The Scientific World Journal
March 27, 2012
Søren Ventegodt, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen et al.
The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose of life. Repression of the human character makes it impossible for a person to realize his personal mission in life and, therefore, is one of the primary causes of self-repression resulting in poor quality of life,...
The Scientific World Journal
March 27, 2012
Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick
This paper addresses (in a philosophical way) the complex and enigmatic interface between matter, life, and consciousness in modern medical science. The problem today in understanding living matter is not at the molecular level, but at the macro level where all molecular activities in the individual cell are coordinated, and especially at a higher level, where the activities of all the...
TheScientificWorldJournal
July 13, 2008
Søren Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Isack Kandel et al.
The human brain is probably the most complicated single structure in the biological universe. The cerebral cortex that is traditionally connected with consciousness is extremely complex. The brain contains approximately 1,000,000 km of nerve fibers, indicating its enormous complexity and which makes it difficult for scientists to reveal the function of the brain. In this paper, we propose a new...
TheScientificWorldJournal
November 14, 2006
Søren Ventegodt, Tyge Dahl Hermansen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen et al.
In this paper we look at the rational and the emotional interpretation of reality in the human brain and being, and discuss the representation of the brain-mind (ego), the body-mind (Id), and the outer world in the human wholeness (the I or "soul"). Based on this we discuss a number of factors including the coherence between perception, attention and consciousness, and the relation between...
The Scientific World Journal
2003
Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick
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This study was performed on a representative sample of the Danish population in order to investigate the connection to the use of psychoactive drugs and quality of life (QOL) by way of a questionnaire-based survey. The questionnaire was mailed in February 1993 to 2,460 persons aged between 18 and 88, randomly selected from the CPR (Danish Central Register), and 7,222 persons from the Copenhagen...