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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis June 19, 2013 Anne Diamond
“This book is about the psychedelic potential of dreams” (p. 30). J. Allan Hobson uses his own brain and its dreams to provide a “unified theory of consciousness” that ties dreaming, dissociative s...
May 13, 2013 Aliodor Manolea
Abstract The rational, subconscious and unconscious intra-psychic conflicts manifested causing, by psychosomatic conditioning, undesired psycho-emotional and somatic manifestations can be highlighted using altered states of consciousness (ASC). Using hypnosis to induce altered states of consciousness (ASC) to the experimental group (N = 18, M = 21.1 years, SD = 2.41), at dummy response type...
February 26, 2013 75 citations
Using modern brain imaging techniques, new discoveries are being made concerning the spontaneous activity of the brain when it is devoid of attention-demanding tasks. Spatially separated patches of neuronal assemblies have been found to show synchronized oscillatory activity behavior and are said to be functionally connected. One of the most robust of these is the default mode network, which is...
NeuroQuantology June 1, 2012 Ümit Sayın 17 citations
Altered states of consciousness induced by hallucinogens (H-ASC) is still a vaguely understood phenomenon. Taken the diverse psychological effects they exert, the main mechanism of action of hallucinogens; LSD, ibogaine, THC, PCP, MDMA, methamphetamine, mescaline, psilocybin and DMT, of which psychological effects are discussed in the article, are not properly understood and explained by the...
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) 2012 Erich Studerus 6 citations
Since the early 1990s, hallucinogenic drugs, such as psilocybin, have been increasingly used to investigate the neuronal basis of altered states of consciousness and psychosis. Furthermore, renewed interest has emerged in using these drugs as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Nevertheless, the therapeutic and experimental use of these substances is still controversial due to fears of potential harm....
December 15, 2011 D. Collard 1 citation
Ritual and religion are increasingly being accorded a central role in the development of complex societies throughout the ancient world, particularly in understanding how social and political authority were established and legitimized (Aldenderfer 1993; Hayden 2003, 347-79; Marcus and Flannery 2004; Schachner 2001; Trigger 2003, 79-91). This relationship is particularly evident in the East...
December 9, 2011 Ü. Sayin
Expanded Sexual Response (ESR) is a recently defined phenomenon. It is defined as “being able to attain long lasting and/or prolonged and/or multiple and/or sustained orgasms and/or status orgasmus that lasted longer and more intense than the classical orgasm patterns defined in the literature”. During our detailed preliminary survey to investigate the claimed ESR phenomenon in some particular...
Neuropsychological Trends November 1, 2011 Matteo Sozzi, Maria Grazia Inzaghi
In recent years an increase of interest concerning the altered states of consciousness was observed. In particular literature provided a wide amount of contribution about the scales for measurement of level of responsivity. Our aim is to describe the principale scales used in diagnosis of Disorder of Consciousness (DOC) trying to illustrate administation procedures, specifically assessed...
European Journal of Neurology July 19, 2011 A.-S. de Weer, M. da Ros, Jacques Berré et al. 15 citations
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate in disorders of consciousness (DOC) circadian variations in motor patterns and their possible synchronization with physiologically regulated light variations and/or a social environmental factor, i.e. presence and actions of other persons. METHODS: Actimetric and ambient light levels recordings were obtained during 4-9 days in two patients with traumatic...
The University of Western Ontario Journal of Anthropology June 21, 2011 Marc G Blainey
of the Spiritual Capacity in Humans"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand." -Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Cognitive Developments within HomoThe Genus Homo is characterized by the trait of self-awareness; a distinction that separates it from its fellow animals because of the...