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Philosophy October 1, 2019 William Charlton
Abstract: Why do some philosophers (Nagel, McGinn, Chomsky), despite all we know about evolution and embryology, think that consciousness makes the mind-body relation a problem still unsolved and perhaps insoluble by those with human brains? They ask how consciousness arises in matter, not in living organisms, whereas non-philosophers ask how far down the ladder of life it extends and when it...
Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies October 1, 2019 B. T. Ter Haar
In traditional China, Buddhism was not a separate religious tradition or culture practiced in isolation from the rest of Chinese religious culture. This applied not only to people outside the monastic context, but also to people within that context. Even shamanic and medium practices could take place within a Buddhist context. Shamanic is here defined as spirit travel or communication whilst...
Brain Imaging and Behavior October 1, 2019 Inessa Kraft, Joana Bisol Balardin, João Ricardo Sato et al.
Quality of life is an important issue concerning people all over the world and affecting patients in the mental health field. When considering the potential neural links between quality of life and the brain, a brain network that comes into mind is the default mode network (DMN). Its architecture and function has been investigated in relation to various research fields including social and...
The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update October 1, 2019 2 citations
A five‐week trial involving 55 participants has concluded that a single infusion of ketamine in combination with a course of mindfulness‐based psychotherapy was more effective than midazolam with therapy in limiting craving and maintaining abstinence among individuals with cocaine dependence. The researchers found that participants receiving ketamine were 53% less likely to drop out of...
Princípios: Revista de Filosofia September 30, 2019 Marcos Silva, Carlos Brito, Francicleber Ferreira
In this review, Hutto and Myin’s new book “Evolving Enactivism: Basic Minds Meet Content” (2017) is critically presented. Although they do not provide a detailed cognitive science theory based on their Radical Enactive approach, one may say that Hutto and Myin originally address the perennial philosophical issue about our nature as human beings giving an impossible-to-neglect enactivist...
Synthese September 25, 2019 Matthew Owen
The causal pairing problem allegedly renders nonphysical minds causally impotent. This article demonstrates how a dualist view I call neo-Thomistic hylomorphism can circumnavigate the causal pairing problem. After explicating the problem and hylomorphism, I provide an account of causal pairing that appeals to a foundational tenet of hylomorphism. Subsequently, I suggest that a prominent view of...
Medical Hypotheses September 24, 2019 Christopher B. Germann 20 citations
We introduce a novel hypothesis which states that the therapeutic utilisation of psilocybin has beneficial effects on genetic aging. Ex hypothesi, we predict a priori that controlled psilocybin interventions exert quantifiable positive impact on leucocyte telomere length (telomeres are a robust predictor of mortality and multifarious aging-related diseases). Our hypothesising follows the...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) September 23, 2019 Kirsten C. S. Adam, Manoj K. Doss, Elisa Pabon et al. 2 citations preprint
Abstract With the increasing prevalence of legal cannabis use and availability, there is an urgent need to identify cognitive impairments related to its use. It is widely believed that cannabis, or its main psychoactive component Δ 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), impairs working memory, i.e., the ability to temporarily hold information in mind. However, our review of the literature yielded...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience September 19, 2019 Georg Northoff
Neuroscience made major progress in unravelling the neural basis of mental features like self, consciousness, affect, etc. However, we nevertheless lack what recently has been described as "missing ingredient" or "common currency" in the relationship between neuronal and mental activity. Rather than putting forward yet another theory of the neural basis of mental features, I here suggest a...
September 16, 2019 Ingrid Falque
This book offers the first full-length study of the contemplative function of devotional portraits in Early Netherlandish paintings (1400-1550), demonstrating that many images of people kneeling in prayer functioned within the picture as a visualisation of their spiritual process. The study is anchored within a fertile art-historical tradition that focuses on the uses and functions of...