Apollo (University of Cambridge)
July 3, 2026
Tim Dalgleish
Kuyken et al’s1 individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for the prevention of depressive relapse/recurrence has supported MBCT’s dissemination as a frontline treatment for depression. MBCT is now recommended in multiple clinical guidelines including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom and is widely...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
February 24, 2026
Christian A. Webb, Boyu Ren, Verena Hinze et al.
Importance: Depression most commonly first emerges during adolescence, making early prevention critical. While school-based mindfulness training (SBMT) offers a scalable prevention approach with broad reach, evidence of its effectiveness is mixed, and there is a compelling case for a more personalized approach to prevention. Objective: To develop a data-driven algorithm from baseline...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
January 16, 2026
Evan Lewis-Healey, Carla Pallavicini, Federico Cavanna et al.
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a fast-acting psychedelic drug that induces a radical reorganization of conscious contents and brain dynamics. However, our understanding of how brain dynamics support psychedelic-induced conscious states remains unclear. We therefore present a repeated-measures dose-dependent study of the subjective and neural dynamics induced through DMT under naturalistic...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
April 26, 2018
Iulia M. Comșa
1 citation
How do we lose and regain consciousness? The space between healthy wakefulness and unconsciousness encompasses a series of gradual and rapid changes in brain activity. In this thesis, I investigate computational measures applicable to the electroencephalogram to quantify the loss and recovery of consciousness from the perspective of modern theoretical frameworks. I examine three different...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
October 21, 2017
Hugh Burling
The first half of this thesis argues that scepticism about the evidential force of religious experiences is driven by concerns about the traditional practices used to discern between ‘illusory’ and ‘genuine’ experiences. As these practices require commitment to a particular tradition, we have no way of deciding which practice to trust. Furthermore, the tests the practices employ do not bear on...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
November 17, 2016
Peter Jones, Géraldine Dufour, Julieta Galante et al.
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The University of Cambridge and the National Institute for Health Research and Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC), East of England, are currently undertaking research into the effectiveness of mindfulness as a way of combatting student stress. In this article, various stakeholders in the project describe its purpose, its focus, and the delivery of...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
March 1, 2016
Varun Khanna
Questions of the nature of the Self and the purpose of life have been of interest to mankind for millennia, culminating in the study of Consciousness in various civilizations. Amidst the milieu of ancient and contemporary theories of Consciousness is the ancient Indian philosophy of advaita-vedānta, or the system of non-duality. This dissertation explores the nature of the Self as Consciousness...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
March 15, 2011
Adrian Boutel
I defend physicalism about phenomenal consciousness against recent epistemic arguments for dualism. First I argue (as against Kripke) that psychophysical identities can be a posteriori (and apparently contingent, and conceivably false). Their epistemic status is due to the analytic independence of phenomenal and physical-functional terms. Unlike Kripke’s own explanation of a posteriori...
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
2007
Konstantinos Zorbas
1 citation
This dissertation examines suspicions and accusations of affliction with curses in the Republic of Tuva, south Siberia (Russia). Based on a sample of consultations between shamans and clients regarding curse-inflicted misfortunes, as well as on sociological and statistical sources about post-Soviet Tuva, this thesis identifies a significant incidence of curse accusations in contemporary Tuva. I...