generally for 30 seconds) SUBSTITUTION Circular motion of the forearms around each other MISCONDUCT PENALTY OR EXPULSIOIN Show a yellow card for penalty. Next, the hand signal explaining the reason why (or what the game/ball fault is) is indicated AUTHORIZATION TO SERVE Move the hand to indicate the direction of serve TEAM TO SERVE Extend the arm to the side of team that will serve CHANGE OF COURTS Raise the forearms front and back and twist them around the body TIME-OUT Place the palm of one hand over the fingers of the other, held vertically (i.e.Immediately after a rally is over, the hand signal “Team to Serve” and a point is always indicated FIRST to the team who earned the next service and point.Raise the forearms front and back and twist them around the body. Extend the arm to the side of team that will serve. All one-handed signals are made with the hand toward the side of the team which made the error or request Move the hand to indicate direction of service.It is easy and well worth the effort for any player to learn these basic hand signals. Volleyball Referee Hand Signals The following contains descriptions of the Official FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) Referee’s hand signals that we will be using. ![]() ![]() I think it would help to know exactly how FFB is generated - maybe some developer types can add something here, I have memories of inspecting FFB commands live possibly using a DirectX SDK which showed clearly that only 1 or 2 mechanisms were in use, but more knowledge of how they're modified by the CP settings would be very useful. There's a lot of confusion around this setting so it's worth spelling it out again.įor the CP settings, and in reference to your more recent post above, this is extremely subjective. Hope I don't end up sounding like and idiot, so sorry if I waste your time.Īlso, just to say rFactor2 is just the best!!Ĭlick to expand.I thought you did get it, but then you said it was odd. Well, hope you give this a try, and I don't really remember having come across some of the findings I am sharing here with this post. Have to say this settings also applly pretty well to Asseto Corsa, but I dont play that anymore. It doesn't seem to mess with much of anything with weight transfer forces for me, at least in Rfactor2. You should try to have some nice level to this, while you mantain a good balance of good speed, but where you feel under certain states, that a steering wheel wouldn't turn so fast in the real world and this actually lets you control the car also a lot better. Think again! Spring is the actual one responsible for that! I think the TS XW can actually be to responsive for my taste (there are just some shortcomings to wheels and simulations). Spring is something that you would think is also the function of the damper to do, to dampen the response of the wheel and rotation speeds and accelarations. Spring: bellow 30% but still messing around with that. It helps you not saturate corner FFB to the point you need to lose some strenght on lower speeds, while still mantaining a pretty good weight transfer feeling on cars that have that. It actually helps you feel the tires better and since it reduces some of the lateral forces from the chasis and such, you actually can crank up the FFB higher, since the peak corner forces will be reduced, due to a more natural feeling of "scrubbing" the front tires, wich exists even when high grip loads happen. What is important for me on this setting, is that there seems to be linked to RFactor2 way it deals with tire grip. The supposed counter effect on a T300 is that you will lose some weight transfer feeling. It helps adding weight to the wheel on itself. Even there in Rfactor 2 there are merits to have it around 15/20%. Now, damper!! This one GM always says to turn down (at least on a T300). I got this wheel to feel those 6Nm and only close to 100% will you really get that, even if some linearity can be reduced (look into controller in user folder and probably try to reduce steering torque sensitivity as I think I had some success with it). If you play around with it, 75% or so for me doesn't cut it. It has better cooling inside the box and the motor itself incorporates a cooling system (something T300 doesn't have). I really think you probably are very safe to crank FFB up on this bad boy. Right now my settings are as such, and this new TS XW I got really lets you know what this sliders do. ![]() While it will not break your FFB and it actually can be as pure as an FFB as you can get this way (not totally sure myself), I think you will miss on some important aspects to tweak FFB to your liking that can actually make you enjoy your wheel much more. Many people will tell you to put Damper and Spring on 0%. First of all, I am not really any kind of expert on FFB, but since this is my second thrustmaster wheel (T300 before), and since I am really a dissatisfied and always picking up on something, wether it's wrong or right to do so, I wanted to make a sort of guide - quick thing - on some secrets to what TM panel settings actually do. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Our thoughts shape our feelings, which in turn influence our behaviors. Regular exercise, a balanced diet, and adequate sleep can also significantly reduce stress and anxiety levels, making us less susceptible to ANTs.īy taking control of our thoughts, we also gain control over our emotions and actions. Techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, meditation, and positive affirmations can help us challenge these negative thoughts and replace them with more positive, realistic ones. Once we’ve identified our ANTs, we can apply practical strategies to manage them. By identifying our ANTs, we can see how they distort our perception of reality, leading us to view situations more negatively than they are. These thoughts often follow patterns and can be categorized into overgeneralization, catastrophizing, or mind-reading. By gaining a deeper understanding of ANTs, we can recognize their presence in our minds. However, the power to change this lies within us. They can lead to feelings of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, affecting our relationships, productivity, and even physical health. These thoughts, often subconscious and negative, can create a cycle of negativity that influences our mood, behavior, and overall outlook on life. ConclusionĪutomatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) can profoundly affect our mental health and everyday life. Therapists and counselors can provide personalized strategies and support to help you manage your ANTs. While self-help strategies can be effective, sometimes professional help becomes necessary, especially if your ANTs contribute to severe anxiety or depression. Today, she leads a happier, more confident life. However, through CBT techniques, mindfulness, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, she managed to reduce her ANTs significantly. She constantly doubted her abilities and feared failure. Case Study: Success Stories in Overcoming ANTsĬonsider the story of Sarah, a woman who struggled with ANTs for years. ![]() Regular exercise, a balanced diet, and adequate sleep can reduce stress and anxiety, making you less susceptible to ANTs. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle also plays a role in managing ANTs. Regularly affirming positive statements about yourself and visualizing positive outcomes can gradually change your thought patterns. Positive affirmations and visualization can help shift your mindset from negative to positive. By focusing on the present moment, you can prevent your mind from dwelling on past adverse events or worrying about the future. Mindfulness and meditation can also help. Thought challenging involves questioning the validity of your ANTs, while cognitive restructuring involves replacing negative thoughts with more positive, realistic ones. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, such as thought challenging and cognitive restructuring, prove effective. Awareness serves as the first step in combating ANTs. Reflect on your thought patterns and pinpoint thoughts that seem overly negative or irrational. Identifying your ANTs requires introspection and honesty. Mind Reading involves making assumptions about others’ thoughts without concrete evidence. Catastrophizing refers to expecting the worst outcome in every situation. Overgeneralization involves viewing a single adverse event as a never-ending pattern of defeat. Identifying Your ANTsĪNTs come in various forms. When we feel stressed or anxious, our brain slips into a defensive mode, making us more susceptible to negative thinking patterns. While this bias served our ancestors well in avoiding predators, it often leads to unnecessary stress and anxiety in our modern world. The Science Behind ANTsĪNTs originate from the brain’s inherent negativity bias, a survival mechanism that prompts us to pay more attention to potential threats than positive events. Therefore, understanding and addressing ANTs proves crucial for our mental well-being. Moreover, they can contribute to mental health issues such as anxiety disorders and depression. They can affect our self-esteem, relationships, and productivity. The impact of ANTs extends beyond mere pessimism. They often distort reality, painting a bleaker picture than what truly exists. These thoughts can range from self-deprecating (“I’m not good enough”) to overly pessimistic (“Things will never get better”). Understanding Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs)ĪNTs refer to spontaneous and often subconscious thoughts that bring about negativity. This article sheds light on ANTs, their impact, and practical strategies to combat them. These thoughts, characterized by their negative and often irrational nature, can lead to heightened stress levels, anxiety, and depression if left unchecked. Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) pervade our minds, often unnoticed, yet significantly influence our emotions, behaviors, and overall mental health. ![]() ![]() There is evidence this can significantly improve cognitive skills in people affected by neurological disease and in healthy individuals. There are other ways to influence our brain function, such as by applying electric currents to the brain via electrodes stuck to the head, a technique known as transcranial current stimulation (tCS). Here's why memories come flooding back when you visit places from your past None of these were tested in the current study. The authors of the new study did not look at that particular question, although a recent analysis of 35 studies demonstrated a modest effect on attention, memory, anxiety and pain perception. If binaural beats can boost this process, it’s possible that it might have a beneficial effect on some types of cognition, perhaps including memory recall. To return to the analogy of different brain wave frequencies being like different languages, your brain sometimes needs to translate messages from one language into another, and vice versa. Some cognitive tasks, such as learning and memory formation, require networks within the brain to communicate with one another despite using different types of brain waves. However, the researchers did find that binaural beats can elicit “cross-frequency connectivity”, in which the brain coordinates its activity across different types of brain waves. But when they asked participants to describe any changes to their mood, they found that neither types of sound had any significant effect. They found that both binaural and monaural beats can entrain the brain to their particular frequency. The authors played binaural or monaural (normal) beats to 16 participants, and recorded their brain activity with EEG. A deep-pitched musical tone or a lightbulb flickering a few times a second can indeed cause your brain cells to start firing at the same frequency.īut does this entrainment necessarily have any effect on our mood? As the authors of the new study point out, there is still little convincing evidence for this. We also know that brain entrainment is a genuine effect that can occur in response to particular rhythmic frequencies perceived by our senses. We might almost think of these various types of brain waves as different languages that the brain uses for different functions.Ĭurious Kids: What happens in our bodies when we sleep? ![]() Theta waves (4-7Hz), meanwhile, are linked to memory and emotional regulation. Delta waves are also associated with learning and motivation. For example, during deep sleep the predominant brain activity happens with frequencies of between 1 and 4 Hertz, so-called delta waves. Specific frequencies are thought to be involved in specific cognitive tasks. The frequency of this synchronous firing can be measured with EEG (electroencephalograpy) electrodes on the head. It is thought that large groups of neurons can fire together to share information within the brain. The brain is made of billions of nerve cells (neurons), which transmit information to one another across huge networks of interconnections. What are these different types of brain waves? In other words, listening to binaural beats allegedly promotes brain waves associated with our most relaxed states. ![]() The purported relaxing effect is allegedly due to the fact that these frequencies are similar to the frequency of brain waves that occur during deep sleep, as opposed to the higher-frequency brain waves associated with conscious activities. It has been claimed that this third frequency prompts brain cells to begin firing at the same frequency – a process called “entrainment”. The resonance between the two frequencies is interpreted as a third sound (termed a “binaural beat”, because it involves two sound inputs, and is heard as a frequency in between the two played frequencies). Here’s three hours’ worth – are you relaxed yet? What are binaural beats?īinaural beats is a perceptual illusion that occurs when two slightly different frequencies (notes) are played into each ear separately, typically using headphones. ![]() ![]() ![]() Resolved an issue of Arachnophobia mode not defaulting to Off.Resolved issue with Arachnophobia Mode enabled spiders emitting a screech when burning causing discomfort to people with Arachnophobia.Resolved assets of small crawling spiders in the dungeon stages and in the open world when arachnophobia mode is active.Adjusted the spider corpse assets that are already present in dungeons and lairs will remain on screen even if Arachnophobia mode is turned on.Removed small crawling spiders for Arachnophobia mode.Removed Corruption VFX from the Arachnophobia mode spider version.Resolved Teacup not having any UI interaction despite being highlighted in High Contrast Gameplay.Resolved the statue not being rebuilt with Reparo.Resolved Daedallian house chests being highlighted with Revelio even when they are in a different house.Resolved Hogwarts forgotten statue already repaired before the Player repairs it.Resolved the ability to hit the ghost ‘Nearly Headless Nick’ with a vase using Accio.Resolved casting Accio to the hanging crate will make the crate fall in the floor making the avatar unable to interact with the crate blocking the progress.Resolved using Depulso on objects, they sometimes don’t break on other enemies if they’re too close.Resolved the avatar being able to cast Alohomora to the door leading to long hallway even though the lock is on the other side of the door.Resolved casting Depulso on the tree while levitating causes it to flip and float in the air.Resolved casting Descendo on a recently transformed enemy will cause it to fall through the ground.Resolved AoE spells affecting enemies without entering a cooldown when used while aiming without targeting them.Resolved an issue when the avatar fails a spell, the second failure is triggered once the dummy gets up.Resolved rock wall no longer being highlighted early with manual target. ![]() Resolved the enemies being able to activate their shields even after the avatar has won the duel.Resolved issue when avatar dies during the first time doing the encounter the Enemies reappears in different positions. ![]()
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