Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 27, 2026
Nadji Belkheiri
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This paper critically examines the inferential jump from empirical physics to physicalist ontology and scientism. Moving beyond traditional self-defeat critiques, it engages directly with contemporary strong scientism defenses (Rosenberg, Carroll) and evaluates the pragmatic rejoinder. The paper develops two key original arguments: (1) the hard problem of consciousness as a persistent...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
August 27, 2026
Sabine Gnodde, Vlada Aslanov, Abigail L. Hogan et al.
A central question in consciousness research is whether perceptual awareness is primarily reflected in early posterior sensory activity or in later frontal processes associated with access and report. Empirical tests of these alternatives are challenging because most paradigms rely on explicit perceptual reports, introducing motor and decisional confounds. Here, we used an...
Psychopharmacology
August 27, 2026
Frederick S. Barrett, David Wolinsky, Zach Daily et al.
RATIONALE: Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) has been reported to evoke psychedelic-like experiences at high doses in some individuals. However, the doses of Δ9-THC that occasion such effects and the phenomenology of these experiences are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: This brief report presents preliminary findings from a pilot human laboratory study that directly compared the acute...
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
August 26, 2026
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The essence of philosophy lies less in providing answers than in determining what is to count as a question. Some philosophical questions do not arise merely from a lack of knowledge. Pain, death, selfhood, freedom, value, and meaning may emerge as philosophical problems only when a conscious subject encounters reality and experiences a tension between lived experience and the way the world is...
Neuroscience of Consciousness
August 26, 2026
H. Sid-Ahmed, J. Alayrangues, L. Langar et al.
Abstract Hypnosis is increasingly used in a medical context. However, the hypnotic process is dynamic, and we currently lack specific and reliable biomarkers to diagnose and rigorously monitor the patient’s response to hypnotic suggestions. Here, we aimed to identify physiological biomarkers by investigating cerebral event-related responses in an oddball paradigm using a...
August 26, 2026
Jonathan M. Lieberman
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This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the effects of meditation on physical and mental health in adults (ages 18 to 75) living with chronic physical health conditions. Meditation research in medical contexts has concentrated almost entirely on brief structured mindfulness programs such as MBSR and MBCT. Preliminary evidence from this literature indicates that mindfulness practice can...
Frontiers in Education
August 26, 2026
Roland Messmer, Katja Schönfeld
This paper examines how embodied knowledge can be understood and taught across school subjects by dissolving the enduring body–mind dualism rooted in classical philosophy. Drawing on Dewey's critique of this dualism and his concept of a body–mind continuum, the authors situate physical education (PE) as a paradigmatic case for exploring embodied knowledge in teaching and learning. Historically,...
Journal of General Education and Humanities
August 26, 2026
Talita Tlonanen, Zainur Wula, Ezra Tari et al.
This study aims to develop the concept of ritual resilience theory to address the gap in understanding how local Christian rituals function as a mechanism for shaping the spiritual resilience of GMIT women in East Amanuban Classis, who face social issues such as premarital pregnancy, domestic violence, verbal abuse, and patriarchal cultural pressures that trigger trauma, identity crises, and...
Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience
August 26, 2026
Aisha Al-Saadawi, Muhammad Mahmoud Mohsen
The unconscious mind remains one of the most elusive frontiers in cognitive neuroscience, shaping perception, emotion, and behavior through neural processes that evade explicit awareness (Marcel, 1983; Goodale & Milner, 1992; Bargh & Chartrand, 1999; Baars, 1988; Kahneman, 2011). Despite substantial behavioral evidence for unconscious cognitive processing (Bechara et al., 1997; Naccache &...
Neophilologica
August 26, 2026
Anna Kuncy-Zając
The aim of this article is to analyze the notion of movement in the conceptualizations of some altered states of consciousness, such as: sleeping (sonno), dreaming (sogno), meditation (meditazione) and hypnosis (ipnosi) in the Italian language. The research presented is based on the following theories: thematic proto-roles by D. Dowty (1991) and Kinesthetic Image Schemas by G. L akoff (1987),...