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July 1, 2026
Mindaugas Briedis, Rūta Briedienė
In the article, we explore, from the perspective of genetic phenomenology, the embodied image consciousness in terms of two distinct cases, i.e.: surrealism as social and/or artistic movement as well as radiology as cognitive and/or social praxis. Both scientifically and socially, consciousness is still regarded as coextensive with language, which has its own logic and its own set of relations,...
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July 1, 2026
ZHU Mei, Kairun Zhu, YAO Dan et al.
Objective To investigate the effects of sub-anesthetic dose esketamine on oxidative stress markers and postoperative delirium(POD)in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection for colorectal cancer, so as to provide a reference for the selection of clinical anesthesia regimens. Methods A total of 201 patients who underwent radical resection for colorectal cancer at Taizhou People 's...
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July 1, 2026
Julia Turska, Charbel El-Hani, I. Ludwig et al.
This article brings together philosophical and anthropological perspectives to explore the empirical manifestations of ontologies and reflect on their social and practical dimensions. While some philosophical debates analyze ontologies as abstract objects disconnected from everyday ontological commitments, we build on Tim Ingold's work on an ecology of life to approach ontologies as embodied...
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April 10, 2026
Nicola Strizzolo, Nico Bortoletto
This paper examines how lifestyle sport practitioners experience forms of transcendence, altered perception, and connection with nature, and considers whether these experiences can be meaningfully interpreted through concepts associated with shamanic practice. Drawing on Roger Caillois’ taxonomy, it explores how elements of ritual, ecstasy, and symbolic imagination appear within contemporary...
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November 1, 2025
Hamidreza Shakerin
This Paper Offers the first comprehensive critique of the naturalistic psychological explanation that interprets near-death experiences (NDEs) as mere rereading or reconstruction of brain-stored memories. Physicalists claim that classic NDE features—out-of-body perception, tunnel experience, life review, luminous beings—are nothing but neural reactivation of archived personal engrams under...
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August 23, 2021
Mahmoud Afrouz
Introduction Meta-analytical approaches can provide researchers with the overall results of studies which share the same themes. Adopting such an approach in the field of comparative literature can inform and set directions for future research. In the present paper, more than forty-three articles with the shared theme of ‘mystical journey’ were studied and their findings were employed to create...
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October 1, 2015
Daryl Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron et al.
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In 2011, one of the authors (DJB) published a report of nine experiments in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology purporting to demonstrate that an individual’s cognitive and affective responses can be influenced by randomly selected stimulus events that do not occur until after his or her responses have already been made and recorded, a generalized variant of the phenomenon...
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April 1, 2014
Tim Gard, Tim eGard, Maxime eTaquet et al.
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Numerous studies have documented the normal age-related decline of neural structure, function, and cognitive performance. Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation may reduce decline in specific cognitive domains and in brain structure. Here we extended this research by investigating the relation between age and fluid intelligence and resting state brain functional network architecture...
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May 1, 2011
Mahmoud Talkhabi
The goal of this paper is to investigate implications of cognitive science as an interdisciplinary study for educating philosophy of mind. Cognitive science with respect to unified investigation of the mind (UIM), based on its methodology, has created new possibilities in educational planning of philosophy of mind while applying new methods and techniques to teaching. Epistemological...