Sergei Kalutskiy
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Current models of addiction fail to provide a unified explanation for three persistent anomalies: (1) relapse after years of sustained abstinence when no physiological dependence remains, (2) withdrawal symptoms in behavioral addictions where no exogenous chemical agent is involved, and (3) the efficacy of mutually contradictory therapeutic approaches, such as motivational interviewing,...
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Carol Davis
As a nurse, Maitreyabandhu burned the candle at both ends, but was introduced to meditation through the London Buddhist Centre. Now he helps others to prevent relapse of depression.
Charlotte Murphy, Elizabeth Jefferies, Shirley-Ann Rueschemeyer et al.
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Abstract: The default mode network supports a variety of mental operations such as semantic processing, episodic memory retrieval, mental time travel and mind-wandering, yet the commonalities between these functions remains unclear. One possibility is that this system supports cognition that is independent of the immediate environment; alternatively or additionally, it might support...
E. S. Louise Faber
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Abstract: Spiritual practices are gaining an increasingly wider audience as a means to enhance positive affect in healthy individuals and to treat neurological disorders such as anxiety and depression. The current study aimed to examine the neural correlates of two different forms of love generated by spiritual practices using EEG; love generated during a loving kindness meditation performed by...
Michael R. Sheehy
Examination of Tibetan Buddhist contemplative and psychological understandings of the operations of ordinary awareness (rnam shes) in comparison with pristine awareness (ye shes), based on a seminal text by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339).
Roberto Bani
In nature, forms and forces are distinguished. MIND is the cerebral software of forms and faculties that elaborate them. Its complex functional and evolutionary organization has required various ways of investigation: 1. Difference between Homo sapiens and the other mammals; 2. Enchanted Staircase as a model of progressive levels from low animals to humans; 3. Different Forms of Thought between...
Utpal Chakraborty
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This paper explores the complex connections between mind, consciousness and quantum mechanics, integrating current scientific theories and insights to propose a cohesive framework. It delves into models of quantum consciousness, information processing in the mind and the significance of "Wow!" moments in human cognitive experience. Consciousness, though central to our existence, remains a...
Xiaoyang Yu
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An individual has no control even over his/her choices. His/her choices are controlled by his neurons. His/her neurons are controlled by the physical laws. So, his/her choices are controlled by the physical laws. So, he/she is powerless to do anything other than what he/she actually does. This is the view of fatalism. Specifically, this is the view of a totally global fatalism, where people...
Xiaoyang Yu
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What we usually view as the physical world is actually a mental model in our mind. Let’s call the mental model the tamed physical world (TPW). We can call the actual physical world the wild physical world (WPW). A flower in front of me is a mental model in my TPW. Its physical entity is in the WPW, not in my TPW as we usually think. If M-theory is correct, the brain of human is only able to...
Ayao Edoh Zanou
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This article is an attempt at the “hard problem” of Consciousness. As the era of Artificial Intelligence is looming ahead, we are concerned about our future environment. We define human Consciousness and medium Consciousness. We clarify the difference between the brain and the mind. We demonstrate how the brain creates the mind but must do so only in the presence of Consciousness. We define a...