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September 14, 2025 Timothy Justus
How does the mind lend itself to artistic creation and appreciation? How should we study minds and arts in ways that transform our understanding of both? This book examines the concepts of art and cognition from the complementary perspectives of philosophy, the empirical sciences, and the humanities. Central chapters combine examples of visual art, music, literature, and film with the...
Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea September 13, 2025 Fabio Caprio Leite de Castro
The book Psychiatrie als Beziehungsmedizin – Ein ökologisches Paradigma (Fuchs, 2023) is an essential work in the field of phenomenological psychiatry. Thomas Fuchs manages, in a clear and pedagogical way, to offer the reader an argumentative path that weaves together different domains (philosophy of mind, biology, psychology and psychiatry) and multiple theories (systemic theory, autopoiesis,...
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal September 13, 2025 Ana Ferreira, Enrico Facco 1 citation
The scientific interest in spirituality has increased in recent years, paralleled by promising findings on the effects of spiritual experiences induced by psychedelics substances (PS), in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. However, these experiences may also bring challenges, depending on a variety of non-pharmacological variables. This article argues that an undiscerning use of PS to...
ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science September 12, 2025 Junjie Zhang, Xiubo Du, Xinying Li et al.
Hypoxia and psychedelics, despite their distinct origins, both induce altered states of consciousness and promote neuroplasticity, suggesting a shared underlying mechanism relevant to neuropsychiatric treatment and neurological recovery. Terminal lucidity, the transient resurgence of cognitive function in late-stage dementia, highlights the brain's latent capacity for rapid reorganization, a...
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research September 11, 2025 Arum Pratiwi, Joko Sri Pujianto, Sukardi Sukardi et al.
Abstract: Background: Delusions are common positive symptoms in schizophrenic patients. Individuals with delusional disorders have different experiences in memory and beliefs. Exploring patients’ delusional beliefs is crucial to ascertaining appropriate psychotherapy programs. A few studies have explored the meanings of delusions for delusional patients. This study explores how schizophrenic...
Sign Systems Studies September 11, 2025 Simon Lévesque
Stasiosemiotics is made of two concepts: ‘stasis’ and ‘semiotics’. Stasis is a concept that refers to both the division of society and a suspension of time. As a branch of general semiotics, its specific focus, or object, is semiosis stasis, or semiostasis, which is technically impossible: by definition, semiosis is evergoing, continuous and infinite. Though paradoxical, semiostasis can...
South African Journal of Philosophy September 11, 2025 W. F. Smith
Chris Letheby offers a two-factor account of psychedelic therapy in which the first of these factors is the induction of plasticity on neural, cognitive, and phenomenological levels. The second factor, which Letheby believes is crucial for lasting change, is the discovery of new forms of self-modelling within the psychedelic experience and the appropriate reinforcement thereof in the period of...
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology September 11, 2025 C. H. Sawyer 1 citation
Ego dissolution—the experience of losing one’s sense of self—is reported across a range of altered states, including psychedelic intoxication, meditative absorption, traumatic dissociation, and psychotic episodes. This paper proposes a unifying framework for these phenomena by introducing the concept of unlooping: the breakdown of recursive structures that construct and maintain identity....
International Journal of Health Sciences and Research September 10, 2025 Sadhvi Devpriya, Shilpi Verma 1 citation
Background: Prana Vidya, an ancient yogic science rooted in Vedic, Tantric, and Ayurvedic traditions, emphasizes the cultivation, regulation, and application of Prana—the vital life force considered essential for sustaining physiological, psychological, and spiritual health. It represents a subtle energy-based discipline that harmonizes mind–body interactions through breath control, awareness,...
World journal of critical care medicine September 9, 2025 Calixto Machado
The Jahi McMath case represents a pivotal moment in the reevaluation of brain death or death by neurological criteria (BD/DNC) and disorders of consciousness. Declared brain dead on December 12, 2013, following surgical complications, Jahi's case became a landmark in challenging conventional BD/DNC definitions. As an independent consultant for the International Brain Research Foundation, I...