Preprints.orgJune 13, 2025Gopikrishna Deshpande, Joshita Majumdar, D. Rangaprakash
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Mysticism has been an integral part of human society for ages. It involves both spirituality and religiosity. The former is associated with attaining higher states of consciousness without an essential belief in a supernatural power (or God), while the latter does. While there is plenty of speculative literature available on these topics, we instead focus on peer-reviewed scientific literature...
This paper presents findings from a pioneering interdisciplinary investigation conducted in the Kamrup District of Assam, India between March 2023 and February 2024. The study examined potential empirical correlations between advanced Vedantic meditative states and measurable quantum phenomena, testing theoretical convergences between quantum physics and Vedantic concepts of consciousness....
Split-brain subjects can consciously perceive and identify two stimuli presented simultaneously but separately in opposite hemifields. Yet, they seem to lack a conscious experience of the two stimuli together, as they cannot judge whether these are the same or different. Such breakdowns in experiential or phenomenal unity would carry important implications for philosophical reflection on the...
This article presents a taxonomy of altered states of consciousness, primarily based on their central phenomenological features. Following taxonomic principles and a modified Delphi methodology, a multidisciplinary, international group identified eight distinct phenomenological/behavioral states (some with subcategories): proto and transitional, delirium, minimal to no awareness, experiential...
BrainJune 12, 2025Marwan H Othman, Attila Géry Toury-Puel, Karen Irgens Tanderup Hansen et al.7 citations
In the intensive care unit (ICU), management of unresponsive patients with brain injury focuses on preventing secondary brain damage. Therapeutic strategies that directly promote the recovery of consciousness are urgently needed. In an investigator-initiated, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial, we studied the effects of apomorphine and methylphenidate in ICU patients...
Quality in SportJune 11, 2025Martyna Biernacka, Anna Bieniasz, Katarzyna Agopsowicz et al.
Fibromyalgia is a complex and chronic pain syndrome characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, hypersensitivity to stimuli, and frequently co-occurring psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Although conventional treatments remain essential, their limited effectiveness combined with the multifaceted nature of fibromyalgia, often leads patients...
The Emergent Flow Theory (EFT) is presented as an integrative proposal that articulates the foundations of quantum physics, neuroscience and philosophy of mind to address the phenomenon of consciousness from an inverse emergent panpsychic vision. Faced with the limitations of reductionist materialism and unfalsifiable idealism, EFT postulates that consciousness is not an exclusive property of...
The philosophy of consciousness without an object represents a profound inquiry into the nature of consciousness when divorced from its typical objects of thought, perception, or attention. This paper examines the theoretical underpinnings, implications, and philosophical challengesof a consciousness that does not necessarily tether itself to an object. Drawing from classical and contemporary...
Objective.Disorders of consciousness (DoC) remain a significant challenge in neurology, with traditional brain stimulation therapies showing limited and inconsistent efficacy across patients. This study presents a novel computational approach grounded in neural field theory for constructing personalized stimulus signals designed to induce healthy-like neural activity patterns in individuals...
The Tukdam Project directed by affective neuroscientist Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2013 has investigated Buddhist practitioners in India entering a Tibetan Buddhist post-death meditative state called tukdam (Tib., thugs dam), where the body demonstrates attenuated decomposition and presents an altered postmortem chronology process. Through a collaboration of...