Meditation: all studies

Consciousness has no influence on the physical activities of the brain

Xiaoyang Yu preprint

Consciousness is only a byproduct of brain’s physical activities. Consciousness has no influence on the physical activities of the brain.

Unveiling non-neuronal quantum brain computation using a multidisciplinary evaluation of consciousness?

Controversial hypotheses to explain consciousness exist in many fields of science, psychology and philosophy. Recent experimental findings in quantum cognition and magnetic resonance imaging have added new controversies to the field, suggesting that the mind may be based on quantum computing. Quantum computers process information in quantum bits (qubits) using quantum gates. At a first glance,...

Temporal Dynamics of Activity in Default Mode Network Suggest a Role in Top-Down Processing for Trial Responses

D. Mastrovito, C. Hanson, S. Hanson preprint

The default mode network (DMN) is a collection of brain regions including midline frontal and parietal structures, medial and lateral temporal lobes, and lateral parietal cortex. Although there is evidence that the network can be subdivided into at least two subcomponents, the network reliably exhibits highly correlated activity both at rest and during task performance. Current understanding...

The functional convergence and heterogeneity of social, episodic, and self-referential thought in the default mode network

Tanya Wen, Daniel J Mitchell, John Duncan preprint

Abstract: The default mode network (DMN) is engaged in a variety of cognitive settings, including social, semantic, temporal, spatial, and self-related tasks. Andrews-Hanna et al. (2010, 2012) proposed that the DMN consists of three distinct functional-anatomical subsystems – a dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (dMPFC) subsystem that supports social processing and introspection about mental...

Mental Gravity: A novel theory of self, brain, mind and depression

Lachlan Kent preprint

The theory of Mental Gravity explains what it means to be psychologically “down” and how mental downness manifests in various aspects of cognition and behaviour, emotion and personality, the brain, phenomenology, and psychopathology. The theory contends that Mental Gravity is experienced as a simulation of (increased) physical gravity that communicates different mental states associated with...

The wandering mind, the focussed mind and the meta-aware mind

Ganesh Bharate, Sumantran Ray

Caught within fast paced- urban industrial society, many of us may not ask questions about the nature of our mind, thoughts, although our mind, and thoughts often cause distress to us. Stressed between demands of tasks, and unexpected situations like pandemic loneliness, our paper offers useful insights into the dynamics of consciousness- the wandering mind (intentional, & unintentional...

How the Human Mind Affects Its Related Brain? A Mechanism for this Influence, Using an Extended Bohmian QM in Avicenna’s Monotheistic Perspective

Mohammad Jamali, Mehdi Golshani, Yousef Jamali preprint

In quantum approaches to consciousness, the authors try to propose a model and mechanism for the mind-brain interaction using modern physics and some quantum concepts which do not exist in the classical physics. The independent effect of mind on the brain has been one of the challenging issues in the history of science and philosophy. In some recent mind-brain interaction models, the direct...

An Experimental Solution Based on Holistic Philosophy Perspective to Coordinate the Body-Mind Problem

Ji-cheng Chen preprint

The natural sciences are based on the material view, which regards the external as an objective entity independent of perception. As scientists explore deeper at the micro level, this potential assumption has led to many paradoxes related to consciousness. Phenomena revealed by biology and physics together imply that we cannot treat body and mind (or matter and consciousness) as absolute...

Neuroscience of the Yogic Theory of Mind and Consciousness

Vaibhav Tripathi, Pallavi Bharadwaj preprint

Yoga as a practice and philosophy of life has been followed for more than 4500 years with known evidence of Yogic practices in the Indus Valley Civilization. A plethora of scholars have contributed to the development of the field, but in last century the profound knowledge remained inaccessible and incomprehensible to the general public. Last few decades have seen a resurgence in the utility of...

Moving beyond the concept of altered state of consciousness: the Non-Ordinary Mental Expressions (NOMEs)

Enrico Facco, Fabio Fracas, Patrizio Tressoldi

Aim of this theoretical paper is to review the ontological status of so-called altered states of consciousness, suggesting a revision of their common interpretation as abnormal, or anyway less-than-normal conditions. The term Non-Ordinary Mental Expressions (NOMEs), is described and emphasized as a new conceptual tool allowing a more comprehensive interpretation of the varieties of the normal...