Human Arenas
September 26, 2026
Samuel Thoma, Cassandre Bois, Kae Eichel et al.
Abstract This study aims to explore the lived experience of recovery from psychosis, with a focus on pre-reflective, embodied, and intersubjective aspects. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. The data collected were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). In total, six persons (age 35-78y, m = 4 w = 2, diagnosis...
Human Arenas
July 10, 2026
Attila Kovács
Abstract Gaming addiction is a complex phenomenon that extends beyond behavioral reinforcement and neurochemical dysregulation. This study adopts a phenomenological approach, integrating Husserl’s active and passive synthesis with Heidegger’s existential structures and Arvidson’s conceptualization of attention, to explore how gaming addiction reshapes reflective awareness, attentional control...
Human Arenas
May 17, 2026
Hans Contreras-Pulache, Diego Carrera-Hidalgo, Ana Astorga-Cota et al.
This article examines Pedro Ortiz Cabanillas’s original model of nervous system organization, as presented in the second edition of Introducción a una Psicobiología del Hombre (2010). The framework integrates three core components —emotional, productive, and volitional— across five hierarchical levels (cellular, tissue, neural, paleocortical, and neocortical), which in turn span biological,...
Human Arenas
May 7, 2026
Sarah Barker
Abstract This article presents a conceptual analysis of mindfulness as a cultural–psychological boundary object, examining how contemporary psychological deployments diverge from early Buddhist frameworks. Treating Buddhist psychology as a coherent theoretical framework, the analysis traces how dominant psychological definitions increasingly classify mindfulness through outcome-based criteria....
Human Arenas
April 25, 2026
Shannon Dames, Grace Scharf, Vivian W. L. Tsang et al.
Ritual is a cultural-psychological technology that facilitates transitions by establishing safety, trust, and shared meaning. In psychedelic therapy, ritual remains underdeveloped despite the heightened vulnerability and suggestibility inherent in non-ordinary states. Without clear frameworks, ritual applications can become prescriptive or ethically problematic—particularly when elements are...
Human Arenas
May 24, 2025
Cristóbal Pacheco
This article explores the existential and therapeutic significance of stillness, silence, and contemplation as foundational practices for accessing pre-reflective dimensions of human experience. These practices are examined not as passive or ancillary techniques, but as active modalities that suspend habitual reflexivity and foster a return to embodied presence. Drawing from phenomenological...
Human Arenas
March 13, 2023
Enno Freiherr von Fircks
4 citations
Abstract In the present paper, I relate cultural psychology with eco-phenomenology. I am showing that both sciences draw on similar scientific underpinnings. Here, it is to note that cultural psychology as well as eco-phenomenology analyze a person’s relatedness towards an object. In phenomenology we speak of human landscapes whereas cultural psychology draws on the notion of action fields....
Human Arenas
December 1, 2022
Rosa Traversa
1 citation
Death seems still to be a taboo in contemporary society, and in Psychology as well. Crucial debates around the end of life are emerging in a variety of clinical, cultural, and philosophical realms in relation to the meaning of consciousness and near-death experiences. After the advent of quantum physics, the very notion of ‘evidence-based science’ has profoundly changed and new markers on the...