مجلة الاتقان للعلوم الإنسانية
October 4, 2026
م.م مريم عبدالوهاب عثمان
Virginia Woolf's novel, To the Lighthouse, is an example of Modernism as a genre which addressed the issue of consciousness and the unconscious mind in a new way by creating a new type of story that emphasized the study of one's mind.The novel employs a psychological method to analyze the characters' minds and deconstruct the character's psyche and the relationship between the conscious (real)...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 4, 2026
Piotr Świder
preprint
This paper examines whether advanced large language models operating under enhanced deliberative regimes, here termed Reasoning Language Models (RLMs), possess minds under an explicitly defined functional account. We develop an operational definition informed by Newell’s account of cognitive organization and Gärdenfors’s theory of conceptual spaces, together with research on mental models,...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
October 3, 2026
Gülvade Köroğlu, Saffet Kartopu
Contemplation is considered a fundamental consciousness practice that supports spiritual development in both classical Islamic thought and modern spiritual approaches. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure individuals’ contemplation-based spiritual development levels. Following a literature review and conceptual framework establishment an initial item pool was...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 3, 2026
Zawwar Sami
preprint
Most philosophical discussions about what it means to be human start after we’ve already divided mind and body. We set up the problem by separating soul from matter, and then spend all our time wondering how the two could possibly connect. But honestly, that misses something important at the very start. Instead of immediately breaking a person into parts, we should stop and ask what sort of...
October 3, 2026
Juliana Estévez, David Lameiras, Giancarlo Allocca et al.
preprint
This paper addresses a methodological disparity between meditation research and research involving psychoactive substances. Studies of meditation routinely apply established criteria to distinguish expert practitioners from novices, while research with psychoactive substances screens for safety rather than classifying expertise. We analyze current benchmarking practice in meditation research,...
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
October 2, 2026
Poornima Gontiya
Buddhism, one of the world's major philosophical and spiritual traditions, transcends religious practice to encompass ethics, psychology, and a practical framework for human well-being that has shaped civilisations for over 2,500 years. This paper examines Buddhism's profound influence on humankind through three interconnected dimensions: (1) the foundational teachings of the Four Noble Truths...
arXiv (Cornell University)
October 2, 2026
Wiesław L Galus, Janusz A. Starzyk
preprint
Victor Lamme's Recurrent Processing Theory (RPT) proposes that the feedforward sweep (FFS) can extract and categorize visual features unconsciously, while conscious vision emerges through recurrent processing and feedback interactions across representational levels. The Motivated Emotional Mind (MEM) model, developed by Wiesław L. Galus and Janusz A. Starzyk, retains this core principle but...
A Theory of Death
October 1, 2026
Michael Nair-Collins
Abstract: This chapter reviews theories that explain death in non-biological terms, either by invoking the loss of the capacity for consciousness or by arguing that death is a social construction or a matter for social, pragmatic, or linguistic decision. Within the first category, multiple theories are reviewed that rely on the claim that death is loss of moral status, loss of personhood, loss...
Acta Psychologica
October 1, 2026
Ankita Garg, Varun Dutt, Laxmidhar Behera
Background Cognitive-contemplative practices could potentially affect autonomic function, but existing research has focused on waking measures of heart rate variability (HRV). It remains unclear whether changes associated with brief interventions differ across sleep stages. Objective To determine whether differences in HRV according to sleep stage would differ in a group undergoing a 7-day,...
International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology
October 1, 2026
M Monisha, Mahesh A. Tripathi
High-stress workplaces, such as active-duty armed forces, make objective, continuous assessment of distress difficult.Smart wearables embedded with AI would provide an ideal alternative to self-reporting.To assess the ability of a commercially available AI-based EEG device, to compare the effectiveness of these techniques, and to compare their effectiveness on stressrelated neurophysiological...