Publications by authors named "Heather H Mangelsdorf"
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- The brain uses low-frequency activity to synchronize with sounds and movements, aiding in the prediction of timing in language and music.
- Researchers conducted a study to determine if this ability, known as stimulus-tracking, relies on general expertise rather than specific language skills.
- Findings revealed that while both sign language experts and ballet dancers showed enhanced tracking related to their respective disciplines, the underlying mechanisms are likely based on general predictive abilities rather than specific to language alone.
In this study we sought to explore how experience with specific mental and somatic practices is associated with wisdom, using self-report measures of experience and wisdom. We administered standard surveys to measure wisdom and experience among four groups of practitioners of mental and somatic practices, namely, meditators, practitioners of the Alexander Technique, practitioners of the Feldenkrais Method, and classical ballet dancers. We additionally administered surveys of trait anxiety and empathy to all participants to explore possible mediating relationships of experience and wisdom by characteristics thought to be components of wisdom.
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