Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 1992
Charles D. Laughlin
39 citations
Biogenetic structural theory takes an entrainment view of the nature of consciousness. Human consciousness is a function of the brain and is mediated by networks of living neural cells that develop from initial, neurognostic models of self and world. Models interact or "entrain" as a constantly changing field of experience. The entire population of neural models that may potentially entrain...
Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie
February 1992
J F Spittler
In German neuropsychiatric literature there is an established tradition of viewing the disturbance of consciousness as a leading symptom of the acute, potentially reversible organic psychoses. Following the late H. H. Wieck acute organic psychoses which are characterized by a disturbance of wakefulness (syndromes of somnolence, sopor, coma), have to be distinguished from those with preserved...
The Humanistic Psychologist
February 1, 1992
Abstract A history of humanistic and transpersonal psychology is presented as a backdrop to examining both the weak and the strong points of transpersonal psychology proper. On the negative side, transpersonal psychology can be faulted for being philosophically naive, poorly financed, at times almost anti‐intellectual, and frequently overrated as far as its influences. On the plus side, it...
Leibowitz or God's Absence
February 1, 1992
Stephen R. Setterberg
● Consciousness (‘the mind’) and brain states (‘the body’) can seem to be two very different things. Your consciousness has some particular feel (i.e., phenomenal properties). But your brain states seem not to. Similarly, your brain is located in some region of spacetime. But where exactly, one might ask, is the bearer of consciousness? ● On the other hand, consciousness and brain states...
Psychiatry
February 1, 1992
Bruce Greyson, Nancy Evans Bush
226 citations
Most reported near-death experiences include profound feelings of peace, joy, and cosmic unity. Less familiar are the reports following close brushes with death of experiences that are partially or entirely unpleasant, frightening, or frankly hellish. While little is known about the antecedents or aftereffects of these distressing experiences, there appear to be three distinct types, involving...
PSYCHOLOGIA
1992
Motohide Miyahara
10 citations
The present paper reviewed the neurophysiological correlates with the experience of the special state of consciousness related to motor performance.The special states were divided into motor performance specific state of consciousness (MPSSC) and psychological skills training specific state of consciousness (PSTSSC).The available literature from the fields of psychology, physiology and...
Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
1992
P. Sven Arvidson
10 citations
(1992). On the Origin of Organization in Consciousness. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology: Vol. 23, Derrida, Levinas, and Pragmatism, pp. 53-65.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1992
William J. Serdahely
1 citation
In this paper I compare the phenomenology of near-death experiences to that of multiple personality disorder. The comparison reveals a number of similarities, including out-of-body experiences, the transcendental environment, encounter with the higher self, possible temporal lobe involvement, and antecedent child abuse. Rather than being disparate and unrelated experiences, I suggest that the...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1992
Letter Vincent Luciani to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies on the topic of life after a near-death experience, inspired by "Kenneth Ring's Swan Song."
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1992
John Wren-Lewis
1 citation
Article exploring the theory that contemporary belief that near-death experiences (NDEs) are glimpses of an afterlife may prevent us from realizing their more profound nature. Belief in an afterlife has not historically brought humanity a high quality of life, but NDEs seem reliably to do so, and may offer important clues about why the expanded vitality, the "eternity-consciousness," of the...