Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 15, 2026
Imaginary Person Michael Duunul (m.a.n)
preprint
This conceptual paper proposes an exploratory hypothesis concerning the relationship between repeated cognitive priming, linguistic suggestion, visualization, metacognition, and lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is a state in which an individual becomes aware that they are dreaming while the dream continues. Previous research has demonstrated that lucid dreaming can occur during REM sleep and can...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 11, 2026
preprint
No direct evidence for sensory perceptions during near-death experiences in palliative care specifically excluding pathological causes was identified. However, end-of-life dreams and visions are common and usually comforting in hospice settings, emphasizing the need for sensitive interpretation by healthcare professionals.
Qeios
September 10, 2026
Wiesław L Galus
This article addresses David Chalmers's hard problem of consciousness by asking why information processing is accompanied by a subjective 'what it is like'. Its point of departure is the distinction between intelligence and phenomenal consciousness: the achievements of contemporary artificial intelligence show that reasoning, planning, language, and the accurate description of emotions do not...
Psychopathology
September 9, 2026
Ya-Jing Tang, Wen-Hao Wang, Chen Zhu et al.
Classic models of schizophrenia posit a complete loss of insight during psychotic episodes. However, clinical observations and recent phenomenological research, especially those on double bookkeeping, suggest that some patients retain partial self-observation capacities. This study explores the consciousness structure of schizophrenia, with particular attention to the partial insight phenomena....
The Family Journal
September 7, 2026
Whitney Biancur, Stephen Southern
Written accounts of the 1666 Great Fire of London by diarist Samuel Pepys, as well as recent survivors of wildfires in Southern California, document the stressful aftermath of the natural disasters and the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in the following months. Their accounts highlight the prominence of sleep disturbance in the etiology of post-traumatic stress disorder...
September 7, 2026
Nathan Harter
The natural sciences have been reluctant to base findings upon certain types of experiences, which, for present purposes, we might call altered consciousness. At the very least, the following four experiences resemble one another, namely dreams, hallucinogens, delusions, and poetry. At their root, these so-called irruptions raise doubts about the reliability of what people perceive under their...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 7, 2026
Han Lin
preprint
This paper examines the nature of subjective consciousness through three empirical entry points: the subjective blankness of the pre-natal state, the temporary cessation of consciousness in dreamless sleep, and the extreme case of language deprivation in Genie Wiley. It first reconstructs the Lucretian symmetry argument, contending that the fear of death is rooted in the instinctive attachment...
September 7, 2026
Karen Peoples
Karen Peoples, Ph.D., from the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) in San Francisco believes that telepathic dreams between patient and analyst are “surprisingly common” and can occur so frequently for some individuals as to seem “quite ordinary.” However, for Karen, the impact of shared similar dreams between her and her patient collided for her “with an electric shock,”...
Middle Black Sea Journal of Communication Studies
September 4, 2026
Mahmut Fevzi Cengiz, Ömer Çakın
Rüya Reklamcılığı (Dreamvertising), tüketicinin bilinçdışı süreçlerine erişerek marka mesajlarını rüya aracılığıyla iletmeyi amaçlayan, reklamcılığın en yeni ve tartışmalı alanlarından biridir. Bu çalışma, rüya reklamcılığının pazarlama iletişimi bağlamında nasıl konumlandığını ve tüketici üzerindeki potansiyel etkilerini incelemektedir. Araştırmanın temel konusu, markaların rüya süreçlerini...
Reslaj Religion Education Social Laa Roiba Journal
September 3, 2026
Sholahuddin Al Ayubi, Akhmad Marjuki
This study examines how the graduating process at the Salafiyah Islamic Boarding School in Banten, Indonesia, provides Santris with magical knowledge. In addition to providing religious instruction, pesantren is a site for the transmission of mystical and spiritual traditions based on Sufism and indigenous knowledge. The key subjects of this study include the different magical disciplines that...