Progress in Brain Research
2018
Joseph P Barsuglia, Martin Polanco, Robert Palmer et al.
37 citations
Ibogaine is a plant-derived alkaloid and dissociative psychedelic that demonstrates anti-addictive properties with several substances of abuse, including alcohol. 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) is a naturally occurring psychedelic known to occasion potent mystical-type experiences and also demonstrates anti-addictive properties. The potential therapeutic effects of both compounds...
University Library Heidelberg
December 23, 2017
Sophie Dyck, Nina Kummer, Nina König et al.
4 citations
Lucidity is a rare phenomenon, thus different induction techniques are used to increase the frequency of lucid dreaming. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of lucid dream induction (three different cognitive methods: Dream diary, Wake-up-back-to-Bed, and reality testing/reflection) on external rated lucidity, dream length, overall emotional tone, and bizarreness....
Colloquia
December 20, 2017
Justyna Prusinowska
In Latvian literature, there is a dream (or vision or some other subconscious process) about Latvianness and Latvian national identity, which has repeatedly appeared for more than a few decades. The hero of this dream meets the Other and this confrontation allows him to recognize and understand himself, something that is difficult to achieve in a state of consciousness. The Other is not always...
Chinese Science Bulletin
December 19, 2017
Guo Fei, Chen Zhiyan
2 citations
Dreams are one of the most common experience in our lives. The vivid and bizarre features of dreams have fascinated humankind throughout history. Dreaming is an ancient physiological and psychological phenomenon, and whether it fulfils an adaptive function has inspired varied theories. Some theories take a perspective that dreaming serves no adaptive function but rather a biologically...
Revista
December 18, 2017
Andrea Ruthven
Zombies are not new additions to our cultural horror imaginary, and yet it would seem that in recent years their presence has become even more pervasive. Where they might once have been confined to the cinematic or literary monsters that drool and stagger their way across our screens and through our texts, the capitalist, globalised landscape has become populated with these creatures. They have...
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
December 8, 2017
Raphael Vallat
Since the dawn of time, humans have sought to understand the nature and meaning of their dreams. However, despite millennia of philosophical speculation and more than a century of scientific exploration, several questions regarding dreams remain pending.One question that constitutes the core problematic of this thesis relates to why there are such individual differences in the frequency of...
Revista VIS Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte
December 2, 2017
Matheus Moura Silva
Este artigo descreve parte da investigação de doutoramento desenvolvida no PPGACV-FAV-UFG, na linha de pesquisa Poéticas Visuais e Processos Criativos. A linha de pesquisa possui como característica a criação plástica e desenvolvimento de saber teórico, em formato tradicional de tese. O que acaba por gerar uma tese-criação calcada na Arts Based Research, por esta ser uma das metodologias...
Journal of Genius and Eminence
December 1, 2017
Raj Balkaran
This paper decodes the story of Campbell’s namesake, Joseph of Genesis, son of Jacob. It demonstrates that Joseph, much more so than Moses, represents the archetypal hero. Joseph is called to adventure into the unknown. Due to the boundedness of the Abrahamic worldview, Joseph must leave monotheistic Israel to fulfil his potential in polytheistic Egypt. It is as viceroy of Pharaoh that he comes...
The American Historical Review
December 1, 2017
Richard A. Bailey
Waking from a nightmare in a cold sweat, it seems, is neither the product only of bad horror movies of the 1980s nor even an entirely modern experience. In fact, dreams and the powers they hold over the women and men trying to make sense of their respective personal lives provide revealing glimpses into both the lives of those specific people and the worlds around them. Arguing in Dreams and...
Universal Journal of Psychology
December 1, 2017
Bradley Y. Bartholomew
This paper presents an original interpretation of the Upanishads that the inner self is located in the embryo brain region of the brain. This is the part of the brain already present in the embryo and consists of the brainstem, hypothalamus, thalamus, and midbrain. It is also the part of the brain that operates during dreaming and deep sleep and causes the transition from sleeping to waking...