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Conclusion and research agenda

Routledge eBooks April 17, 2018 Claudio Colace

The study of drug dreams has shown important implications for both the clinics and therapy of addiction rather than for general dream research and theory. Drug dreams are a phenomenon typical and exclusive of drug-addicted patients who, typically, show a craving for drugs. Drug dreams are a typical example of dreams that arise as a result of the deprivation of an important urge of the...

The Freudian Subject

April 17, 2018 Thomas H. Ogden

Beginning with Sigmund Freud and J. Breuer&s;s observations in Studies on Hysteria , the theme of the "splitting of consciousness" and the question of the location of the subject within this "dual consciousness" has reverberated through the succeeding century of analytic thought. This chapter discusses aspects of the concept of the dialectically constituted and decentered subject of...

The cerebellum after trauma: Resting-state functional connectivity of the cerebellum in posttraumatic stress disorder and its dissociative subtype.

Human Brain Mapping April 17, 2018 Daniela Rabellino, Maria Densmore, Jean Théberge et al.

The cerebellum plays a key role not only in motor function but also in affect and cognition. Although several psychopathological disorders have been associated with overall cerebellar dysfunction, it remains unclear whether different regions of the cerebellum contribute uniquely to psychopathology. Accordingly, we compared seed-based resting-state functional connectivity of the anterior...

DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24081 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) PTSD Neural pathways Humans Magnetic resonance imaging +14

Effects of Subanesthetic Ketamine Administration on Visual and Auditory Event-Related Potentials (ERP) in Humans: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience April 16, 2018 André Schwertner, Maxciel Zortéa, Felipe Vasconcelos Torres et al. 48 citations

Ketamine is a non-competitive N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist whose effect in subanesthetic doses has been studied for chronic pain and mood disorders treatment. It has been proposed that ketamine could change the perception of nociceptive stimuli by modulating the cortical connectivity and altering the top-down mechanisms that control conscious pain perception. As this is a...

DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00070 (opens in new tab) Ketamine Nmda receptor Sensory system Dissociative +4

The Feeling of Mindfulness in Meditation

Remembering the Present April 15, 2018 J. L. Cassaniti

This chapter investigates some of the main meditative techniques practiced in Thailand, as well as what it feels like to practice them and improve over time. It begins with an ethnographic encounter with a man who has just spent a month in meditation at Wat Rampoeng in Chiang Mai, and then follows the author’s personal experience at five different meditation retreats to learn about mindfulness...

Materialism, emergentism, and social structure: A response to Wendt's Quantum Mind

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour April 14, 2018 Douglas V. Porpora 11 citations

Abstract This paper is a response to the new book by Alexander Wendt (2015) entitled Quantum Mind. The paper commends Wendt on the book's contribution to our understanding, particularly of quantum mechanics, panpsychism, and externalism in the philosophy of mind. At the same time, it takes issue with Wendt's overall thesis, particularly as it relates to materialism, emergentism, and social...

Subanaesthetic ketamine and altered states of consciousness in humans

British Journal of Anaesthesia April 13, 2018 Phillip E. Vlisides, Tarik Bel‐bahar, Amanda Nelson et al. 117 citations

BackgroundDespite its designation as a 'dissociative anaesthetic,' the dissociative and psychoactive effects of ketamine remain incompletely understood. The goal of this study was to characterise the subjective experiences and accompanying EEG changes with subanaesthetic doses of ketamine.MethodsHigh-density EEG was recorded in 15 human volunteers before, during, and after subanaesthetic...

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.03.011 (opens in new tab) Ketamine Altered state Consciousness Cognitive science

Free Energy and the Self: An Ecological–Enactive Interpretation

Topoi April 12, 2018 Julian Kiverstein 57 citations

According to the free energy principle all living systems aim to minimise free energy in their sensory exchanges with the environment. Processes of free energy minimisation are thus ubiquitous in the biological world. Indeed it has been argued that even plants engage in free energy minimisation. Not all living things however feel alive. How then did the feeling of being alive get started? In...