Current Research in Neurobiology
July 1, 2026
S. Silverstein, T. Zolnik, M. Larkum et al.
Recent discoveries involving pyramidal neurons with two zones of input integration (apical and basal), the contextual information they provide, and the neural circuitry and neuromodulation systems in which they are embedded, can contribute to our understanding of disorganized symptoms in schizophrenia, including changes in their expression from the prodromal to chronic stages of the disorder....
Current Research in Neurobiology
August 1, 2022
D. Candia-Rivera
Recent experimental evidence on patients with disorders of consciousness revealed that observing brain-heart interactions helps to detect residual consciousness, even in patients with absence of behavioral signs of consciousness. Those findings support hypotheses suggesting that visceral activity is involved in the neurobiology of consciousness, and sum to the existing evidence in healthy...
Current Research in Neurobiology
2022
Christopher J. Whyte, Jakob Hohwy, Ryan Smith
21 citations
Cognitive theories of consciousness, such as global workspace theory and higher-order theories, posit that frontoparietal circuits play a crucial role in conscious access. However, recent studies using no-report paradigms have posed a challenge to cognitive theories by demonstrating conscious accessibility in the apparent absence of prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation. To address this challenge,...
Current Research in Neurobiology
2022
Maria Kozhevnikov, Alina Veronika Irene Strasser, Elizabeth Mcdougal et al.
13 citations
Here we report meditative techniques, which modulate attentional control by arousal-driven influences and not by monitoring continuous thought processes as during mindfulness-related practices. We focus on Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) practices, during which a sequence of generation (self-visualization as a deity - Yidam) or completion with sign (inner heat -Tummo) stages necessarily precedes...
Current Research in Neurobiology
2022
Yiqing Lu, Julio Rodriguez-Larios
2 citations
In meditation practices that involve focused attention to a specific object, novice practitioners often experience moments of distraction (i.e., mind wandering). Previous studies have investigated the neural correlates of mind wandering during meditation practice through Electroencephalography (EEG) using linear metrics (e.g., oscillatory power). However, their results are not fully consistent....