Mostly Zen

Me

I am currently studying for a PhD in psychology at Newman University College in Birmingham, England. The area I am researching is the Dysexecutive Syndrome which is acquired brain injury to the frontal lobes, an area responsible for executive function. When people have these types of brain injury, the resulting effects on their behaviour, planning & emotional regulation can cause a great deal of stress for their relatives who are caring for them, and this is the emphasis of my research.

I started using Wikipedia for a some preliminary research in my university work, and consider it to be about as good as doing a thorough google search for about half an hour to an hour. Whilst some articles are very good, others are much worse and need to be re-written or more thoroughly researched. That's why I started editing things.

Real name: Tom Michael Email: T.M.Michael(AT)Newman.ac.uk

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My thoughts on Wikipedia

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

CG

This user's alignment is Chaotic Good: the "Rebel."

This user is ambidextrous.

This user is studying to be a psychologist.

This user is a mad scientist.

This user is a Buddhist but is not a great practitioner.

This user is interested in
Zen Buddhism.

This user understands biological evolution.

This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism.

There is a danger with Wikipedia. As some articles are of a very high quality, it is possible to fall into believing that all of the articles are similarly so, and accept what is written within them as fact. When reading about something I know lots about already I generally find that the articles are fairly accurate, but I am trusting other contributors to Wiki when I read an article which is about something I don't know.

I figure though, that for every vandal, misinformer or just plain ignorant person (who thinks they are correct) there are others who will fix those bad entries. People are more inclined to spend time creating and fixing things than destroying them.

The Psychology Wiki

The Logo for the Psychology Wiki.

The Psychology Wiki is all about Psychology, and is edited by Psychologists. This means that our articles may eventually be of a higher standard (on average) due to more expert editing. I'm not saying that Wikipedia is bad here, but it is more variable.

Here is my userpage there. See also the Community Portal which I have helped to redesign.

Invites are here: User:Mostly Zen/Invites

Interests

Psychology

Psychology: Psychology Portal, Wikipedia Psychology Project

Other Stuff

Philosophy Here is the Philosophy Portal

Evolution

Environment, Countryside and Wales, climbing Mountains (scrambling/walking rather than rockclimbing)

Mountain Biking but my bike is knackered at the moment and I am being lazy

Wing Chun, a traditional Chinese Kung Fu style

Buddhism, Zen, Meditation, Taoism

Psychedelics & Entheogens

Electronica, Jazz and music in general, I've got quite alternative tastes, recently I've started listening to more Reggae and Dub. For quite a while now I've been listening to various Drum n Bass like Teebee, Photek and TC

Girls :)

Pages I have Created

The Emerald Forest an excellent film about the rainforest and people that live there
TC a very good Drum n Bass producer in Bristol
Merle Dandridge the voice actress behind Alyx Vance in the Half Life 2 games.
Dysexecutive syndrome a type of Brain injury which I am researching
James Sinclair (martial artist) the head of the UK Wing Chun Kung Fu Association, a martial art I have been learning for nearly 3 years.
Tub Gurnard A type of fish with little legs! No really...

Pages I have begun to clean up (nooooooo.....)

I really should be doing revision, but this kind of IS revision.

External Links

Here is my MSN Space: Mostly Zen

This subject is also being discussed in more detail at the Psychology Wiki.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Psychology.

People have shared their experiences of this condition at the Psychology Wiki.