npj Mental Health Research
September 17, 2026
U. Lueken, Isabel Dziobek, Martha N. Havenith et al.
High ventilation breathwork (HVB) can induce altered states of consciousness with phenomenological similarities to those reported following administration of serotonergic psychedelics such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin or ayahuasca. Non-pharmacological methods capable of reliably eliciting such states may provide scalable models for investigating therapeutic mechanisms...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 17, 2026
Dustin C Lee
preprint
This paper advances a single, unambiguous thesis: artificial intelligence systems cannot experience fear. Not now, not in any foreseeable future, and not for reasons that better hardware or more sophisticated software will resolve. Fear is not a computation. It is not a software feature awaiting implementation. It is a neurobiological cascade — amygdala activation,...
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
September 17, 2026
A. K. Pradeep
Human conscious thought often appears as a diffuse, unstable, and only partly verbalizable field until attention, questioning, decision, or speech stabilizes it into a reportable form. This manuscript develops a quantum-inspired neural framework for that transition. The proposal does not claim that consciousness literally depends on microscopic quantum computation, that the brain implements a...
ادبیات عرفانی
September 17, 2026
Haniye Pakravan, Ehsan Reisi
Ecstatic rituals are regarded as among the oldest religious concepts across diverse cultures. These rituals occupy a central and foundational position within certain spiritual traditions and belief systems, while in other religious or cultural contexts, they are rejected or marginalized. In several intellectual and faith-based traditions, trance is understood as a form of altered consciousness...
University of Warwick
September 16, 2026
Ian Tan Xing Long
The poetry of Wallace Stevens, constructed as it is around the poet’s central insight that poetry is an unofficial view of Being, has invited philosophical commentary from critics such as Simon Critchley and J. Hillis Miller who attempt to read Stevens’ imaginative engagements with reality as indicative of his continued interest in the most fundamental questions concerning the links between...
Interdisciplinary Journal of Yagya Research
September 16, 2026
Shlok Jindal, Roshni Gupta
Yagya is a very foundational practice in Vedic tradition. It is a holistic system which integrates rituals and philosophies with subtle energy transformation aimed at the purification of body, mind and the environment. A very important aspect of Yagya is the Yagya Agni (sacrificial fire). Yagya Agni is not merely a physical phenomenon but it is a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing...
September 16, 2026
Yifan Ren, Huyen Ngoc Pham, Xiong Xiong et al.
preprint
Background: Hallucinations span psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, yet unified neurobiological or consciousness-based explanations remain uncertain. Functional connectivity (FC) provides a network-level view with highly heterogeneous findings.Methods: Following PRISMA, we included studies with FC of hallucinations to ask whether it is sensitive to hallucinations, can distinguish...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
September 16, 2026
Mart Wijn
preprint
Abstract This paper introduces a simple distinction that may change how we think about consciousness. It proposes that human beings operate in two fundamentally different modes. Type 1 is direct awareness — experiencing reality without commentary. Type 2 is narrative consciousness — the continuous stream of thinking, interpreting, and self-referencing that most adults experience as their normal...
Pedagogic Research - Applied Literacy Journal
September 16, 2026
Dyah Ayu Kartika Wulan Sari, Mariana Puspita
Workers in small-scale food-processing industries, including cracker (kerupuk) factories, are at risk of work-related stress due to monotonous and repetitive production activities and daily production targets. Attention to workers’ mental health in small-scale industries remains limited because business owners generally prioritize production continuity. This study aimed to assess the...
Natural Resources for Human Health
September 16, 2026
J Sajeeth Kumar. G Devadathan
Cognitive processes and emotions influence human behaviour and well-being central to both Indian philosophical thought and modern psychology. Classical texts like Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Taittiriya Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita present an integrated understanding of consciousness, emotion, mind through a holistic and spiritual framework. This study conducts a thematic and comparative analysis of...