Journal of Philosophical Investigations
February 26, 2022
Samad Hosseini, Abbas Yazdani
The undeniable success of neuroscience in explaining human mental states, which in the past were explained in terms of supernatural concepts, has led many modern-day scientists and philosophers to advocate physicalist methods in explaining human nature. According to this view, science, by recognizing the physiological structures of man, especially the brain and its functions, will finally be...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
February 25, 2022
Guilherme Sanches de Oliveira
A popular trend in the sciences of the mind is to understand cognition as embodied, embedded, enactive, ecological, and so on. While some of the work under the label of “embodied cognition” takes for granted key commitments of traditional cognitive science, other projects coincide in treating embodiment as the starting point for an entirely different way of investigating all of cognition....
Neuropsychopharmacology
February 25, 2022
Friederike Holze, Laura Ley, Felix Müller et al.
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Abstract Growing interest has been seen in using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin in psychiatric research and therapy. However, no modern studies have evaluated differences in subjective and autonomic effects of LSD and psilocybin or their similarities and dose equivalence. We used a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover design in 28 healthy subjects (14 women,...
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
February 24, 2022
Donald Moss
About the Author: Rubin Battino (1931-present) is well known to many in Ericksonian circles for his engaging and practical books on psychotherapy, hypnosis, and guiding people to live more fully. Battino is both a professor emeritus in chemistry and a licensed professional counselor, specializing in brief therapy, an Ericksonian approach, and palliative care. His previous books include:...
Behavioral Sciences
February 24, 2022
Susanna Feruglio, Stefania Pascut, Alessio Matiz et al.
Background: Mind-body interventions may support the development of adolescents’ self-regulation and provide a protective effect against maladaptive outcomes, e.g., internalizing and externalizing problems. The present study aimed at evaluating the effects of mindfulness-oriented meditation training (MOM) and autogenic training (AT) on a group of healthy Italian adolescents’ character...
Psychosomatic Medicine
February 23, 2022
J. Zwaag, Rick Naaktgeboren, A. V. van Herwaarden et al.
ABSTRACT Objective We previously showed that a training intervention comprising a combination of meditation, exposure to cold, and breathing exercises enables voluntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system, reflected by profoundly increased plasma epinephrine levels, and subsequent attenuation of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory response. Several elements of the...
Religions
February 23, 2022
Nevine Nasser
By examining the relationship between sacred space and spiritual experience through practice-as-research, a methodology for reclaiming the wisdom embodied by transformative examples of classic Islamic sacred architecture in the design of a contemporary Sufi Centre in London, UK, is developed. The metaphysical and ontological roots of universal design principles and practices are explored in...
February 18, 2022
Raul Franco Valverde
The quantum consciousness paradigm explains that our consciousness is immortal, non-local and can work independently of the physical brain and supports a multidimensional view of the human mind. Everything is connected in the universe, and we are just part of this great network of connected consciousness that are becoming aware of this great reality. The quantum consciousness paradigm explains...
International Theory
February 14, 2022
Friedrich V. Kratochwil
Abstract In putting Wendt's recent Quantum Mind in a larger context both of his own disciplinary engagement and some larger philosophical issues, I try to avoid a hasty dismissal, since the book seems at first blush to offer a ‘theory of everything’, or an uncritical acceptance, since the desire to know what makes the world hand together has always been part of the knowledge game. As to the...
Ethnography and Education
February 10, 2022
Yuki Imoto
ABSTRACT This paper gives an ethnographic account of a contemplative class at an elite university in the US. The contemplative class, which incorporates mindfulness-based practices, took on the function of unravelling time, and of challenging the credit-oriented culture of the university. The opening up of time and credits allows for a safe communal space to explore ‘vulnerability’ and...