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Psychoanalytic Inquiry April 2, 2016 Soudabeh Givrad 23 citations
Dreams are a fundamental part of our lives that have fascinated and mystified people for centuries and yet there has been little consensus on their origin and function. There are some theories that emphasize the autonomous role of deeper brain structures and see dreaming as an epiphenomenon of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep without a meaning to decipher. Other theories indicate a role in...
Transcultural Psychiatry April 1, 2016 Khashayar Beigi 2 citations
While Russia has historically and geographically close ties with Islam, the second most-practiced religion in its vast territories, the collapse of the USSR changed the terms of this relationship in significant ways. One key shift is the emergence of new immigration patterns between Russia and former Soviet states. Traversing distant lands from the peripheries of the Caucasus and Central Asia...
Humanities March 28, 2016 Michael N. Marsh 33 citations
This paper critically reviews assertions that near-death and out-of-body experiences (ND/OBE) offer proof of extra-corporeal existence when the brain is supposedly “dead”. While this field has almost moved away from mere anecdotal recording, the current trend is focussed on demonstrating existence without functional brains. These endeavours have fallen far short of anticipated results—that...
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education March 16, 2016 Vera Lucia Moura, Donald Moss
Shamanic practices frequently create hypnotic-like states, with altered states of consciousness, heightened suggestibility, and a perception of an abundance of meaning in everyday events. Jaguar medicine (JM) is a form of shamanic healing with roots in the indigenous cultures of South and Central America. Recent years have seen increasing interest in translating shamanic practices for use in...
March 3, 2016 Jonathan Weinel
Altered states of consciousness (ASCs) are perceptual states, such as dream, delirium, or hallucination that fall beyond a commonly accepted normal waking consciousness. This article discusses Entoptic Phenomena in Audio, a collection of four electroacoustic compositions that are based upon the author’s research regarding these states. The compositional process utilised involves consideration...
Sleep Medicine March 1, 2016 Claudia Bellucci, Stefano Vandi, Martina Iloti et al.
Clinical and polygraphic hallmarks of type 1 narcolepsy (NT1) are the occurrence of episodes of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep at the onset of nocturnal or daytime sleep (SOREMP) and dissociated wake–REM sleep manifestations (cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hallucinations) [1]. Some recent neurophysiological findings, demonstrating that SOREMP in NT1 lacks the typical sympathetic activation of REM...
Psychodynamic psychiatry March 2016 Myron L Glucksman
Freud's "Project for a Scientific Psychology" (1895) reflected his attempt to explain psychic phenomena in neurobiological terms. The recent discovery of the neuron motivated him to embark on this endeavor. His basic hypothesis was that neurons were vehicles for the conduction of "currents" or "excitations," and that they were connected to one another. Using this model, Freud attempted to...
International Journal of Dream Research February 29, 2016 Sergei Vladimirovich Kukharenko 4 citations
The article examines the phenomenon of lucid dreaming within a broader framework of other states of higher awareness, popularized mostly (but not only) within Hindu-Buddhist tradition. The author assumes that lucid dreaming may have more in common with Gurdjieff’s remembering oneself and mindfulness than with the normal waking state. Based on the survey of modern western lucid dreamers and...
Substance Abuse January 28, 2016 Corey J. Keller, Evan C. Chen, Kimberly L. Brodsky et al. 27 citations
BACKGROUND: Marijuana is one of the most widely used controlled substances in the United States. Despite extensive research on smoked marijuana, little is known regarding the potential psychotropic effects of marijuana "wax," a high-potency form of marijuana that is gaining in popularity. CASE: The authors present a case of "Mr. B," a 34-year-old veteran who presented with profound psychosis in...
Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry January 4, 2016 Ahmet Genç, Yaşar Barut, Gülşah Başol 1 citation
Objective: The aim of this research is to adapt the Consciousness in Dreams Scale (RBO) to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. Method: 551 college students participated in the study. The average age of the participants is 21.7; 62% of participants were women and 38% were men. After the scale bilingual equivalence is completed, the validity and reliability analysis are checked....