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Wills, trusts and estates. Portals. Law. v. t. e. In criminal law, mens rea ( / ˈmɛnz ˈreɪə /; Law Latin for " guilty mind " [ 1]) is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found ...
An altered state of consciousness ( ASC ), [ 1] also called an altered state of mind, altered mental status ( AMS) or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking state. By 1892, the expression was in use in relation to hypnosis, [ 2] though there is an ongoing debate as to whether hypnosis is to be ...
Mental state. A mental state, or a mental property, is a state of mind of a person. Mental states comprise a diverse class, including perception, pain/pleasure experience, belief, desire, intention, emotion, and memory. There is controversy concerning the exact definition of the term. According to epistemic approaches, the essential mark of ...
In English, the word "sane" derives from the Latin adjective sanus, meaning "healthy". Juvenal's phrase mens sana in corpore sano is often translated to mean a "healthy mind in a healthy body". From this perspective, insanity can be considered as poor health of the mind, not necessarily of the brain as an organ (although that can affect mental ...
Mind-wandering. Mind-wandering is loosely defined as thoughts that are not produced from the current task. Mind-wandering consists of thoughts that are task-unrelated and stimulus-independent. [ 1][ 2] This can be in the form of three different subtypes: positive constructive daydreaming, guilty fear of failure, and poor attentional control. [ 3]
Brainwashing, also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and forced re-education, is the controversial theory that purports that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. [ 1] Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability ...
In psychology, mentalization is the ability to understand the mental state – of oneself or others – that underlies overt behaviour. [ 1] Mentalization can be seen as a form of imaginative mental activity that lets us perceive and interpret human behaviour in terms of intentional mental states (e.g., needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals ...
Pronoia (psychology) Pronoia describes a state of mind that is the opposite of paranoia. Whereas a person suffering from paranoia feels that persons or entities are conspiring against them, a person experiencing pronoia believes that the world around them conspires to do them good. The belief can be an irrational belief subject to medical ...