Journal of Consciousness Studies
March 31, 2022
F. Kammerer
43 citations
Phenomenal consciousness appears to be particularly normatively significant. For this reason, sentience-based conceptions of ethics are widespread. In the field of animal ethics, knowing which animals are sentient appears to be essential to decide the moral status of these animals. I argue that, given that materialism is true of the mind, phenomenal consciousness is probably not particularly...
2022 24th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing and its Applications
March 30, 2022
Kritiprasanna Das, Pankaj Verma, R. B. Pachori
Meditation is practiced since the old days and its popularity is growing in recent years to get better mental as well as physical health in a natural way. A rapidly increasing number of studies are involved in finding the biological mech-anism underlying the beneficial impacts of meditation. Surface electroencephalogram (EEG) is a non-invasive way to record the electrical activity of the brain...
The Southern Journal of Philosophy
March 30, 2022
D. Bruijn
2 citations
In recent work, Scott Soames (2010, 2013, 2015, 2019) and Peter Hanks (2011, 2013, 2015) have developed a theory of propositions on which these are constituted by complexes of intellectual acts. In this article, I adapt this type of theory to provide an account of perceptual content. After introducing terminology in section 1, I detail the approach proffered by Soames and Hanks in section 2,...
NeuroQuantology
March 26, 2022
Raul Valverde, Konstantin Korotkov, Chet Swanson
We can learn more about how our reality is made and what non-ordinary states of consciousness are by studying the Quantum Hologram Theory of Physics and Consciousness (QHTC). The QHTC says that consciousness is not local and that altered states of consciousness can help us understand how our minds work in more than one way. That's what Schrödinger thought. He thought that the quantum mechanical...
Horyzonty Wychowania
March 25, 2022
Timothy P. Muldoon
Research Objective: There is a growing literature about contemplative pedagogy in higher education, an approach to learning which prioritizes experiential, reflective practices meant to promote autonomy in learning. This essay will explore how Ignatian pedagogy, rooted in the 475-year tradition of Jesuit education, promotes a form of contemplative pedagogy especially apt for what this journal...
March 25, 2022
Ketamine plus mindfulness psychotherapy was more effective for sustained abstinence from alcohol than placebo plus alcohol psychoeducation. Other combinations of these therapies were not significantly different from one another in this small pilot trial (N=20-25 in each group). Adverse effects were minimal, suggesting that current alcohol use is not a contraindication for consideration of...
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
March 25, 2022
Ilana Berlowitz, David M O'Shaughnessy, Michael Heinrich et al.
26 citations
Indigenous groups of the Amazon have developed intricate methods for the application of psychoactives, among which particularly the dieta or diet method of Peruvian-Amazonian traditional medicine stands out. It is a retreat-like intervention involving lengthy periods of social, behavioural, and alimentary restrictions, while ingesting specially prepared plant substances. The interplay of the...
Frontiers in Psychology
March 24, 2022
Aldrich Chan, Georg Northoff, Ryan Karasik et al.
This article introduces a process-oriented approach for improving present moment conceptualization in psychotherapy that is in alignment with neuroscience: the Temporospatial movements of mind (TSMM) model. We elaborate on seven temporal movements that describe the moment-to-moment morphogenesis of emotional feelings and thoughts from inception to maturity. Temporal refers to the passage of...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
March 24, 2022
Hojung Kang, Seung Chan An, Byeongkwan Kim et al.
Meditation and acupressure-like stimulations have been shown to relieve pain. The aim of this study was to determine whether a short bout of mind-body intervention combined with meditation and acupressure-like stimulation was able to alleviate shoulder pain and improve its function in a short time window. Sixty-five adults with shoulder pain were recruited and randomly classified into two...
Encyclopedia
March 24, 2022
Vanessa Wang, Bryant M. Stone
Buddhism was established by Guatama Buddha as a practice to liberate sentient beings from suffering. Mindfulness-Based interventions (MBIs) are Western psychologists’ adaptation of mindfulness/Vipassana to treat mental illnesses. In addition to mindfulness, Buddhist recovery peer-support programs also adopt the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts, which are the...