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Clinical Psychology Forum June 1, 2019 Richard J Hallam
Now the fact which psychology, the science of mind, has to study is also the most general fact. It is the fact that in immediate each of us, when awake (and often when asleep), some kind of consciousness is always going on. There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or of whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire, of deliberation, etc., that...
Perceptual and Motor Skills June 2019 José Marmeleira, Graça Duarte Santos
It is becoming clear that to truly understand what it is to be human, focusing scientific efforts on the mind alone is insufficient. We are embodied minds, living and acting in a world full of meaningful things. In this article, we discuss how science has been informed by important research insights into the close relationship between the body, the mind, and the world. These interactions can be...
Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy June 1, 2019 Jr. Mabaquiao Napoleon
With its use of the powerful technology of computer, the computational theory of mind or computationalism, which regards minds as computational systems, has been widely hailed as the most promising theory that will carry out the project of explaining the workings of the mind in purely scientific terms. While it continues to serve as the primary framework for scientifically inclined theorizing...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies June 1, 2019 Tom Hatsis
A commonly misunderstood area of Western psychedelic history involves psychoactive ointments that have become part of popular lore during the early modern and Renaissance eras. These substances amorphously considered as “flying ointments” have various histories. This paper addresses four separate histories regarding these beliefs: (a) one conveyed in the writings of anthropologist Michael...
Journal of Religion and Health June 1, 2019 Maria Kozhevnikov
Phenomenological studies suggest the existence of enhanced cognitive states, termed flow or peak experiences, in which specific cognitive processes (e.g., attention, perception) can be dramatically increased for limited durations. Here we review new scientific evidence that shows that specific types of meditation that developed out of certain religious traditions such as Vajrayana (Tantric...
Knowledge@UChicago (University of Chicago) June 1, 2019 David Kerman Tomlinson 4 citations
This dissertation explores the debate over mental content (ākāra) between the Indian Buddhist philosophers Ratnākaraśānti (ca. 970–1045) and Jñānaśrīmitra (ca. 980–1030). After a general consideration of the study of Buddhist philosophy in the introduction, I compare Ratnākaraśānti's and Jñānaśrīmitra's positions and styles broadly by considering their poetic introductions to their works in...
Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience May 31, 2019 T. Komori
It is well known that amygdala plays a critical role in the development of stress responses and anxiety. It has been reported that nerve cells in the amygdala fire less by prolonged expiration, but clear evidence has not been shown. As a “ninja” technique, there is an extremely prolonged expiratory breathing technique called Okinaga, which keeps expiration for one minute. As a pilot study, I...
Behavioral and Brain Sciences May 30, 2019 Samuel P. L. Veissière, Axel Constant, Maxwell J D Ramstead et al. 362 citations
The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across large-scale sociocultural ensembles? Is there a unifying account of the mechanisms involved in the acquisition of culture? Notions such as "shared expectations," the "selective patterning of attention and behaviour,"...
National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts Herald May 28, 2019 L. Shynkaruk, T. Danylova, O. Fedyk
The purpose of the study is to explore neo-shamanism as a cultural, spiritual and psychological phenomenon through the lens of polycultural space of postmodernity. Methodology of the study. The authors have used integrative anthropological approach, multidisciplinary analysis, comparative, cultural-historical, and descriptive methods. The scientific novelty. Rejecting classical rationality,...
Social History of Medicine May 28, 2019 Nancy D. Campbell 2 citations
Delving into the unfolding correspondence that fills these lovingly crafted pages affords pleasure and no small dollop of prophecy as they chronicle the great friendship that manifested during the last decade of Aldous Huxley’s life and Humphrey Osmond’s most fertile period of research. Topics run from both men’s fascination with opening the doors of the mind to explore the biochemistry of...