仏教と科学のサロン vol.73 “The Evolution of Approaches to Suffering”|「苦しみへのアプロ―チへの変遷」

Lecturer Ohtani Guen, Head of the Temple, and Dr. Hirahara engaged in a dialogue on the concept of suffering in Buddhism and its evolution. They discussed the concept of the “Four Sufferings and Eight Sorrows,” particularly the sufferings of birth, aging, illness, and death, as well as the recognition of new forms of suffering among

Kyushu University Beppu Hospital and the Ritsumeikan Group Team Up!|九州大学別府病院と立命館グループでコラボレーション!

I was largely delighted that Professor Takahashi from the School of Integrated Psychology at Ritsumeikan University OIC came to visit me “yet once again” (this is the second time in the last 10 days…)! The purpose of this visit was to hold a strategy meeting—with about five of us, including Dr. Mimori, the director of

B2B Seminar vol.28 “The Cutting Edge of Emotional Porn: Empathy Marketing on Social Media”|「感動ポルノ最前線 ~SNSの共感マーケティング~」

The discussion focused on emotional dynamics and the use of emotions in marketing, examining the interpretation of emotions and the concept of “emotional pornography.” Professor Hirahara provided a detailed explanation of the history of behaviorist psychology, and participants shared various perspectives on emotional control and the use of emotional pornography. 感情の動きとマーケティングにおける感情の利用について議論が行われ、感情の意味付けと「感動ポルノ」という概念について検討された。平原教授が行動主義心理学の歴史について詳しく説明し、参加者たちは感情の制御と感動ポルノの利用について様々な見解を共有した。

Kids see right through our “intellectual humility”|「知的謙虚さ」を見透かすこどもたち

素材記事:https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/even_young_children_prefer_people_who_act_with_humility素材写真:the same as above site Despite being only children, or, because of being children? Psychological experiments have shown that even children as young as five years old have a very keen sense of the “intelligence” displayed by adults. It turns out that children prefer people who have “intellectual humility,” who “humbly ask for instruction on

Emotionally dependent on ChatGPT?|ChatGPTって依存効果があるの?

素材記事:https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_you_get_emotionally_dependent_on_chatgpt 写真クレジット:the same as above As a psychological scientist, I find this a very interesting and entertaining phenomenon, but the fact is that this trend is growing rapidly and experts are becoming increasingly concerned. Alarm bells are ringing on the provider side, too, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently stating that he is “concerned.” The real