Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 18, 2026
Han Qin
This paper does not ask what consciousness is. It asks: given any candidate consciousness object, how can one conduct a qualified SAE-based analysis of it? Consciousness research has long been locked among three mutually incompatible traditions. Reductionism reduces 14DD phenomena (subjective experience) to 4DD mechanisms (physical causation). Phenomenology treats consciousness as an...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
March 26, 2026
Han Qin
This paper proposes a structural mapping model based on the DD (Dimensional Domain) layer sequence within the Self-as-an-End (SAE) framework, analyzing consciousness transition phenomena across the sleep-wake cycle. It argues that DD layers exhibit asymmetric bottom-up dependence, and that sleep operates as layer-by-layer disassembly/reassembly whose temporal mismatches account for hypnic...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
March 10, 2026
Han Qin
Description: The first paper in this series ("To Study the Self") defined introspection as the emergent layer (13DD and above) conducting a structural inspection of the working interval (5DD–12DD), with the foundation layer (4DD and below) as its boundary. This paper answers the next question: what is each layer doing, how does it break, and how is it misjudged? Working within the Dimensional...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
March 7, 2026
Han Qin
This paper defines introspection as the emergent layer (13DD and above) conducting a structural inspection of the working interval (5DD–12DD), with the foundation layer (4DD and below) as its impenetrable boundary. Working within the Self-as-an-End (SAE) Dimensional Degree framework, it identifies four domain-specific findings: the structural impossibility of external measurement, the 4DD...
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry
June 8, 2024
Han Qin, Miao Yu, Nianjiao Han et al.
27 citations
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious mental health problem that can negatively affect future generations. BDNF/AKT/mTOR signaling in the frontal lobe and hippocampus in mice is associated with depression, but its role in mice with PPD and their offspring is unknown. This study was aimed at investigating the effects of esketamine (ESK), a drug approved for treatment of refractory depression,...