Meditation: all studies (page 1439) - The Consciousness Library

Keeping an Open Mind About (and With) Psychedelics.

Biological Psychiatry May 1, 2026

Keeping an Open Mind About (and With) Psychedelics.

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.02.009 Full text

Development and Testing the Effectiveness of an Online Yoga Psychology–Based Mental Health Promotion Intervention for Adults

Psychology and Developing Societies May 1, 2026 Riya Ganer, Jyotsna Agrawal, C. Naveen Kumar

Patañjali’s Ashtanga Yoga encompasses more than physical postures (āsana), incorporating a robust psychological framework designed to enhance mental well-being. However, current research on yoga interventions predominantly focuses on āsana (physical postures), prāṇāyāma (breathwork) and meditation, neglecting the psychological dimensions. This study develops, validates and tests a structured...

DOI: 10.1177/09713336261441828 Psychological intervention Intervention counseling Mental health Negative affectivity +6

Foundations of cognitive systems: exploring the architecture of mind and intelligence.

Cognitive Processing May 1, 2026 Kazem Haghnejae Azar

This article investigates the emergence of cognitive systems as properties arising from chemical processes, elucidating how cognitive capabilities evolve through the dynamic progression of these systems. Employing the Dynamic Kinetic Stability (DKS) framework, the study traces the evolutionary trajectory from simple chemical reactions to complex cognitive behaviors, emphasizing the emergence of...

DOI: 10.1007/s10339-025-01322-4 Full text Philosophy of mind Awareness Consciousness experience

Silent Epistemology: Embodied Intersubjectivity in Zazen

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) May 1, 2026 Nicholas J Watkins preprint

Silence is often treated as a communicative void, a suspension of meaning, or a disruption of social connection. This dissertation challenges that assumption through an ethnographic study of zazen (seated meditation) at the Bristol Zen Dojo, where silence is not the absence of sociality but its medium. Through sensory ethnography and phenomenological analysis, the findings reveal that shared...

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20071576 Silence Intersubjectivity Embodied cognition Foregrounding +10

Schizophrenic Consciousness in the Light of the Phenomenological Epoché: A Foundational Map for Psychiatry.

Brain Sciences May 1, 2026 Giovanni Stanghellini

This review explores the hypothesis that schizophrenic symptoms may be understood not as isolated deficits, but as interconnected manifestations of a structural reorganization of consciousness. The premises of this work are grounded in a comparative matrix that suggests an underlying "consanguinity" between the philosopher's voluntary epoché-the suspension of the natural attitude performed to...

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16050498 Full text Clinical phenomenology Epoché Hyperreflexivity Neuropsychiatry +3

Diverging results with converging operations: Implications for the study of consciousness and cognition.

Consciousness and Cognition May 1, 2026 Joseph Glicksohn

Converging operations allow one to home in on a construct, be this an altered state of consciousness (ASC), or trait and/or state impulsivity. Unfortunately (or, perhaps fortunately), measures that should provide converging operations for such a construct sometimes present with diverging results. Three cases are considered here: trait impulsivity, which should be positively correlated with...

DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104049 Full text Absorption Converging operations Impulsivity Self-report

Understanding the Link Between Spirituality and Neurorehabilitation: A Narrative Review.

Neurorehabilitation May 1, 2026 Paul Olowoyo, Adefolarin Malomo, Kehinde Adigun et al.

BackgroundSpirituality is an essentially universal human experience and is incorporated into concepts of health and well-being in many cultures. The spiritual domain of quality of life, spared in the disability paradox, may be harnessed for recovery through internal adaptation and coping skills. This can help the individual attain his/her full potential while optimizing health-related quality...

DOI: 10.1177/10538135261423944 Full text Neuroplasticity Motor recovery Neurorehabilitation Spirituality

Facing trauma under the influence of psychedelics: A phenomenological study with Nova rave survivors.

Journal of Psychopharmacology May 1, 2026 Guy Simon, Maya Gal-Birman, Nir Tadmor et al.

The October 7th, 2023, attack at the Nova rave represents an unprecedented scenario in trauma research: A mass casualty event in which most participants were under the influence of psychedelics. Using a mixed-methods phenomenological design, 45 survivors were interviewed. Participants were categorized by substance use: classic psychedelics (n = 24), empathogens (n = 19), and ketamine (n = 2)....

DOI: 10.1177/02698811251372508 Full text Adaptive psychedelic dissociation Phenomenological analysis Psychedelic-assisted trauma processing Psychedelics +1

From the Social to the Individual: Human Interdependence Calls for Explanatory Reversal in Mind and Brain

PsyArXiv April 30, 2026 Haily Merritt, Dimitris Bolis preprint

Recent years have witnessed an “interactive turn” in the cognitive sciences, increasingly foregrounding real-time social interaction and organism–environment dynamics. Yet, even the interactive turn often stops short of its own implications, leaving an individual-first explanatory order largely intact. Taking these implications seriously points toward an explanatory reversal: human...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/eabr5_v1 Full text

Self-Healing dalam Perspektif Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Ra'd Ayat 28: Studi Tafsir Ayat Ketenangan Hati di Era Mental Health Awareness

Tabsyir: Jurnal Dakwah dan Sosial Humaniora April 30, 2026 Khopipah Aini, Abdul Halim

This study examines the concept of inner peace in the Qur’anic perspective, focusing on Surah Ar-Ra’d verse 28 and its relevance to self-healing and mental health awareness in the modern era. This research employs a qualitative method using a library research approach by analyzing Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir), academic journals, books, and both Islamic and contemporary psychological literature....

DOI: 10.59059/tabsyir.v7i2.3224 Full text