Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Sharia h Sciences and Islamic Studies
September 1, 2022
Alia Al-Qarni
The concept of astral projection revolves around the assumption of an out-of-body state, assuming an astral aura separate from the physical body capable of traveling outside of it, and realizing a person's ability to leave their body and travel through the ether to anywhere it wants. Also, the source of knowledge for the astral projection experimenters is the person himself, with the connection...
Nineteenth-Century French Studies
September 1, 2022
John D'amico
Abstract:Taking a cognitive approach to Huysmans's 1887 novel En rade, this article studies the writer's aesthetic transmutation of the theories of Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920)—a figure widely known as one of the founders of modern psychology. The protagonist, Jacques Marles, invokes Wundt's claim that an extended foot during sleep may prompt the experience of falling in a dream. This explanation...
Molecules
September 1, 2022
Rosa Estrada-Reyes, Daniel B Quero-Chávez, Salvador Alarcón-Elizalde et al.
Melatonin (MEL), an indolamine with diverse functions in the brain, has been shown to produce antidepressant-like effects, presumably through stimulating neurogenesis. We recently showed that the combination of MEL with ketamine (KET), an NMDA receptor antagonist, has robust antidepressant-like effects in mice, at doses that, by themselves, are non-effective and have no adverse effects. Here,...
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Theodor Nenu
Hofstadter [ 1979 , 2007 ] offered a novel Gödelian proposal which purported to reconcile the apparently contradictory theses that (1) we can talk, in a non-trivial way, of mental causation being a real phenomenon and that (2) mental activity is ultimately grounded in low-level rule-governed neural processes. In this paper, we critically investigate Hofstadter’s analogical appeals to Gödel’s [...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
September 1, 2022
Cody Turner
Abstract: This paper offers a novel argument against the phenomenal intentionality thesis (or PIT for short). The argument, which I'll call the extended mind argument against phenomenal intentionality, is centered around two claims: the first asserts that some source intentional states extend into the environment, while the second maintains that no conscious states extend into the environment....
Mind & Language
September 1, 2022
Richard Heersmink
In this paper, I describe how artifacts and autobiographical memory are integrated into new systemic wholes, allowing us to remember our personal past in a more reliable and detailed manner. After discussing some empirical work on lifelogging technology, I elaborate on the dimension of autobiographical dependency, which is the degree to which we depend on an object to be able to remember a...
iScience
September 1, 2022
A. Monti, Giuseppina Porciello, M. S. Panasiti et al.
Summary Bodily self-consciousness, the state of mind that allows humans to be aware of their own body, forms the backdrop for almost every human experience, yet its underpinnings remain elusive. Here we combine an ingestible, minimally invasive capsule with surface electrogastrography to probe if gut physiology correlates with bodily self-consciousness in a sample of healthy men during a...
International journal of psychology and neuroscience
August 31, 2022
Onisor Valentina, A. Goswami
In this paper we introduce the concept of Quantum Yoga, an integrative approach of various practices towards the maintenance, healing and optimization of human physiology to prevent and heal disease, as well as to promote positive wellbeing. Keywords: Yoga, Health, Meditation, Concentration, Consciousness, Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine.
Frontiers in Education
August 30, 2022
Annemaree Carroll, Stevie-Jae Hepburn, Julie Bower
17 citations
Objectives The present study aimed to determine the degree of stress relief and increase in mindfulness attributes experienced by 18 participants in an 8-week Mindful Practice for Teachers (MPT) program. Methods The mixed-methods study design included participant reflections collected throughout the study and self-report measures: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Positive Mindset Index (PMI), and...
Biological Theory
August 30, 2022
W. Veit
In order to develop a true biological science of consciousness, we have to remove humans from the center of reference and develop a bottom-up comparative study of animal minds, as Donald Griffin intended with his call for a “cognitive ethology.” In this article, I make use of the pathological complexity thesis (Veit 2022a, b, c) to show that we can firmly ground a comparative study of animal...