March 10, 2010
Marieke Rohde
15 citations
The book Enaction, Embodiment, Evolutionary Robotics proposes how a particular kind of simulation model, i.e. Evolutionary Robotics simulations, can help to solve several problems in Cognitive Science. Examples discussed in the book ranges from motor control, neuroscientific theory, social contingency and time perception. It is argued that methodological minimalism can be a merit, not a...
Oxford University Press eBooks
March 10, 2010
Paull Nunez
This chapter considers the general limits of scientific knowledge, and identifies probability and entropy as important measures of human ignorance; scientific predictions are shown to be severely limited in complex systems. It argues that fundamental limits on computer power may preclude the creation of artificial consciousness, even if natural brains actually do create minds, as assumed by...
Oxford University Press eBooks
March 10, 2010
Paull Nunez
This chapter takes a highly speculative approach in which the hard problem of consciousness is approached with questions about a category beyond ordinary information; that is, Ultra-Information, defined broadly to include ordinary information, unknown physical processes, and consciousness. Thoughts, emotions, self-awareness, memory, and the contents of the unconscious are, by definition,...
The Journal of Hindu Studies
March 9, 2010
Stuart Ray Sarbacker
Frederick Smith's The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature provides a number of groundbreaking insights with respect to conceptualisations of and methodological approaches to the phenomenon of possession (āveśa, praveśa, and samāveśa) in the Indian traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and more broadly in South Asian religion. Smith's analysis of the...
Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry
March 4, 2010
Charles K. Dunham
To the Editor: Symptoms affecting voluntary motor or sensory systems that are organically unexplainable are commonly diagnosed as “conversion” symptoms, especially if the patient also has psychological stress. Patients who receive a diagnosis of conversion disorder may have an organic disease that explains their symptoms. A systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms and “hysteria”...
NeuroQuantology
March 4, 2010
Sultan Tarlacı
33 citations
Over the past decade, discussions of the roles that quantum mechanics might or might not play in the theory of consciousness/mind have become increasingly sharp. One side of this debate stand conventional neuroscientists who assert that brain science must look to the neuron for understanding, and on the other side are certain physicists, suggesting that the rules of quantum theory might...
NeuroQuantology
March 4, 2010
Mustafa Erol
8 citations
Scientists used to believe until recently that the consciousness/mind/thought is a purely metaphysical concept and hence has nothing to do with science. However recent scientific research both theoretically and also experimentally strongly imply that consciousness/mind/thought is in fact a physical concept and could be investigated by scientific means. This very exciting and revolutionary...
PLoS One
March 4, 2010
Thomas S. Ray
57 citations
correction
We currently understand the mental effects of psychedelics to be caused by agonism or partial agonism of 5-HT 2A (and possibly 5-HT 2C ) receptors, and we understand that psychedelic drugs, especially phenylalkylamines, are fairly selective for these two receptors.This manuscript is a reference work on the receptor affinity pharmacology of psychedelic drugs.New data is presented on the affinity...
NeuroQuantology
March 1, 2010
Sultan Tarlacı
27 citations
For the past 20 years and more, arguments about the role of quantum mechanics in consciousness and mind theory have been mounting. On the one side are traditional neuroscientists who believe that the way to understanding the brain is through looking at the nerve cells. On the other side are various physicists who suggest that the laws of quantum mechanics may have an influence on the dynamics...
Psychological Bulletin
March 1, 2010
Jennifer C McVay, Michael J. Kane
In this comment, we contrast different conceptions of mind wandering that were presented in 2 recent theoretical reviews: Smallwood and Schooler (2006) and Watkins (2008). We also introduce a new perspective on the role of executive control in mind wandering by integrating empirical evidence presented in Smallwood and Schooler with 2 theoretical frameworks: Watkins's elaborated control theory...