European Psychiatry
June 1, 2026
Giada Versaci, Miriam Olivola, Kevin la Monica et al.
Introduction Esketamine-induced dissociation is a transient, pharmacologically mediated alteration in consciousness, often distinct from pathological dissociation. While not required for clinical improvement, these states may engage neural circuits implicated in therapeutic change. Objectives This study explores patients’ lived experiences of dissociation as potentially meaningful transitional...
The Interiors
June 1, 2026
J.K. Verma
This paper critically examines the trajectory of the post-Independence Indian English novel, arguing that while the genre has attained significant success in representing socio-political realities—such as gender, displacement, urban alienation, and postcolonial identity—it has largely neglected the deeper spiritual and metaphysical dimensions intrinsic to Indian literary tradition. Drawing upon...
Pacific philosophical quarterly
June 1, 2026
Lei Zhong
ABSTRACT: Philosophers have long debated whether phenomenal properties can play genuine causal roles. In this article, I aim to develop an emergentist approach to phenomenal causality, an approach that attributes novel causal powers to phenomenal properties and rejects the causal closure of physics. I also compare this emergentist approach with an influential competing approach to phenomenal...
Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging
June 2026
Jéssica Plácido, Marco Aurélio Vinhosa Bastos, Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira Bastos et al.
The Brain Functional Networks (BFN) approach integrates Electroencephalography, Graph Theory, and Motif Synchronization to identify brain regions that are functionally connected over time, even if spatially distant. This contrasts with previous studies on mediumship. To analyze BFN topological indices during mediumistic trance. Secondary data collected in Campo Grande, Brazil, were analyzed....
2026 International Conference on Intelligent Engineering and Next-Gen Healthcare Systems
June 1, 2026
Yash Bandal, J. Sarwade, Dipmala Salunke et al.
Meditation has been a topic of research for several decades. Despite the existence of large body of studies, the effects of meditation on the human brain and the reason behind the neuromodulatory changes have not been fully discovered yet. The following study aims to determine a thorough association of different meditation techniques with the five major brainwaves and associate a particular...
European Psychiatry
June 1, 2026
J. B. French, J. Kar, B. R. Carr
Introduction The psychiatric incorporation of mindfulness has advanced without a parallel precision in definition. Within both clinical and lay discourse, mindfulness is often conflated with meditation broadly, or with forms of contemplation oriented toward ethical or spiritual ends. This conceptual slippage obscures distinct phenomenological structures and risks importing unexamined...
Journal of Consciousness Studies
June 1, 2026
Zhensong Wang
David Chalmers proposed a dual-aspect theory of information to tackle the hard problem of consciousness, aiming for a scientific framework. However, this approach retains elements of Cartesian dualism and its principles — structural coherence and organizational invariance — are insufficiently robust to scientifically ground subjective experiences. Chalmers’ reliance on Shannon’s information...
Journal of Consciousness Studies
June 1, 2026
Ramala Sarma
Attaining pure consciousness untainted by material afflictions is the ultimate goal of yoga. It is pursued by stilling mental modifications arising from the false identification of consciousness (self) with non-self. Yoga’s eight limbs aim to free the mind from the sway of materiality, transcending misidentification of self with body. In contrast, perceiving the biological body as inherently...
European Psychiatry
June 1, 2026
A. M. Matas Ochoa, A. R. Quiroga, I. D. Sacristán
Introduction Psychedelics are hallucinogenic agents that are awakening scientific interest in recent years, especially in the field of mental health. Psychedelics induce non-ordinary states of consciousness and alterations in the emotions and in cognition and could be beneficial in treating some mental illness. Objectives The objective of the poster is to expand knowledge about emerging...
International Journal of Physical Education & Sports Sciences
June 1, 2026
Sarika Giria, P. Shekhawat
Diet and mental stress have significant roles in the development of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a common functional gastrointestinal illness. Complex symptom treatment is made more difficult by the bidirectional mind-gut axis, which connects emotional states with intestinal sensitivity. Traditional dietary approaches, like the Low FODMAP (LOW-FODMAP) diet, reduce physical symptoms but don't...