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October 17, 2025
Jacques Suspène, Sarah Huet, Sabine Berteina‐raboin et al.
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Alcohol use disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by excessive alcohol consumption. The drugs that are used to treat it often fail to prevent relapse. At the same time, psilocybin is increasingly being investigated for the treatment of various substance use disorder. This review aims to evaluate the results of the most recent clinical trials assessing psilocybin as a treatment for...
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October 10, 2025
Diana C. Parra, Nancy Jacquelyn Pérez‐Flores, María Torres Wedding et al.
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This mixed methods study assessed the benefits, barriers, and facilitators to participation in an 8-week culturally grounded, community-based mindfulness program for the Latino immigrant population in the United States. The program was aimed at reducing levels of stress and improving wellbeing and sleep outcomes. In collaboration with a community-based organization, we conducted six focus...
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October 8, 2025
Arisa Yokosu, Takahiko Maruyama, Hiromitsu Miyata
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Mind–body practices such as meditation, yoga, and martial arts have been shown to foster psychological well-being and flexible self-experience. However, few studies have examined meditative bodywork rooted in martial traditions or addressed short-term psychological effects related to shifts in self–other boundaries. The present study examined the short-term psychological effects of the Wakame...
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October 7, 2025
Tamlyn Hunt
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Time is the erotic unfolding and re-folding of the universe. This paper presents a metaphysical framework grounded in evolutionary panpsychism and process-relational philosophy that addresses fundamental questions in consciousness studies through a novel synthesis of Whiteheadian metaphysics, Hunt and Schooler’s General Resonance Theory, and electromagnetic field approaches to consciousness....
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October 3, 2025
Octavian Brinzei
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3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDMA) has been shown in multiple clinical trials to greatly reduce Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, with many patients experiencing lasting improvement. However, recent regulatory rejection based on problems with blinding highlights a contradiction, with regulatory agencies demanding placebo-controlled trials, yet the strong psychoactive effects of...
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October 2, 2025
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Enactive Inference: From the Space of Reasons to the Dynamics of Life
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September 30, 2025
Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole
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Precognition in dreams preceded notable scientific, and historical events, but the phenomenol- ogy is not generally accepted. Spacetime theories, however, attribute precognition to relativistic motion, and to strong gravity fields. Study was done to determine the existence and physical basis for precognition in dreams. Precognition narratives were analyzed using computational linguistics, large...
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September 29, 2025
Jay Toulany, Jasmyn E. A. Cunningham, Abraham Nunes
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Lithium remains the first choice for long-term prophylaxis of mood episodes in bipolar disorder (BD), but only 30% of patients will respond, and there is no reliable method by which to predict treatment response. Ketamine is a rapid antidepressant therapy which ostensibly yields greater results in patients with clinical phenotypes that are classically associated with lithium non-response. Thus,...
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September 24, 2025
Tam Hunt
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Pain represents a paradigmatic example of consciousness requiring rapid integration across distributed neural systems, making it an ideal model for understanding field-primary approaches to cognition and consciousness. I propose that pain perception emerges from electromagnetic field dynamics as the primary computational substrate, with neurotransmitter systems serving largely as...
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September 22, 2025
Thomas C. Hunt
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Electromagnetic field theories of consciousness propose that consciousness emerges from resonant electromagnetic field interactions rather than purely computational neural processes. This paper examines how psychedelic substances—LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, and 5-MeO-DMT—modulate consciousness through their effects on brain electromagnetic fields, as measured by EEG, ECoG, and local field...
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September 15, 2025
Tam Hunt
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Neural avalanches—cascading patterns of activity that follow power-law distributions—are considered a hallmark of critical brain dynamics. However, current models relying solely on synaptic transmission cannot explain the rapid propagation speeds observed empirically. Here we propose that neural avalanches propagate through resonance cascades in the brain's electromagnetic (EM) fields, and more...
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September 12, 2025
Tam Hunt
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Pleasure and reward processing arise through rapid integration of sensory, emotional, and cognitive information into a unified hedonic experience in each moment. We propose that pleasure emerges from specific electromagnetic (EM) field configurations operating as the primary computational substrate, with dopaminergic and other monoamine systems serving as power distribution networks to ramp up...
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September 1, 2025
Gerd Leidig
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This philosophical essay explores the concept of "awakening" as a dynamic, non-permanent process by bridging ancient philosophy and modern neuroscience. It challenges the traditional view of a static, eternal nirvana by interpreting the human yearning for such a state as a form of "incompetence-compensation." Drawing on Heraclitus's idea of Aletheia (unconcealment) and Buddhist teachings on...
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August 26, 2025
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Quantifying Consciousness in Transformer Architectures: A Comprehensive Framework Using Integrated Information Theory and ϕ∗ Approximation Methods
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August 12, 2025
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The Brain Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Unveiling of Material Consciousness
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July 15, 2025
Francesca Scafuto, Rossella Mattea Quinto, Graziella Orrù et al.
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Background: Contemplative practices encompass a variety of static and dynamic practices. A theoretical introduction traces differences among contemplative and meditative states; bottom-up and top-down embodied contemplative practices; implications of polyvagal theory in trauma recovery. Contemplative practices, by fostering insights, heightened awareness, and a deeper connection to a broader...
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July 7, 2025
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Mass-Energy-Consciousness Equivalence: Informational Quantization and the Emergence of Phenomenological Mass via Coupling to the q-field
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July 1, 2025
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Beyond the Wavefunction: Qualia Abstraction Language Mechanics and the Grammar of Awareness
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June 20, 2025
Lida‐alkisti Xenaki, Nikos C. Stefanis
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Psychosis constitutes a profound alteration in the individual's relationship with the self and the world, expressed through symptoms signalized by loss of reality testing. Mainstream psychiatric approaches often rely heavily on descriptive psychopathology, which may overlook the multifaceted subjective experiences of affected individuals. This paper outlines an integrative framework to enhance...
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June 19, 2025
Danial Daroui, Andrea Mastrostefano, Flavio Davini et al.
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Background: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic pathological condition with significant burdens throughout the world. Despite the effectiveness of the current pharmacological treatments, the ongoing issues with AUD and the high relapse rates necessitate the exploration of innovative therapies, including the use of psychedelic drugs, which have shown promising initial results. The purpose of...
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June 17, 2025
Latha Poonamallee
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Addressing the escalating environmental crisis requires not only technological and economic solutions but also a transformation in human behavior and organizational practices. This paper examines the potential of mindfulness to foster pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) by enhancing psychological traits, such as ecological awareness and emotional regulation, that support sustainable actions. It...
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June 13, 2025
Gopikrishna Deshpande, Joshita Majumdar, D. Rangaprakash
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Mysticism has been an integral part of human society for ages. It involves both spirituality and religiosity. The former is associated with attaining higher states of consciousness without an essential belief in a supernatural power (or God), while the latter does. While there is plenty of speculative literature available on these topics, we instead focus on peer-reviewed scientific literature...
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April 25, 2025
Johannes Bronkhorst
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There can be degrees of attention. Greater depth of attention is often referred to as concentration or absorption. Great depth of attention may affect the way we experience the world, leading in extreme cases to religious experiences. In spite of its importance, little is known about the neural correlates (NCCs) of those states. This paper makes a proposal as to those correlates. It suggests...
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January 16, 2025
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Evaluation of Meditation as a Treatment for GAD.
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December 23, 2024
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Why Uncertainty is Essential for Consciousness: Local Prospect Theory vs. Predictive Processing