Metatheoria – Revista de Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia
May 13, 2023
Andrea Florencia Melamed
1 citation
En este trabajo me propongo mostrar cómo es posible abordar el fenómeno emocional sin buscar acomodar o subsumir el fenómeno a partir de los estándares existentes, sino poniéndolos en duda y contribuyendo a que se consolide un campo de estudio de las emociones con legitimidad propia. Mi interés aquí está puesto en ver cómo el estudio de las emociones se podría ver favorecido por esta revolución...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
May 12, 2023
S. Parker Singleton, Christopher Timmermann, Andrea I. Luppi et al.
18 citations
preprint
Psychedelics offer a profound window into the functioning of the human brain and mind through their robust acute effects on perception, subjective experience, and brain activity patterns. In recent work using a receptor-informed network control theory framework, we demonstrated that the serotonergic psychedelics lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin flatten the brain's control energy...
Medical Sciences
May 11, 2023
Akvilė Gečaitė, Algirdas Musneckis
Akvilė Gečaitė1, Algirdas Musneckis2 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania 2The Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Science, Kaunas, Lithuania Abstract Background. In the scientific literature, meditation practices are usually divided into two main techniques: mindfulness (open monitoring) and concentrative (transcendental). They are aiming to...
Russian Law Journal
May 11, 2023
Phra Chanya Jaruthammo Et Al.
1 citation
The objectives of this research were: 1) to study Buddhist mental well-being; 2) to study the Buddhist mental well-being of the elderly in Ban Nong Hin community, Khok Ko sub-district, Mueang Maha Sarakham District, Maha Sarakham Province; 3) to study the Buddhist mental well-being promotion of the elderly in Ban Nong Hin community. This study was carried out by means of qualitative research by...
Neuron
May 10, 2023
Vinod Menon
832 citations
The discovery of the default mode network (DMN) has revolutionized our understanding of the workings of the human brain. Here, I review developments that led to the discovery of the DMN, offer a personal reflection, and consider how our ideas of DMN function have evolved over the past two decades. I summarize literature examining the role of the DMN in self-reference, social cognition, episodic...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 9, 2023
I. M. Nogueira, Mariana Reis Barbosa, Luísa Mota Ribeiro et al.
The Heroic Imagination Project (HIP) aims to redefine heroism as a set of habits that anyone can achieve. Research findings on the psychological foundations of negative forms of social influence that can lead to bystander behavior are translated into tools that individuals can use in their daily lives. Habits of wise and effective helping behavior are learned, modeled, and encouraged through...
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
May 9, 2023
Nathan A. Shlobin, Jaan Aru, Raul Vicente et al.
11 citations
When do we die and what happens in the brain when we die? The mystery around these questions has engaged mankind for centuries. Despite the challenges to obtain recordings of the dying brain, recent studies have contributed to better understand the processes occurring during the last moments of life. In this review, we summarize the literature on neurophysiological changes around the time of...
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
May 5, 2023
Deborah L. Black
ABSTRACT In classical Arabic philosophy, the topic of consciousness is commonly associated with Avicenna's ‘Flying Man’ thought experiment. But Avicenna's explorations of the nature of consciousness are not confined to the Flying Man, and he is by no means the only classical Islamic thinker to deem consciousness an important feature of our experience. Consciousness also plays a important role...
Philippine Social Science Journal
May 5, 2023
Rosalie S. Guerrero, Maria Lourdes L. Chavez
Existing literature shows that visual art-making as a spiritual practice is more common among older adults. This study aimed to examine the experiences of individuals in early and middle adulthood who are into contemplative visual art-making as spiritual practice using Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological method. Twelve participants aged 31 to 58 were interviewed online. Results revealed 11...
May 3, 2023
Richard A. Gross
Psychology began its life as a separate discipline taking consciousness/mental life as its subject-matter. The ‘hard problem’ of consciousness arises when we acknowledge that the physical brain (which requires a third-person account) is somehow involved in our subjective experience (which requires a first-person account). Freud’s account of consciousness is discussed alongside more recent,...