Time perception received growing interest in psychiatry for its psychopathological implications. Cannabis use can cause a subjective experience of temporal perception alteration and increases the risk of emergence of mental illnesses such as psychotic and mood disorders. In this framework, we systematically reviewed the findings regarding the clinical, cognitive, and neurobiological correlates...
This paper seeks to defend physicalism from the zombie arguments proposed by David Chalmers and Saul Kripke.If philosophical zombies are conceivable and thereby metaphysically possible then the physicalistic stance falls.However this paper contends that the zombie argument is entirely reliant on the concept of qualia and its properties of ineffability, intrinsicness, privacy, directness, and...
JMIR Research ProtocolsAugust 28, 2023Giovanni Ramos, Adrian Aguilera, Amanda K Montoya et al.
BackgroundPeople of color (POC) who experience race-related stress are at risk of developing mental health problems, including high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Mindfulness meditation may be especially well suited to help POC cope, given its emphasis on gaining awareness and acceptance of emotions associated with discriminatory treatment. However, mindfulness meditation rarely...
Abstract Psilocybe “magic mushrooms” are chemically well understood for their psychotropic tryptamines. However, the diversity of their other specialized metabolites, in particular terpenoids, has largely remained an open question. Yet, knowledge on the natural product background is critical to understand if other compounds modulate the psychotropic pharmacological effects. CubA, the single...
Abstract In this commentary on “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda,” the authors affirm Oman’s emphasis on the need for alternative religious-derived meditative programs and interventions, placed alongside Buddhist-derived mindfulness, for global public health. To begin, we highlight areas of agreement with Oman, then provide a metaphor we believe fittingly...
Abstract Deciphering the neural basis of subjective experience remains one of the great challenges in the natural sciences. The structural complexity and the limitations around invasive experimental manipulations of the human brain have impeded progress towards this goal. While animals cannot directly report first-person subjective experiences, their ability to exhibit flexible behaviours such...
OverviewGoal-directed activities that do not depend on conscious will or preconceived design are referred to as teleonomic be hav iors.In living systems, the evaluative systems that underlie teleonomic be hav ior sense deviations from homeostasis and employ adaptive plasticity mechanisms that restore, sustain, and boost survival and reproduction.By virtue of their sustainability, all living...
August 21, 2023Natalia Van Doren, Helen Ng, Eshaan S. Rawat et al.
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Background: Mindfulness training is effective in aiding recovery from substance use disorders; however, its adoption can be difficult due to environmental and personal distractions. Virtual reality (VR) may help overcome these challenges by providing an immersive environment for practicing mindfulness and helping users focus on the present moment. However, there is currently limited knowledge...
L'EncephaleAugust 19, 2023Tangui Barré, Faredj Cherikh, Patrizia Carrieri et al.
Cannabis use is being increasingly liberalized worldwide, and an increasing prevalence of cannabis-use disorder (CUD) is observed. The few current therapeutic options for CUD are only modestly effective. Mindfulness-based interventions offer promising prospects for the management of substance-use disorders. However, despite proliferating literature on mindfulness and substance use, few studies...
Claims that an AI system "instantiates" a consciousness- or cognition-theoretic construct are often supported by a cheap correlate: aggregate dependence read as irreducible integration, ordinary shared-store efficiency read as global access, or a confidence-labelled signal read as metacognitive monitoring. Such inferences trade on a construct's appearance while omitting the property that...