PSIHOTERAPIE SI DEZVOLTARE PERSONALA

All too often, creativity goes hand in hand with mental illness. Now we're starting to understand why. Roger Dobson reports Tuesday, 5 May 2009 Seneca: "There is no great genius without a tincture of madness." At first glance, Einstein, Salvador Dali, Tony Hancock, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson would seem to have little in common. Their areas of physics, modern art, comedy, and rock music, are light years apart. So what, if anything, could possibly link minds that gave the world the theory of relativity, great surreal art, iconic comedy, and songs about surfing? According to new research, psychosis could be the answer. Creative minds in all kinds of areas, from science to poetry, and mathematics to humour, may have traits associated with psychosis. Such traits may allow the unusual and sometimes bizarre thought processes associated with mental illness to fuel creativity. The theory is based on the idea that there is no clear dividing line between the healthy and the me

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Science 27 February 2009: Vol. 323. no. 5918, pp. 1222 - 1226 DOI: 10.1126/science.1165565 Prev | Table of Contents | Next REPORTS In Bad Taste: Evidence for the Oral Origins of Moral Disgust H. A. Chapman, 1* D. A. Kim, 1 J. M. Susskind, 1 A. K. Anderson 1,2* In common parlance, moral transgressions "leave a bad taste in the mouth." This metaphor implies a link between moral disgust and more primitive forms of disgust related to toxicity and disease, yet convincing evidence for this relationship is still lacking. We tested directly the primitive oral origins of moral disgust by searching for similarity in the facial motor activity evoked by gustatory distaste (elicited by unpleasant tastes), basic disgust (elicited by photographs of contaminants), and moral disgust (elicited by unfair treatment in an economic game). We found that all three states evoked activation of the levator labii muscle region of the face, characteristic of an oralnasal reje