The nature of the 'self' and self-referential awareness has been one of the most debated issues in philosophy, psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Understanding the neurocognitive bases of self-related representation and processing is also crucial to research on the neural correlates of consciousness. The distinction between an 'I', corresponding to a subjective sense of the self as a...
Although there have been studies of some factors related to the features of out-of-body experiences (OBEs), the effect of physical body posture and activity has not been systematically explored. Over the years research has suggested that OBEs are more frequent in states of low physical activity and when the body is supine, in agreement with other findings related to alterations in...
Many recent behavioral and neuroscientific studies have revealed the importance of investigating meditation states and traits to achieve an increased understanding of cognitive and affective neuroplasticity, attention and self-awareness, as well as for their increasingly recognized clinical relevance. The investigation of states and traits related to meditation has especially pronounced...
Machine Consciousness is the study of consciousness in a biological, philosophical, mathematical and physical perspective and designing a model that can fit into a programmable system architecture. Prime objective of the study is to make the system architecture behave consciously like a biological model does. Present work has developed a feasible definition of consciousness, that characterizes...
NeurologyJanuary 26, 2010S Silva, X Alacoque, O Fourcade et al.
The ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) modulates circadian wakefulness, which is preserved in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Its metabolism is preserved. Impairment of metabolism in the polymodal associative cortices (i.e., precuneus) is characteristic of PVS where awareness is abolished. Because the interaction of these 2 structures allows conscious sensory perception, our...
Chapter 8 prepare the ground for, and then plunges into, the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson (2007); the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and some contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.
Chapter 9 examines the relation of Deleuze’s (bio)panpsychism and the “mind in life” position of Evan Thompson; the “enactive” biology of Varela, Thompson, Ezequiel Di Paolo, and Hans Jonas; and contemporary biological work on the E. coli bacterium.
What certainty is there for personal survival after death? Five key authors, critically analysed in this thesis, think that OB/ND experiences offer such assurances. Most OB/ND events follow severe clinical crises profoundly embarrassing cerebral function. At the nadir of brain function, invariably resulting in unconsciousness, authors aver that the escape of soul (Sabom), mind, or free...
Introduction One of the most important challenges of this century is to understand the neural bases of consciousness from the molecular to the highest cognitive level, in other words, to bridge “the hump from neurochemistry to subjective feeling” (Searle, 2000). Yet, due to the complexity of the human brain, it is not anticipated that a single concept, method, or experimental finding will ever...
El propósito de este ensayo es presentar algunos de los conceptos principales de la neurociencia, específicamente los planteados por Francisco Varela, Antonio Damasio, Shaun Gallagher y Alva Nóe.El objetivo del estudio es analizar y extraer puntos de encuentro entre la Neurofenomenología de Francisco Varela y el aprendizaje, basados en el supuesto de que son conceptos complementarios o...