Qeios
October 25, 2025
M. Masi
A fundamental issue in the philosophy of mind, particularly within dualist theories, is the distinction between the mind and body as separate ‘substances.’ The challenge lies in elucidating how an immaterial or unphysical mind can causally interact with a physical body or its brain states, considering that they seemingly belong to fundamentally different ontological categories. Questions...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
October 25, 2025
Abhaya Kumar Biswal, Manoranjan Senapaty
preprint
The Bhagavadgītā, a timeless spiritual and philosophical text, offers profound insights into the nature of existence, human purpose, and the path to liberation. Delivered by Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, its teachings transcend historical and cultural boundaries, addressing universal questions of life, duty, and the divine. This article explores the text’s holistic...
Humanitarian Vision
October 24, 2025
Olha Honcharenko
The article analyses the approach of Ukrainian and Polish philosopher, psychologist, educator, and doctor Stepan Baley to solving the mind-body problem. Stefan Baley’s contribution to solving the mind-body problem was analysed from the perspective of the philosophical tradition in which he was formed under the direct influence of Kazimierz Twardowski and the indirect impact of Franz Brentano,...
Physics Reports
October 24, 2025
Ramón Nartallo-Kaluarachchi, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco et al.
11 citations
Information processing in the brain is coordinated by the dynamic activity of neurons and neural populations at a range of spatiotemporal scales. These dynamics, captured in the form of electrophysiological recordings and neuroimaging, show evidence of time-irreversibility and broken detailed balance suggesting that the brain operates in a nonequilibrium stationary state. Furthermore, the level...
Frontiers in Psychology
October 24, 2025
Elizaveta Solomonova, Jared R. Lindahl, Ian Gold et al.
1 citation
Delusional ideation is characteristic of psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder) and is also found among the general population. Contemporary case studies have documented delusional ideation as a feature of meditation-induced psychosis, and Buddhist literature on the side effects and adverse effects of meditation also includes discussion of transient experiences that could be...
Scientific Reports
October 24, 2025
Ling Yut Hooi, Po Ling Chen, Kok Wei Tan et al.
9 citations
In recent years, there has been an increase in research on the effect of mindfulness meditation-based intervention on mental health 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 . Meditation is an umbrella term that involves a variety of mental practices 8 , 9 . Meditation can be used to define the state of consciousness or as the techniques used in mental training 10 , 11 , 12 . Meditation is easy to learn and...
Сретенское слово
October 23, 2025
Константин Константинов
Elucidation of the connection between brain activity and consciousness is an urgent problem in neurobiology and philosophy of consciousness. The complexity of this problem is due to fundamentally different properties of physical processes and subjective phenomena. Neurophysiological studies have shown that subjective phenomena are associated with synchronous electrical activity of neural...
PsyArXiv
October 23, 2025
James Thurbon, Paul F. Sowman, Vince Polito
preprint
Stroboscopic flashing light with white noise can induce a mild altered state of consciousness (ASC), with some effects similar to sensory deprivation and moderate doses of psychedelic substances. However, effective clinical utilisation of this white noise flicker light (WNFL) requires understanding the underlying mechanisms. Here, neural correlates and predictors of WNFL experience are explored...
The Oxford Handbook of Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences
October 22, 2025
Matthias Forstmann
Abstract This chapter argues that the epistemically transformative nature of the psychedelic experience itself (i.e., gaining fundamental knowledge through experiential novelty regarding states of consciousness), rather than its specific subjective effects, may be the primary driver of its personal and therapeutic effects. Drawing on historical and cross-cultural examples of psychedelic use in...
The European Journal of Counselling Psychology
October 21, 2025
Antonia Nikolaidi, Eirini Karakasidou, Anna Papadimitriou
Nowadays, people and especially women experience high levels of anxiety and stress in different areas of their daily lives with significant effects in emotional and cognitive level. The “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction” (MBSR) program is a rigorously structured, scientifically validated eight-week protocol primarily aimed at managing stress, with documented positive outcomes across...