Consciousness and Cognition
March 1, 2012
Alexander A Fingelkurts, Andrew A Fingelkurts, Sergio Bagnato et al.
91 citations
The value of resting electroencephalogram (EEG) in revealing neural constitutes of consciousness (NCC) was examined. We quantified the dynamic repertoire, duration and oscillatory type of EEG microstates in eyes-closed rest in relation to the degree of expression of clinical self-consciousness. For NCC a model was suggested that contrasted normal, severely disturbed state of consciousness and...
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
January 11, 2012
Stephen D. Edwards, David J. Edwards
5 citations
This integral investigation explored phenomenological and neurophysiologic, individual and collective dimensions of Christian Trinitarian meditation experiences in a volunteer, convenience sample of 10 practicing Christians, 6 men and 4 women, with a mean age of 48 years and an age range from 21 to 85 years. Participants meditated for a minimum period of 15 minutes, during which...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
November 1, 2011
Harry Sumnall, Fiona Measham, Simon D. Brandt et al.
38 citations
Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic plant with ethnopharmacological and recreational uses. It differs from classic serotonergic hallucinogens such as LSD and psilocin in both phenomenology and potent agonist activity of the active component salvinorin A at κ-opioid receptors. Awareness of S. divinorum has grown recently, with both an increase in its public representation and concern over its...
BRILL eBooks
October 26, 2011
: history and subjectivity among the Chinese communities of West Kalimantan, Indonesia / by Hui Yew-Foong. p. cm. – (Chinese overseas ; v. 5) Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)–Cornell University, Aug., 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17340-8 (hardback
Thought and Practice
October 26, 2011
Fasiku Gbenga, OR Taye
1 citation
There is a prevalent assumption that the phenomenal character of a mental experience is an ontological property existing as part of the fabric of the world. This implies that the problem of explaining the phenomenal property of a mental experience is a metaphysical one. Contrary to this assumption, the present paper argues that phenomenal properties of mental experiences are the results of our...
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
October 24, 2011
Tom Froese
48 citations
Varela is well known in the systems sciences for his work on second‐order cybernetics, biology of cognition and especially autopoietic theory. His concern during this period was to find an appropriate epistemological foundation for the self‐reference inherent in life and mind. In his later years, Varela began to develop the so‐called ‘enactive’ approach to cognitive science, which sets itself...
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine
October 1, 2011
Dominique Pringuey
A phenomenology of dreams searches for meaning, with the aim not only of explaining but also of understanding the experience. What and who is it for? And what about the nearly forgotten dream among the moderns, the banal returning to the nightmare, sleepiness, or dreamlike reverie. Nostalgia for the dream, where we saw a very early state of light, not a ordinaire qu duel. Regret for the...
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
October 2011
Andrea J Phelps, David Forbes, Malcolm Hopwood et al.
Consensus on the parameters of trauma-related dreams required to meet criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is critical when: (i) the diagnosis requires a single re-experiencing symptom; and (ii) trauma dreams are prevalent in survivors without PTSD. This study investigated the phenomenology of PTSD dreams in 40 veterans, using structured interview and self-report measures. Dream...
L'Encephale
October 2011
Jérôme Graux, Maël Lemoine, P Gaillard et al.
Cenesthesia and cenesthopathy have played a fundamental role in 19th and early 20th century French and German psychiatry. Cenesthesia refers to the internal, global, implicit and affective perception of one's own body. The concept of cenesthopathy was coined by Dupre and Camus in 1907 to describe a clinical entity characterized by abnormal and strange bodily sensations. In this review, we...
IFE PsychologIA
September 14, 2011
Fasiku Gbenga, RT Oyelakin
There is a prevalent assumption that the fact that a mental experience has a phenomenal property is an ontological fact and that the problem of explaining the phenomenal property of a mental experience isan epistemological problem. Contrary to this assumption, the paper argues that the claim that mental experience gives rise to phenomenal propertyis an assertion about the world, which is yet to...