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 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...
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...
Computer Fraud & Security
December 1, 2017
Exploiting our ability to lucid dream could help erase real-life traumas, finds sleep researcher Michelle Carr
Philosophical Perspectives
December 1, 2017
Adam Pautz
39 citations
Should [reductionism about consciousness] convince us that the line between the conscious and the non-conscious is of no great metaphysical significance?--John Hawthorne ( 2006)What might a philosophy might be like that began to give up all reductionist dreams?--Hilary Putnam (1992)
Routledge eBooks
November 22, 2017
Eric Carlton
Psychologists and others have become particularly intrigued by what are commonly referred to as altered states of consciousness, more technically known as dissociative states. There is very little evidence one way or another for supposing that genetic/other biological/hereditary factors might predispose a person to dissociative reactions which may take many forms. The paranormal is not a coping...
Scientific Reports
November 16, 2017
Keisuke Suzuki, Warrick Roseboom, David J. Schwartzman et al.
111 citations
Altered states of consciousness, such as psychotic or pharmacologically-induced hallucinations, provide a unique opportunity to examine the mechanisms underlying conscious perception. However, the phenomenological properties of these states are difficult to isolate experimentally from other, more general physiological and cognitive effects of psychoactive substances or psychopathological...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
November 8, 2017
Rainer Kraehenmann, Dan Pokorný, Helena Aicher et al.
115 citations
Rationale: Stimulation of serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptors by lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and related compounds such as psilocybin has previously been shown to increase primary process thinking – an ontologically and evolutionary early, implicit, associative, and automatic mode of thinking which is typically occurring during altered states of consciousness such as dreaming. However, it is...
November 6, 2017
Daniel Erlacher, Felix Ehrlenspiel
2 citations
This chapter reviews in more detail how sleep is measured and the basic methods of sleep recording. Sleep is generally regarded as a valuable resource for psychological and physiological well-being. A lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer is aware of the dream state, and lucid dreamers are able to execute complex actions within the dream. In contrast to normal dreaming, lucid dreaming is...