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Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.156355 dc.contributor.author: Gordon W. Allport dc.contributor.author: Philip E. Vernon dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-06T20:09:45Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-06T20:09:45Z dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 2004-02-23 dc.date.citation: 1933 dc.identifier: RMSC, IIIT-H dc.identifier.barcode: 2999990022615 dc.identifier.origpath: /data/upload/0022/620 dc.identifier.copyno: 1 dc.identifier.uri: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/156355 dc.description.numberedpages: 269 dc.description.numberedpages: 25 dc.description.scanningcentre: RMSC, IIIT-H dc.description.main: 1 dc.description.tagged: 0 dc.description.totalpages: 284 dc.format.mimetype: application/pdf dc.language.iso: English dc.publisher.digitalrepublisher: Universal Digital Library dc.publisher: The Macmillan Company dc.rights: Copyright Protected dc.title: Studies In Expressive Movement dc.rights.holder: The Macmillan Company

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

Self-esteem is among the most widely studied topics in modern psychology. Various studies show that a healthy self-esteem relates to an array of positive outcomes including productivity, persistence in the face of adversity and subjective well-being in an individual (Zeigler-Hill, V., 2011). Expressive movement is muscular activity expressing emotion. Over time, Expressive Movement improves the resiliency of the muscles to support the free flow of emotional dynamism. The practice of Expressive Movement as a therapeutic tool engages the idea that ‘embodied thought’ has a deeper, more powerful impression on the mind-body integrity. In a community engagement project by Yahid, Jasmine, (2019), it was found that where bodily experience can be perceived as a barrier toward self-actualization, experiencing embodiment allows for the exploring and understanding of one’s sense of self. Blanche Evan says, “To experience the physical equivalent of the psyche in body action is a universal basic need which the Dance is abundantly qualified to fulfil.” (Evan, B., 1949, pp. 57). The idea behind integrating the theory of positive psychology with expressive movement is to aid transcendence and growth in the clients. While it is therapeutic to experience, express and hence externalise negative emotions through body action, deliberate focus on positive events, gratitude and genuine appreciation of self allows for the individual to acknowledge and experience the negative emotions as temporary or passing, and embrace positivity. Although a number of psychological treatments have been developed to target low self-esteem and self-criticism, the most popular of which are the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT), there is a huge scope in the field of research, to explore and evaluate the impact of expressive movement as a means of therapy for maintaining a healthy self-esteem and self-concept in neurotypical individuals. Expressive movement therapy rooted in positive psychology could aid the psychological processes of integration in the daily living and functional aspects of an individual, further aiding self-actualisation.

enjoy this 30 minute workout...in the privacy of your home, while walking, alone or with your family. Ideally, all will feel more comfortable with MOVEMENT after listening!

enjoy this 30 minute workout...in the privacy of your home, while walking, alone or with your family. Ideally, all will feel more comfortable with MOVEMENT after listening!

This article is from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , volume 8 . Abstract Although efforts to characterize human movement through electroencephalography (EEG) have revealed neural activities unique to limb control that can be used to infer movement kinematics, it is still unknown the extent to which EEG can be used to discern the expressive qualities that influence such movements. In this study we used EEG and inertial sensors to record brain activity and movement of five skilled and certified Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) dancers. Each dancer performed whole body movements of three Action types: movements devoid of expressive qualities (“Neutral”), non-expressive movements while thinking about specific expressive qualities (“Think”), and enacted expressive movements (“Do”). The expressive movement qualities that were used in the “Think” and “Do” actions consisted of a sequence of eight Laban Effort qualities as defined by LMA—a notation system and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting all varieties of human movement. We used delta band (0.2–4 Hz) EEG as input to a machine learning algorithm that computed locality-preserving Fisher's discriminant analysis (LFDA) for dimensionality reduction followed by Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) to decode the type of Action. We also trained our LFDA-GMM models to classify all the possible combinations of Action Type and Laban Effort quality (giving a total of 17 classes). Classification accuracy rates were 59.4 ± 0.6% for Action Type and 88.2 ± 0.7% for Laban Effort quality Type. Ancillary analyses of the potential relations between the EEG and movement kinematics of the dancer's body, indicated that motion-related artifacts did not significantly influence our classification results. In summary, this research demonstrates that EEG has valuable information about the expressive qualities of movement. These results may have applications for advancing the understanding of the neural basis of expressive movements and for the development of neuroprosthetics to restore movements.

This article is from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , volume 8 . Abstract Although efforts to characterize human movement through electroencephalography (EEG) have revealed neural activities unique to limb control that can be used to infer movement kinematics, it is still unknown the extent to which EEG can be used to discern the expressive qualities that influence such movements. In this study we used EEG and inertial sensors to record brain activity and movement of five skilled and certified Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) dancers. Each dancer performed whole body movements of three Action types: movements devoid of expressive qualities (“Neutral”), non-expressive movements while thinking about specific expressive qualities (“Think”), and enacted expressive movements (“Do”). The expressive movement qualities that were used in the “Think” and “Do” actions consisted of a sequence of eight Laban Effort qualities as defined by LMA—a notation system and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting all varieties of human movement. We used delta band (0.2–4 Hz) EEG as input to a machine learning algorithm that computed locality-preserving Fisher's discriminant analysis (LFDA) for dimensionality reduction followed by Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) to decode the type of Action. We also trained our LFDA-GMM models to classify all the possible combinations of Action Type and Laban Effort quality (giving a total of 17 classes). Classification accuracy rates were 59.4 ± 0.6% for Action Type and 88.2 ± 0.7% for Laban Effort quality Type. Ancillary analyses of the potential relations between the EEG and movement kinematics of the dancer's body, indicated that motion-related artifacts did not significantly influence our classification results. In summary, this research demonstrates that EEG has valuable information about the expressive qualities of movement. These results may have applications for advancing the understanding of the neural basis of expressive movements and for the development of neuroprosthetics to restore movements.

This article is from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience , volume 8 . Abstract Although efforts to characterize human movement through electroencephalography (EEG) have revealed neural activities unique to limb control that can be used to infer movement kinematics, it is still unknown the extent to which EEG can be used to discern the expressive qualities that influence such movements. In this study we used EEG and inertial sensors to record brain activity and movement of five skilled and certified Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) dancers. Each dancer performed whole body movements of three Action types: movements devoid of expressive qualities (“Neutral”), non-expressive movements while thinking about specific expressive qualities (“Think”), and enacted expressive movements (“Do”). The expressive movement qualities that were used in the “Think” and “Do” actions consisted of a sequence of eight Laban Effort qualities as defined by LMA—a notation system and language for describing, visualizing, interpreting and documenting all varieties of human movement. We used delta band (0.2–4 Hz) EEG as input to a machine learning algorithm that computed locality-preserving Fisher's discriminant analysis (LFDA) for dimensionality reduction followed by Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) to decode the type of Action. We also trained our LFDA-GMM models to classify all the possible combinations of Action Type and Laban Effort quality (giving a total of 17 classes). Classification accuracy rates were 59.4 ± 0.6% for Action Type and 88.2 ± 0.7% for Laban Effort quality Type. Ancillary analyses of the potential relations between the EEG and movement kinematics of the dancer's body, indicated that motion-related artifacts did not significantly influence our classification results. In summary, this research demonstrates that EEG has valuable information about the expressive qualities of movement. These results may have applications for advancing the understanding of the neural basis of expressive movements and for the development of neuroprosthetics to restore movements.

There is a need for a musical ensemble study that can describe the idiosyncratic, authentic movements that choral musicians make in a performance setting. In addition, it could benefit teachers to know whether those who score highest on a measure of expressive performance also tend to be strong performers. If this is the case, then the link between these two components can be highlighted in a systematic, strategic way. If there is little to no correlation between movement and performance, then teachers may help students more by sequencing these instructional issues separately. The purposes of the current study were the following: (1) to describe the expressive movements; and (2) to investigate the relationship between expressive movement and performance achievement for a group of high school choral musicians. The 23 participants were a convenience sample of female choral musicians in one Texas 5A high school. The females were sophomores (n = 5), juniors (n = 12) and seniors (n = 6) in a varsity women's choir. The current study measured performance achievement in a blind audition format, and measured expression in a contextual group format in a dress rehearsal situation. Three judges scored the audition using a 70-point rating scale that assessed tone, intonation, accuracy, musicianship, and technique; interjudge reliability across the judges was high (ICC = 0.97). For the movement measurement, individual participants were videotaped performing a dress rehearsal of a choral piece in a group women's choir setting. Videotaping was a normal part of the rehearsals for this choir and the students were not made aware that the purpose of the videotaping was to document movement. The videos were analyzed using a 70-point rating scale that assessed movement appropriateness, synchronization, and expression. The primary author adjudicated the 23 video performances, and an external judge evaluated a subgroup of the performances as a reliability assessment. Interjudge reliability with the summed scores of 10 of the movement performances for the primary author and an external judge documented acceptable reliability (r = 0.81). To answer research purpose one, the following descriptive questions were answered: (1) What body parts did the choir student move?; (2) How large were the movements; and (3) Where in the music were the movements made? To answer research purpose two, an interval-to-interval level bivariate correlation (Pearson) was calculated between the summed expression scores and the summed audition scores. For the three expressive movement subsections (appropriateness, synchronization, and expression), appropriateness scores ranged from 0 to 11 out of a possible 15 (M = 3.91, SD = 2.94), synchronization scores ranged from 0 to 15 out of a possible 15 (M = 6.57, SD = 4.61) and expression scores ranged from 0 to 33 out of a possible 40 (M = 7.04, SD = 8.19). Those students who scored high on appropriateness also tended to score high on synchronization (r = 0.94), and expression (r = 0.86). Those students who scored high on synchronization also had a tendency to score high on expression (r = 0.77). There was a small, positive, non-significant relationship between movement and audition scores (r = 0.12, p = 0.57, r[superscript 2] = 0.14). It needs to be cautioned that the findings of the current study may not be generalizable to other settings because the sample size was small, only females were measured, and only a rhythmic piece was used to document movement. [Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Music Educators Association (San Antonio, TX, Feb 2014).]