Novel: A Forum on Fiction
August 1, 2012
Andrew Gaedtke
Recent developments in cognitive science have overturned the restrictions of behaviorism and have once again made consciousness a legitimate object of scientific investigation. New brain scanning technologies have introduced the possibility of mapping the neural correlates of consciousness, thereby offering a full, materialist account of the mind. This article argues that an emergent subgenre...
Schizophrenia Research
August 2012
Patrik Roser, Silke Lissek, Martin Tegenthoff et al.
Chronic cannabis use is associated with cognitive impairment and has been identified as a risk factor for schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia show profound deficits in social cognition such as the ability to attribute mental states to others, referred to as "theory of mind" (ToM). Aberrant activation of the ToM network has been demonstrated across different phases of schizophrenia,...
Neural Networks
August 1, 2012
Nagendra Marupaka, Laxmi R Iyer, Ali A Minai
Understanding cognition has been a central focus for psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers for thousands of years, but many of its most fundamental processes remain very poorly understood. Chief among these is the process of thought itself: the spontaneous emergence of specific ideas within the stream of consciousness. It is widely accepted that ideas, both familiar and novel, arise...
July 26, 2012
William H. James
355 citations
'Is life worth living? Yes, a thousand times yes when the world still holds such spirits as Professor James.' - Gertrude Stein A classic of American thought, William James’ The Varieties of Religious Experience is an extraordinary study of human spirituality in all its forms and one of the most profound works of Psychology ever written. When the book was published in 1902 the study of the human...
July 17, 2012
D. Pal, A. De
We developed a consciousness model. Our consciousness model incorporating Thought-carrying particle (TCP), Thought-retaining particle (TRP) and Thought Force (TF) signifies the existence of the universal consciousness that exists along with the universe. The universal consciousness is a functional state of the universal mind (UM). We indicated the existence of thought force (TF) that is an...
Advances in Consciousness Research
July 11, 2012
Given that a representational system's phenomenal experience must be intrinsic to it and must therefore arise from its own temporal dynamics, consciousness is best understood — indeed, can only be understood — as being in time. Despite that, it is still acceptable for theories of consciousness to be summarily exempted from addressing the temporality of phenomenal experience. The chapters...
arXiv Preprint Archive
July 3, 2012
Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi
preprint
The validity of the assertion that some recent double-slit interference experiments, conducted by Radin et al., would have tested the possible role of the experimenter's mind in the collapse of the quantum wave function, is questioned. It is emphasized that quantum mechanics doesn't need any psychophysical ingredient to explain the measurement processes, and therefore parapsychologists...
Mindfulness for the Next Generation
July 1, 2012
Holly B. Rogers, M. Maytan
Chapter 6 provides a detailed description of the first of the four classes that comprise the Koru Basic curriculum developed at Duke University to teach mindfulness and meditation to students. The class starts with a brief opening meditation, and a sample script for this meditation is provided. This is followed by introductions and orientation to the class. In the first class, two...
Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie up2date
July 1, 2012
Johannes Michalak, Sabine Blaeser, Thomas Heidenreich
All articles of this category Kernaussagen Unter Achtsamkeit versteht man die absichtsvolle, bewusste und nicht wertende Lenkung der Aufmerksamkeit auf den gegenwärtigen Augenblick. Grundsätzlich besitzt jeder diese Fähigkeit und ist in der Lage sie weiter zu kultivieren. In den vergangenen Jahren wurden verschiedene verhaltenstherapeutische und -medizinische Verfahren entwickelt, die eine...
Metaphilosophy
July 1, 2012
Paul R. Smart
Abstract: This article explores the notion of theWeb‐extended mind, which is the idea that the technological and informational elements of theWeb can sometimes serve as part of the mechanistic substrate that realizes human mental states and processes. It is argued that while current forms of theWeb may not be particularly suited to the realization ofWeb‐extended minds, new forms of user...