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3060.4 Children’s understanding of illness, Liqi Zhu 1 , G. Liu 1 , Huangfu Gang 2 , 1 Institute of
Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; 2 Beihang University, Beijing, China
Whether young children have dependent naive biology is still a debatable question. This study
investigated whether children could distinguish living from nonliving things in terms of illness and
whether they understood its non-intentional cause. Three age groups, 72 preschoolers were
interviewed, with half from rural and half from urban area. Results showed that while most
3-year-olds thought only human beings could get sick, more and more older children realized that
both animals and plants could. Children thought that one could not stop sickness or get sick just by
their intention. There was significant performance difference between rural and urban children
whose parents had different educational background.
3061 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Mind and body
Convener and Chair: H. Kawai, Japan
3061.1 Consciousness in Buddhism, H. Kawai, Nara, Japan
In order to understand the issue of ‘mind and body’, I would like to talk about consciousness in
Buddhist practice. In this symposium, I will take as an example a famous Zen priest Hakuin, who
approached the situation of body through his meditative practice, and introduce his story in detail.
For example, they say that through practice his level of consciousness was gradually lowered
without losing its lucidity. His story will be quite useful and suggestive to clinical psychologists
today. I think that his method shows an essential method of recovering from the severe problem of
separation between mind and body that many modern people are suffering from.
3061.2 Embodied dream imagery: A psychophysical method of treatment, R. Bosnak, Private
analyst, Cambridge, MA, USA
Embodied dream imagery (EDI) involves affective states, physical sensations, interior images and
a hypnagogic state of consciousness. Neuroscience has shown that interior imagery affects the
brain in similar ways exterior perceptions do. It has been demonstrated that work on imagery has
effects on the body. Dream images are from an autonomous layer of imagination and especially
effective to serve as the foundation of imagery work affecting the psychophysical system. The
theory of EDI will be demonstrated by way of research studies which are taking place on this
method at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School, including studies of the
effects of EDI on the immune system.
3061.3 JapanJapanese psychological rehabilitation method: “Dohsa therapy (Dohsa-Hou)”, S.
Harizuka 1 , S. Kumar 2 , A. Dadkhah 3 , 1 Fukuoka-ken, Japan; 2 Chikushi Womwan’s University,
Japan; 3 University of Welfare and Rehabilitation, Iran
Dohsa Therapy has been developed at Kyushu University, Japan since 1986, to treat the children
with disabilities. The Dohsa is a Japanese word, it means the motor action which consists of the
two processes; mind and body. The one process is a psychological process which has the intention
and the striving, the other one is physiological process like as the bodily movement. Nowadays,
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