Neural Correlates of Self and its Dissolution: A Neuroanthropological Study
S. C. Bhatt, H. Chauhan
Himalayan Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 2022 DOI: 10.51220/hjssh.v17i1.2 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that neuroanthropology can illuminate how culture and the brain mutually shape each other, and proposes that both the development of the human Self and the self-dissolution sought in Indian contemplative traditions can be understood in neuroscientific terms. |
Abstract
Neuroanthropology looks for the comprehension that what culture means for our brain and furthermore the way in which brain shapes our way of life. This is an understanding of human culture via neural pathways.From theperspective of Indian contemplative practices, the elucidation of Self (I-ness) is firmly established. Recent developments in neuroscience have improved our knowledge of how the Self develops and how it interacts with the outside world. The development of human selvescan be explained in neural terms. The self-dissolution that is the main goal of the contemplative traditions can be comprehended from a neuro-scientific perspective.
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