JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL SYNERGY AND SCIENTIFIC HORIZON
October 6, 2026
D.K Abishek Lingam, Aadil Khan, Areeb Khan
preprint
Consciousness is the one thing each of us knows with absolute certainty — and the one thing science has the hardest time explaining. It is also fragile. Certain molecules, taken deliberately or by accident, can rearrange it within minutes; certain illnesses can entrench false beliefs so stubbornly that no argument can dislodge them. This article tells the story of two ways the mind's grip on...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 6, 2026
Catalin Teoharie
Predictive Processing theories and the Free Energy Principle (FEP) face a dilemma when addressing the problem raised by the Extended Mind Hypothesis (EMH): on the one hand, few can deny that some objects, such as phones, computers, or other people, have a disproportionate role in the reduction of free energy; hence, it is natural to accept that the mind is extended. On the other hand, this...
Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition
October 6, 2026
Rebecka Malm
Ego dissolution (ED; a temporary disruption of self-boundaries and personal identity) is a central feature of many altered states of consciousness. With the resurgence of psychedelic research, these experiences have become of growing clinical relevance, as they can evoke both profound therapeutic transformation and significant psychological destabilization. This conceptual paper reviews the...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 6, 2026
Tiziano Cantalupi
This article seeks to answer questions that are currently at the forefront of neuroscientific research. An attempt will be made to assign a numerical value to the minimum set of neurons necessary to generate a mental process at a given time. Along the same line of enquiry, the number of neurons involved and the time required for the emergence of a mental experience, engaging several areas of...
Frontiers in Public Health
October 6, 2026
Vivian W. L. Tsang, Faizan Bhatia, Anne Ferrey et al.
Background: The group therapy model has been recently favored as a means of conducting psychedelic assisted therapies for mental health disorders. However, there is a paucity of literature showing strengths or drawbacks of this approach and comparisons of safety and efficacy to individual therapy. This systematic review aims to address this gap in literature. Methods: We included original...
REVISTA MULTIDISCIPLINAR INTEGRADA - REMI
October 5, 2026
Paula Victoria Cantão Coelho, Karine Rodrigues da Silva Neumann, Elaine Cristina Rocha Oliveira
O comportamento alimentar é influenciado por fatores fisiológicos, emocionais, psicológicos, sociais e ambientais, não podendo ser compreendido exclusivamente a partir da necessidade de ingestão de nutrientes. Nesse contexto, a alimentação emocional representa uma manifestação relevante, uma vez que determinados indivíduos podem recorrer à comida diante de situações de estresse, ansiedade,...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 5, 2026
Marcelo Maximiliano Filippin
preprint
Artificial systems are increasingly evaluated with behavioural, computational, and mechanistic indicators of cognitive constructs such as metacognition, self-modelling, global availability, and potentially consciousness. A problem arises when the evaluated system has itself been exposed, in training or deployment, to descriptions of those constructs, to their proposed indicators, and to the...
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
October 4, 2026
Alexis Angel Martini
preprint
Le penthos — pratique contemplative de contrition profonde attestée dans la tradition patristique grecque des IVe-VIIe siècles — a traditionnellement été étudié comme phénomène purement théologique ou, alternativement, comme pathologie émotionnelle. Cet article propose une intégration épistémologiquement rigoureuse du penthos avec les données contemporaines de neurosciences affectives. L'auteur...
International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research
October 4, 2026
Archika Sudhanshu, Shilpa Tomar, Arun Raghav et al.
Well-being is a multidimensional construct encompassing psychological, emotional, social, interpersonal and spiritual dimensions. The Blissful Living Programme (BLP) is a structured 21-day programme designed to promote holistic well-being through mindfulness, self-reflection, spiritual practices and related activities. The present study aimed to assess changes in psychological distress,...
Actual Problems of Mind
October 4, 2026
Dmytro Sepetyi
The article discusses several recently advanced varieties and defenses of the anti-materialist Cartesian argument from the conceivability of the disembodied mind. The case is made that these varieties, as well as the initial Descartes’ argument, are vulnerable to the objection from multiple realizability: they either fail to meet this objection, or avoid it by price of making the metaphysical...