Psychopathology
August 27, 2026
Sarah Parry, Sarah Carr, Ben Alderson-Day
Felt presence (FP) is an emerging field of clinical research and to our knowledge there are no studies exploring the phenomenon within children and young people. The current study aims to address this by reporting the experiences of FPs from a clinical sample of young people involved in the ChUSE trial, a feasibility and acceptability RCT looking at supporting young people with distressing...
Ethos
August 27, 2026
Johanna Bard Richlin
Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games, by Jeffrey Snodgrass, compiles and compares the author's varied ethnographic research on two forms of ecstatic experience: Religious possession in India (Rajasthan) and video game play in India (Udaipur) and the United States (Colorado).In this ambitious and unexpected juxtaposition, Snodgrass argues that both experiences...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 27, 2026
Moupiya Dutta
preprint
Abstract This practice-as-research (PaR) investigation examines the somato-cognitive architecture of solo Bharatanatyam, focusing on the real-time execution of split consciousness (Saṃvit-Dvaidha), motor automatization, and multi-character role assumption (Pātrāveśa) on an empty stage. Integrating traditional Sanskrit dramaturgical treatises (Nāṭyaśāstra, Abhinayadarpaṇa) with enactive 4E...
European Journal of Social Theory
August 27, 2026
Gabriel Peters
Drawing on Bernard Lahire's sociological approach to dreams and revisiting its critical dialogue with Bourdieu, this article presents dreaming as an involuntary modality of reflexivity: an internal communication in which the subject reflects on existential concerns experienced in waking life. Like other forms of reflexivity—from artistic self-expression to reflections articulated on the...
ISSUE: Journal of Islamic Studies for Universal Dialogue
August 27, 2026
Risma Rahman, Basrir Hamdani
The question of whether human knowledge persists after death remains a significant philosophical issue, particularly in debates between materialist and metaphysical perspectives. Materialist thinkers generally argue that knowledge ceases with the termination of brain function and consciousness, whereas metaphysical traditions maintain the continuity of knowledge beyond bodily existence. This...
Nursing Edição Brasileira
August 27, 2026
Ana Júlia Costa Matias Gomes, Jéssica Camilo Ramos Rodrigues, Valber Pinheiro Padilha Filho
Os psicodélicos clássicos, como a psilocibina, o LSD e a DMT, têm despertado crescente interesse na psiquiatria moderna devido ao seu potencial terapêutico em transtornos resistentes ao tratamento. O mecanismo de ação primário dessas substâncias envolve o agonismo dos receptores de serotonina 5-HT2A, localizados principalmente no córtex pré-frontal. Esta revisão sistemática analisou como a...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 27, 2026
D. Dilhani Indrachapa
preprint
The rapid development of technical power and globalization in the twenty first century have enabled mankind to enjoy unprecedented material comforts but at the same time have presented him with complex social and psychological problems. Young people are experiencing significant mental health issues, mainly stress and depression, in a very competitive society today. This paper investigates...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 27, 2026
Nadji Belkheiri
preprint
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...