Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
June 29, 2021
Michele Poletti, L. Pelizza, S. Azzali et al.
Abstract Purpose Aberrant salience (AS) is conceptualized as a potential predisposing factor for psychotic states of mind. Despite several studies in the general population, research on AS in the early phases of psychosis is still relatively scarce. The aim of this cross-sectional study is (1) to evaluate the AS subjective experience in Ultra-High Risk (UHR) adolescents and young adults...
Nature Communications
June 29, 2021
Thomas Andrillon, Angus C. Burns, Teigane Mackay et al.
13 citations
Attentional lapses occur commonly and are associated with mind wandering, where focus is turned to thoughts unrelated to ongoing tasks and environmental demands, or mind blanking, where the stream of consciousness itself comes to a halt. To understand the neural mechanisms underlying attentional lapses, we studied the behaviour, subjective experience and neural activity of healthy participants...
Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
June 28, 2021
Ashwini S Savanth, Belagavi Karnataka India Affiliated To Vtu, P. Vijaya et al.
Meditation has several health benefits and is also used as a complementary treatment for various ailments. Neuroimaging studies have shed light on the effects of meditation, especially on the brain. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, a powerful non-invasive imaging technique is used in this study to determine the functional connectivity in meditator’s brain. In this study, long-term effects...
June 21, 2021
Adam Safron
preprint
Integrated World Modeling Theory (IWMT) is a synthetic theory of consciousness that uses the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference (FEP-AI) framework to combine insights from Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT). Here, I first review philosophical principles and neural systems contributing to IWMT’s integrative perspective. I then go on to...
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
June 20, 2021
Adam Safron
53 citations
Drawing from both enactivist and cognitivist perspectives on mind, I propose that explaining teleological phenomena may require reappraising both "Cartesian theaters" and mental homunculi in terms of embodied self-models (ESMs), understood as body maps with agentic properties, functioning as predictive-memory systems and cybernetic controllers. Quasi-homuncular ESMs are suggested to constitute...
June 18, 2021
Krishanu Kumar Das
1 citation
preprint
What is the nature of consciousness? How is it related to subconscious functioning of the mind? What drives our conscious and subconscious mind? Is your mind yours? i.e., is there a free will? – If I tell you to read the telephone directory from cover to cover (without any incentive), not missing a single word – you will probably get some idea about the answer of that question. If we deeply...
Philosophies
June 17, 2021
Cyril Costines, Tilmann Lhündrup Borghardt, Marc Wittmann
31 citations
A philosopher and a cognitive neuroscientist conversed with Buddhist lama Tilmann Lhündrup Borghardt (TLB) about the unresolved phenomenological concerns and logical questions surrounding “pure” consciousness or minimal phenomenal experience (MPE), a quasi-contentless, non-dual state whose phenomenology of “emptiness” is often described in terms of the phenomenal quality of luminosity that...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
June 13, 2021
Luís Carlos Matos, Jorge Pereira Machado, Fernando Jorge Monteiro et al.
34 citations
Practices such as "Reiki", therapeutic touch, healing touch, and external "Qigong" have been regarded as some form of "energy medicine" or "biofield therapy". The biofield concept has been studied and debated by researchers of distinct areas of expertise, and although the phenomenon was sometimes described as physically related to electromagnetics, other factors such as "subtle energy" and...
arXiv Preprint Archive
June 12, 2021
Pankaj Pandey, Krishna Prasad Miyapuram
preprint
Several Convolutional Deep Learning models have been proposed to classify the cognitive states utilizing several neuro-imaging domains. These models have achieved significant results, but they are heavily designed with millions of parameters, which increases train and test time, making the model complex and less suitable for real-time analysis. This paper proposes a simple, lightweight CNN...
Adaptive Behavior
June 10, 2021
Ismael Palacios-García, Francisco J Parada
15 citations
All life on earth is intrinsically linked. At the very foundation of every evolutionary interaction are microorganisms, integral components in the composition of both organisms and ecosystems. The available data and this perspective on the order of life challenge the traditional conception of monogenetic biological individuals, suggesting living beings are actually composite multi-species...