From the monthly archives: December 2008

Waltz With Bashir

By Rufus Pollock On December 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

7/10. Unusual and powerful and moving.

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Theories of Contextual Judgement in Relation to Well-Being and Other Outcomes

By Rufus Pollock On December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’ve just posted online a new paper on “Theories of Contextual Judgement in Relation to Well-Being and Other Outcomes”. This is a more a review-type effort and summarizes my thoughts (and reading of the existing literature) from the last year or so in relation to “relative” utility, status races and general contextual judgement/utility.

Abstract:

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Changeling

By Rufus Pollock On December 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

5/10. Disappointing. Another competent outing from Eastwood but rather let down by Jolie’s performance which never convinced or compelled.

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Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Can Help With Depression

By Rufus Pollock On December 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment

A new paper has just come out in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol 76(6), Dec 2008, 966-978 entitled: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression.

According to the abstract (hope to say more once I can actually get access to the pdf):

… This study asked if, among patients [...]

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