NeuroethicsAugust 28, 2026De Miguel Beriain, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Francesca Tassinari et al.
Abstract The rapid advance of neurotechnology has produced a vibrant scholarly and legislative debate around neurorights — a proposed generation of human rights designed to protect mental privacy, cognitive liberty, mental integrity, and psychological continuity against the most threatening applications of neurotechnology. This article argues that the neurorights framework, while representing a...
A persistent challenge at the intersection of fundamental physics and the philosophy of mind lies in the apparent incommensurability between the geometric objectivity of spacetime and the qualitative subjectivity of conscious experience. This paper formalizes the Recursive Information Latency Hypothesis (RILH). By modeling the quantum vacuum as a non-linear four-dimensional (4D) fluid within...
The paper explains Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew Newberg's fundamental ideas about the neural basis of religious experiences, examining their ideas about why the brain creates myths and why rituals are so important. It also explains their hypothesis about what would happen in the brain during the most intense moments of the meditation experience, both in the negative and positive pathways, what...
Autistic individuals are more susceptible to trauma due to higher baseline anxiety and overwhelm; poorer episodic memory; and the frequent lack of a sense of community, safety, and belonging that are both protective and needed to heal from trauma. Furthermore, many autistic adults have adopted a false self to get by in a neurotypical world and are often cut off from their affective, embodied...
This paper critically examines the view that Husserl's 1891 essay The Logic of Signs (LoS) anticipates the Computational Theory of Mind (CTM). According to this interpretation, Husserl's account of symbolic inference endorses an automatic, syntactic, causally driven model of thought. However, this study argues that such a reading neglects Husserl's broader philosophical context and his explicit...
MindfulnessAugust 27, 2026Sally S. Wynn, Rachel Ricks, Unurzaya Amarsaikhan et al.
Anxiety and depressive symptoms are elevated among musicians, including student musicians. This study examined whether trait mindfulness was associated with musicianship indicators and mental health symptoms in undergraduate instrumental musicians. Musicianship indicators included instrument category, weekly practice time, and use of deliberate practice techniques. Undergraduate instrumental...
Abstract: Psychedelics have been used for spiritual purposes for centuries. However, concerns have been raised regarding spiritual bypassing, maladaptive meaning-making, and increased suggestibility when psychedelics are combined with religious or spiritual beliefs. We examined spiritual bypassing, receptivity to pseudo-profound bullshit, subclinical psychotic experiences, well-being, and...
The rapid development of technical power and globalization in the twenty first century have enabled mankind to enjoy unprecedented material comforts but at the same time have presented him with complex social and psychological problems. Young people are experiencing significant mental health issues, mainly stress and depression, in a very competitive society today. This paper investigates...
This theoretical exploration examines Hindu spiritual practices within their historical and philosophical context, focusing on their application to the threefold afflictions of human experience: superhuman/situational, physical, and mental/spiritual. Drawing on classical Hindu texts and interdisciplinary literature, it considers how Vedic astrology, Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and devotional...
Humans think and act not only with the brain but also with the heart, lungs, gut, and other viscera, such as the bladder, long regarded as primarily vegetative. A fresh wave of experiments is revealing the role of cardiac-cycle phase and baroreceptor firing in perception and social behavior; respiration-locked neural dynamics in attention and learning; and gastrointestinal rhythms and vagal...