Unitn-eprints PhD
2010
Denis Francesconi
4 citations
The focus of the thesis is on i) theoretically investigating how meditation and education can work together, and ii) empirically studying the educational and cognitive effects of meditation on adult subject, with special regard to the subjective experience description. In concrete, it is my intention here to assess the value of mindfulness meditation in terms of changes in the so-called...
International review of neurobiology
2010
David Kahn, Tzivia Gover
This chapter argues that dreaming is an important state of consciousness and that it has many features that complement consciousness in the wake state. The chapter discusses consciousness in dreams and how it comes about. It discusses the changes that occur in the neuromodulatory environment and in the neuronal connectivity of the brain as we fall asleep and begin our night journeys. Dreams...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2010
Dan Punzak
Review of a book titled "Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience" written by Pam van Lommel.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2010
Ken R. Vincent
1 citation
Near-death experiences (NDEs) and other transpersonal experiences -- those that transcend the usual personal experiential limits of space and/or time -- point to the existence and nature of God and ongoing personal consciousness following physical death. In this article, I review the history of these experiences prior to 1850 and of their study during three periods of scientific research...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2010
Ken R. Vincent
Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) and other transpersonal experiences -- those that transcend the usual personal experiential limits of space and/or time -- point to the existence and nature of God and ongoing personal consciousness following physical death. In this article, I review the history of these experiences prior to 1850 and of their study during three periods of scientific...
Sleep
2010
Sophie Schwartz
5 citations
WHAT GOES THROUGH OUR MINDS WHILE WE FALL ASLEEP? AT SLEEP ONSET, STUDENTS PREPARING FOR EXAMS COMMONLY RE-EXPERIENCE SOME OF the material they have been revising during the day; lovers have pervasive thoughts about their romantic partner; software developers may see bits of programming codes unfold in their mind's eye. These anecdotal observations suggest that, during the transition from...
heiDOK (Heidelberg University)
2010
Janice Brooks, Jay Vogelsong
Commentary on "The neurobiology of consciousness: Lucid dreaming wakes up" by J. Allan Hobson, with notes on other commentaries
Frontiers in Psychology
2010
Jeroen J A Van Boxtel, Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Christof Koch
Recent research has slowly corroded a belief that selective attention and consciousness are so tightly entangled that they cannot be individually examined. In this review, we summarize psychophysical and neurophysiological evidence for a dissociation between top-down attention and consciousness. The evidence includes recent findings that show subjects can attend to perceptually invisible...
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
2010
David T Schmit
Contemporary interest in Asian meditation raises questions about when Westerners began investigating these practices. A synopsis of Western-originating scientific meditation research is followed by a brief introduction to mesmerism. Next, the unappreciated ways the mesmerists explored Oriental mind powers is recounted. How the mesmerists' cultural positioning, philosophy, and interest in...
Explore
2010
Stephan A. Schwartz
Two hundred years of reductive materialism has failed to explain the extraordinary experiences we know as moments of genius, religious epiphany, and psychic insight. This paper proposes that these three experiences are in essence the same experience, differentiated only by intention and context. It reaches this conclusion based on well-conducted experimental research across the continuum of...