Consciousness and Cognition
August 1, 2023
Burak Erdeniz, Ege Tekgün, Bigna Lenggenhager et al.
2 citations
The peripersonal space, that is, the limited space surrounding the body, involves multisensory coding and representation of the self in space. Previous studies have shown that peripersonal space representation and the visual perspective on the environment can be dramatically altered when neurotypical individuals self-identify with a distant avatar (i.e., in virtual reality) or during clinical...
Anthropology of Consciousness
July 31, 2023
Christopher Santiago
My art (Figures 1-7) revolves around the theory and practice of cultural resistance, which I call the ‘dreamweapon’ or the shamanic aspect of the fight for social justice. Through repetitive patterns, highly saturated colours, stark black and white alteration and abstracted anthropomorphisms, these paintings unleash an excess of spirits, a profusion of phantasmata, pineal eyes in ecstatic...
July 26, 2023
Wazir C Vasudeva
Yoga is a psycho-somatic-spiritual discipline for achieving union and harmony between our mind, body, and soul and the ultimate union of our individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. There are certain elements of meditation which should be achieved before sitting for meditation and are described. Transcendental meditation (TM) is one of the techniques of meditation, which...
Communications Biology
July 26, 2023
Ivani Brys, Sebastian A Barrientos, Jon Ezra Ward et al.
33 citations
The profound changes in perception and cognition induced by psychedelic drugs are thought to act on several levels, including increased glutamatergic activity, altered functional connectivity and an aberrant increase in high-frequency oscillations. To bridge these different levels of observation, we have here performed large-scale multi-structure recordings in freely behaving rats treated with...
July 24, 2023
Wazir C Vasudeva
2 citations
This chapter highlights about yogic breathing as Highest Protection to Life. Yoga breathing improves health and speeds up recovery. There are a few significant yogic breathing exercises [pranayama] discussed together with their advantages and disadvantages. Yogic breathing aids in blood purification, sinus and nasal passageway clearing, increased blood flow, nervous system toning, and...
AN-ICON
July 21, 2023
Federica Cavaletti
Representing altered states of consciousness, even through the most phantasmal of technical images, is an inherent contradiction; once we attribute a physical body, i.e. objectivity, to mental images, we deny what Husserl considers their very essence. Jean Mitry draws from this assumption when discussing filmic access to mental states from a phenomenological perspective. The following essay...
Scientific Reports
July 19, 2023
Adelaida Castillo, Julien Dubois, Ryan M. Field et al.
19 citations
Quantifying neural activity in natural conditions (i.e. conditions comparable to the standard clinical patient experience) during the administration of psychedelics may further our scientific understanding of the effects and mechanisms of action. This data may facilitate the discovery of novel biomarkers enabling more personalized treatments and improved patient outcomes. In this single-blind,...
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
July 17, 2023
Flora Moujaes, Nathalie M. Rieser, Christophe Phillips et al.
19 citations
BACKGROUND: Pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods of inducing altered states of consciousness (ASCs) are becoming increasingly relevant in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. While comparisons between them are often drawn, to date no study has directly compared their neural correlates. METHODS: To address this knowledge gap, we directly compared 2 pharmacological methods...
Jurnal Riset Jurnalistik dan Media Digital
July 15, 2023
Muhammad Aldy Febiansyah, Firmansyah, Dadi Ahmadi
2 citations
Abstract. The film How To Change Your Mind is a film whose title explains that we have to change our thinking when watching this film. This film tells about how Michael Pollan and also the narrator in the film tell and explain how psychedelics change our minds. Psychedelic which means "Mind Manifestation" is an effect or condition when we try substances that have psychedelic effects or are now...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 13, 2023
Diego Gonzalez-Rodriguez
1 citation
preprint
This is an introductory article to the issue titled "Integrative Psychotherapy and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness", developed with the intention of disseminating scientific knowledge on the field of human consciousness and its potential applications in mental health. For this issue, we have gathered experts from the fields of psychedelic-assisted therapy, neuroscience, psychology, and...