Brain Research
December 11, 2009
Kristal D. Atkins, Tilithia Burks, Alan C. Swann et al.
Ingestion of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) leads to heightened response to sensory stimulation; thus, MDMA is referred to as "ecstasy" because it produces pleasurable enhancement of such sensation. There have been no electrophysiological studies that report the consequences of MDMA on sensory input. The present study was initiated to study the effects of acute and chronic MDMA on...
December 6, 2009
I. Dowbiggin
Reviewed by: Psychedelic Psychiatry: lsd from Clinic to Campus Ian Dowbiggin Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD from Clinic to Campus. Erika Dyck. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. 216, $35.00 cloth I’ve lived long enough to remember the 1960s when movies such as Reefer Madness, a film about the health dangers of marijuana, were considered square, moralistic, and unscientific. Then...
The Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture
December 1, 2009
Hyong-hyo Kim
This is a philosophical essay for understanding Buddha. The philosophical thought on which it is depending is deconstructive and ontological. Ontology talked here is contrary to possessionism (that is to say having), and deconstructionism signifies the attitude perfectly different and inversive from all kinds of philosophical mentality tenaciously conserved through its history. Philosophically...
Consciousness and Cognition
December 1, 2009
Jamie Ward, Peter Meijer
In this report, the phenomenology of two blind users of a sensory substitution device - "The vOICe" - that converts visual images to auditory signals is described. The users both report detailed visual phenomenology that developed within months of immersive use and has continued to evolve over a period of years. This visual phenomenology, although triggered through use of The vOICe, is likely...
L'Encephale
December 1, 2009
Y Morvan, J Rouvier, J-P Olié et al.
Introduction: The use of illicit drugs by students and the possible psychological repercussions in this population of young adults is an important public health issue. While some data in the literature suggest a relationship between cannabis and the occurrence of mental health disorders, and in particular psychotic illnesses, epidemiologic surveys have shown that cannabis is the most consumed...
Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
December 2009
Anne J Olmstead, Navin Viswanathan, Karen A Aicher et al.
Recent work in embodied cognition has demonstrated that language comprehension involves the motor system (e.g., Glenberg & Kaschak, 2002). Such findings are often attributed to mechanisms involving simulations of linguistically described events (Barsalou, 1999; Fischer & Zwaan, 2008). We propose that research paradigms in which simulation is the central focus need to be augmented with paradigms...
Sleep
December 1, 2009
Tore Nielsen, Connie Svob, Don Kuiken
Determine the prevalence and gender distributions of behaviors enacted during dreaming ("dream-enacting [DE] behaviors") in a normal population; the independence of such behaviors from other parasomnias; and the influence of different question wordings, socially desirable responding and personality on prevalence. 3-group questionnaire study. University classrooms Three undergraduate samples (Ns...
Ponto Urbe
December 1, 2009
Marcelo S. Mercante
6 citations
Nesta apresentação pretendo fazer um relato da situação do uso da Ayahausca no Brasil como ferramenta auxiliar na superação da dependência química e o alcoolismo. Existem atualmente cinco instituições desenvolvendo este tipo de abordagem. Farei uma explanação mais detalhada do trabalho social realizado pela Ablusa (Associação Beneficente Luz de Salomão), organização liderada pelo psiquiatra...
Psychological Medicine
November 27, 2009
Alberto Chiesa, Alessandro Serretti
752 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness meditation (MM) practices constitute an important group of meditative practices that have received growing attention. The aim of the present paper was to systematically review current evidence on the neurobiological changes and clinical benefits related to MM practice in psychiatric disorders, in physical illnesses and in healthy subjects. METHOD: A literature search was...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
November 25, 2009
Celia J. A. Morgan, Leslie Muetzelfeldt, Mark Muetzelfeldt et al.
80 citations
Nutt and colleagues' 'rational' scale to assess the harms of commonly used drugs was based on ratings by a panel of experts. This survey aimed to assess drug users' views of the harms of drugs using the same scale. As users' drug choices are not solely based on harms, we additionally assessed perceived benefits. The survey was hosted at http://www.nationaldrugsurvey.org. UK residents reported...