Cambridge University Press eBooks
February 22, 2020
Chris Thornton
T here is a natural desire to explain the development of cognitive phenomena that seem particularly characteristic of the human mind. Creativity is a case in point, consciousness another. A recent archaeological project has attempted to understand evidence from the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in relation to the emergence of both consciousness and creativity at the dawn of settled life. This...
Mindfulness
February 21, 2020
Marieke K. van Vugt, Joshua Pollock, Bryce Johnson et al.
24 citations
Abstract Objectives Although mindfulness meditation is the familiar and researched form of mental training derived from Buddhism, it represents but one form of practice. Monastic debate is an interactive and dyadic analytical meditation practice that originates from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition where monastics seek to jointly deepen their understanding of complicated philosophical issues. To...
NERS Jurnal Keperawatan
February 21, 2020
Renidayati Renidayati
Abstract Generally, the patients will undergo the surgery will feel stress, both physical and psychological stress (anxiety). It is very dangerous because of the high heart rate and blood pressure will aggravate cardiovascular system. This study aimed to determine "The Decrease Of The Physical and Psychosocial Stress For Pre Onclogy Surgery Patients" at one hospital in Padang. The study used...
Frontiers in Psychology
February 18, 2020
Ulf Winter, Pierre Levan, Tilmann Lhündrup Borghardt et al.
68 citations
The minimal neural correlate of the conscious state, regardless of the neural activity correlated with the ever-changing contents of experience, has still not been identified. Different attempts have been made, mainly by comparing the normal waking state to seemingly unconscious states, such as deep sleep or general anesthesia. A more direct approach would be the neuroscientific investigation...
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
February 17, 2020
Nina K. Vollbehr, Rogier Hoenders, Agna A. Bartels‐Velthuis et al.
17 citations
OBJECTIVES: Despite the gains made by current first-line interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD), modest rates of treatment response and high relapse indicate the need to augment existing interventions. Following theory and initial research indicating the promise of mindful yoga interventions (MYIs), this study examines mindful yoga as a treatment of MDD. METHODS/DESIGN: This...
Perspectives on Psychological Science
February 13, 2020
Ann Taves
127 citations
Although many researchers in psychology, religious studies, and psychiatry recognize that there is overlap in the experiences their subjects recount, disciplinary silos and challenges involved in comparing reported experiences have left us with little understanding of the mechanisms, whether biological, psychological, and/or sociocultural, through which these experiences are represented and...
Journal of Analytical Psychology
February 1, 2020
Yasuhiro Tanaka
In this paper, the author attempts to show some structural changes in the adolescent mind in modern Japan through examination of our quantitative research of the dreams of university students. Two questionnaires, Scale of Anthropophobia Mentality and Scale of Sense of Self, were administered while asking students about the contents of their 'impressive dreams' in childhood as well as their...
Mindfulness
February 1, 2020
Alice E. Buxton, Carina Remmers, Hans-Peter Unger et al.
Abstract Objectives Recent preliminary evidence suggests that mindfulness-based programmes may be beneficial in the treatment of patients suffering from current depression. Due to the heterogeneity of patients with this diagnosis, a specialisation in treatment concepts for subgroups of patients may be beneficial. Methods This randomised controlled pilot study investigated the effectiveness of...
January 30, 2020
Joseph Azize
Gurdjieff was fundamentally a mystic in that his system was designed to come into a state where the lower centers or “brains” (mind, feeling, organic instinct) are made healthy and are harmonised together and are aligned with the higher “centers”. In Gurdjieff’s teaching, the higher centers receive the impressions which are the content of mystical experiences, but the lower centers, being...
arXiv Preprint Archive
January 26, 2020
Ulrike Barthelmeß, Ulrich Furbach, Claudia Schon
preprint
This paper aims at demonstrating how a first-order logic reasoning system in combination with a large knowledge base can be understood as an artificial consciousness system. For this we review some aspects from the area of philosophy of mind and in particular Tononi's Information Integration Theory (IIT) and Baars' Global Workspace Theory. These will be applied to the reasoning system Hyper...