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August 23, 2026
Siddhant Nikam, Nimisha S Narayan
Patients undergoing Still Point induction via compression of the fourth ventricle (CV4) in cranial osteopathy commonly report a distinctive quality of profound mental quiet, described as qualitatively different from ordinary relaxation. Cranial osteopathy, however, entered a prolonged crisis of scientific credibility once controlled work indicated that its founding construct, the Primary...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 23, 2026
Francis Smith
preprint
This preprint develops a state-space account of phenomenal character in which conscious experience depends not only on the configuration presently realized, but also on the represented structure of transitions available from that configuration. The framework distinguishes current phenomenal configuration, external anchoring, and a prospective transition field describing the topology of...
Social Sciences
August 23, 2026
Daniel J. Kruger, Julie Barron, Larry Norris
Psychedelic decriminalization has moved from the margins of drug-policy discourse to a mainstream public health and equity conversation. This community survey reveals that people with psychedelic experience who live in areas that have decriminalized psychedelics report greater benefits of psychedelic decriminalization than adverse outcomes. In decriminalized zones, most (84.0%) participants (N...
PsyArXiv
August 22, 2026
Laura Desirée Di Paolo
preprint
Debates about generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education often oppose enhancement to diminishment. This framing obscures important differences in how learners recruit AI and how cognitive labour is distributed between agents and technological resources. We introduce cognitive eco-sourcing as a framework for analysing these relations. It distinguishes four non-parallel and potentially...
Scientific Reports
August 22, 2026
Won Ju Hwang, Hwiyun Kim, Hyojin Kim
Adolescents experienced substantial psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, including elevated stress, disrupted routines, reduced peer interaction, and reduced access to in-person professional support. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions may offer accessible and scalable support for adolescents when conventional services are disrupted. This preliminary randomized controlled...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 21, 2026
Ivan Temprado-Ordiaz
preprint
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has emerged as a promising therapeutic candidate for treatment-resistant neuropathic pain, offering a paradigm shift from transient palliative symptom masking toward disease-modifying neuroplastic reorganization. Preclinical and clinical evidence demonstrates that MDMA operates through an integrated, multi-tiered neurobiological cascade: presynaptic...
VCU Scholars Compass
August 21, 2026
Belle Buzzi
Tobacco use remains a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide, and current smoking cessation treatments are limited by low long-term efficacy. An interplay between positive and negative reinforcement drives high relapse rates. Psychedelic compounds, particularly psilocybin, have shown promising clinical outcomes for smoking cessation, yet the neurobiological and...
August 21, 2026
Amit Kumar Soni
preprint
Bibliometric Analysis of Meditation-Based Interventions for Mental and Behavioral Disorders: Performance, Intellectual Structure, and Thematic Evolution (2000–2024) Objectives This study will conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of meditation-based interventions for mental and behavioral disorders published between 2000 and 2024. It will examine publication and citation performance,...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 21, 2026
preprint
意识的驱动力并不在大脑中:关于‘寻求联结’之身体起源的理论阐述;This theoretical statement proposes an alternative entry point for consciousness research: the drive of consciousness originates in the body, not in the brain. The dominant brain-centric route — the search for neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) — has not converged after three decades and leaves one underlying question unanswered: why should the brain...
Molecular Neurobiology
August 20, 2026
Oleh Durydivka, Ondřej Florián, Petr Palivec et al.
Minor cannabinoids and semisynthetic cannabis constituents, such as derivatives of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), are increasingly encountered in consumer products, yet their signaling profiles at cannabinoid receptors remain incompletely characterized. Here, we describe how structural modifications of THC and HHC, including variations in alkyl side-chain length...