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2 days ago · Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one's own mind in the present moment.
1 day ago · Jevning et al. (1992): "We define meditation... as a stylized mental technique... repetitively practiced for the purpose of attaining a subjective experience that is frequently described as very restful, silent, and of heightened alertness, often characterized as blissful"
3 days ago · Memory is the encoding, storage, and retrieval in the human mind of past experiences. The basic pattern of remembering involves attention to an event followed by representation of that event in the brain. Repeated attention, or practice, enables activities such as playing a musical instrument or recitation of a poem.
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4 days ago · M–Z. Category. Portal. v. t. e. Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process [1] to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
3 days ago · defamation, in law, the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person that result in damage to that person’s reputation. Libel and slander are the legal subcategories of defamation. Generally speaking, libel is defamation in written words, pictures, or any other visual symbols in a print or electronic medium.
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