Journal of neuropsychology
September 2011
Julia Simner, Oliver Gärtner, Michelle D Taylor
Those variants of synaesthesia that trigger colour are well studied, although comparatively less is known about variants that involve cognitive constructs such as personality types. Here we investigate sequence-personality synaesthesia (also known as ordinal linguistic personification, OLP) in which sequenced units (e.g., letters) become associated to personalities or genders. We present the...
Rivista di psichiatria
September 1, 2011
Walter J Freeman
The most deeply transformative concept for the growth of 21st Century psychiatry is the constellation of the chaotic dynamics of the brain. Brains are no longer seen as rational systems that are plagued with emotional disorders reflecting primitives inherited from our animal ancestors. Brains are dynamical systems that continually create patterns by acting intentionally into the environment and...
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
September 1, 2011
Arthur J Hudson
There have been great advances in the neurological sciences in recent years including some in the higher functions of the brain such as memory but one of the more critical of these with close ties to memory is consciousness which remains an enigma. Revolutionary developments in genetics during the last two decades, referred to as epigenetics, have provided opportunity for discovery. The...
American Journal of Theology & Philosophy
September 1, 2011
Jane Duran
Stein is honored today not only because of her sainthood but because of what is now seen as important and groundbreaking work in phenomenology done under especially arduous conditions. Thus it may be said with some accuracy that Stein is, among philosophers, in the comparatively rare category of being acknowledged both for her work and her exemplary life. Writing on Stein has standardly...
Spiritus
September 1, 2011
Brenna Moore
Reviewed by: Modernists and Mystics Brenna Moore (bio) Modernists and Mystics. Edited by C.J.T. Talar. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009. 152 pp. $44.95 The term "Catholic modernist" typically conjures images of turn-of-the century marginalized pariahs, fixated on the Church's relationship with critical exegesis, philosophy, or science. C. J.T. Talar challenges...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
September 1, 2011
Jason Fleischer, Jeffrey L. McKinstry, David B. Edelman et al.
4 citations
Introduction Within the past few decades, the nature of consciousness has become a central issue in neuroscience, and it is increasingly the focus of both theoretical and empirical work. Studying consciousness is vital to developing an understanding of human perception and behavior, of our relationships with one another, and of our relationships with other potentially conscious animals....
Mind & Language
September 1, 2011
Ian Phillips
176 citations
Philosophers have lately seized upon Sperling's partial report technique and subsequent work on iconic memory in support of controversial claims about perceptual experience, in particular that phenomenology overflows cognitive access. Drawing on mounting evidence concerning postdictive perception, I offer an interpretation of Sperling's data in terms of cue-sensitive experience which fails to...
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
September 1, 2011
Jake P. Mann, Andrea E. Cavanna
3 citations
Epilepsy and consciousness are intimately related. Epileptic seizures can cause impairment of consciousness, and the study of how this occurs has informed us about the neural mechanisms that underlie normal consciousness. Moreover, loss of consciousness during seizures increases injury risk and worsens health-related quality of life. The present review describes the current understanding of...
臺灣精神醫學
September 1, 2011
Chun‐Yi Lee, Jung-Kwang Wen
Objective: A socio-cultural model of depression in Confucianism-oriented societies has the basic assumption that its psychopathology is determined by the disturbance of a harmonious relationship with others. We present a case study in the context of the socio-cultural background to address the relevant issues regarding mental health. Case Report: A 46-year-old housewife patient with major...
Depression and Anxiety
September 1, 2011
David Spiegel, R. Loewenstein, Roberto Lewis-Fernández et al.
Background: We present recommendations for revision of the diagnostic criteria for the Dissociative Disorders (DDs) for DSM‐5. The periodic revision of the DSM provides an opportunity to revisit the assumptions underlying specific diagnoses and the empirical support, or lack of it, for the defining diagnostic criteria. Methods: This paper reviews clinical, phenomenological, epidemiological,...