10Since the M=7.3 Punitaqui earthquake in 1997, the area between 30°S and 32°S (Coquimbo-Illapel 11 section) of the Chilean subduction has been the locus of a decennial seismic swarm. A dense network 12 of 30+ benchmarks have been installed in this area and surveyed six times with high precision GPS 13 over the last three years. Surface deformation here is compatible with elastic loading due to partial 14 locking on the subduction interface at depth. Here we show that in this area, only 40% to 45% of the 15 total convergence rate between Nazca and South America plates gives way to accumulation of elastic 16 deformation in the upper plate, the remaining 60% to 55% being dissipated by free or aseismic slip, the 17 cumulative slip due to the seismic swarm explaining no more than 1/3 rd to 1/4 th of it. We also find that 18 the accumulation decreases northward, to reach almost zero around 30°S (La Serena -Tongoy).
This article attempts to show the importance of the concept of superstition in understanding a range of psychological problems. With this aim, we critically analyze several constructs that, without actually using the term "superstition," concern this phenomenon and its role in the development of mental disorders. First we discuss "Thought-Action Fusion" and "magical thinking," two concepts from the cognitive tradition that view superstition as basically an ideational phenomenon. Second, we look at "Experiential Avoidance," a post-Skinnerian concept that understands superstition as a type of avoidance behavior for certain private events. Third, we discuss superstition as an emotional phenomenon, in particular, Jean-Paul Sartre's phenomenological analysis of emotions as magical operations. Finally, we review a cultural approach to superstition and its influence on psychopathology. In this perspective, superstition is seen as a cultural form linked to the historical-social context, which is fostered by certain social practices or institutions, including (perhaps surprisingly) certain features of modernity.
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