Res Rhetorica
July 1, 2017
Lance Cummings
1 citation
Since Thomas Kuhn’s revolutionary look at the social construction of science, research into the rhetorics of science has shown how science is a persuasive form of discourse, rarely as transparent and self-evident as is often understood. Rhetorical studies have taken this cue to examine how science is constructed through available means beyond mere logic. Arguably, the resurgence of creationist...
Cerebral Cortex
July 1, 2017
P. Tacikowski, Christopher C. Berger, H. Ehrsson
Conceptual self-awareness is a mental state in which the content of one's consciousness refers to a particular aspect of semantic knowledge about oneself. This form of consciousness plays a crucial role in shaping human behavior; however, little is known about its neural basis. Here, we use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a visual masked priming paradigm to dissociate the...
Perichoresis
July 1, 2017
Yadav Sumati
6 citations
Abstract Humans have always been and still are fascinated by the elusive phenomenon of soul and have devised various approaches to interpret it and attribute different names to it; depending on which part, which religion, which tribe and which sect of the world they belong to. Theologians to philosophers to spiritual thinkers to literary authors and critics to scientists—all seem to be...
Pharmacological Research
July 2017
Carola Rong, Yena Lee, Nicole E Carmona et al.
The high and increasing prevalence of medical marijuana consumption in the general population invites the need for quality evidence regarding its safety and efficacy. Herein, we synthesize extant literature pertaining to the phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) and its brain effects. The principle phytocannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and CBD are the major pharmacologically active...
Psychopharmacology
July 1, 2017
Rainer Kraehenmann, Dan Pokorný, Leonie Vollenweider et al.
Rationale Accumulating evidence indicates that the mixed serotonin and dopamine receptor agonist lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) induces an altered state of consciousness that resembles dreaming. Objectives This study aimed to test the hypotheses that LSD produces dreamlike waking imagery and that this imagery depends on 5-HT2A receptor activation and is related to subjective drug effects....
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
June 30, 2017
Minkyung Kim, Seunghwan Kim, George A. Mashour et al.
48 citations
How the brain reconstitutes consciousness and cognition after a major perturbation like general anesthesia is an important question with significant neuroscientific and clinical implications. Recent empirical studies in animals and humans suggest that the recovery of consciousness after anesthesia is not random but ordered. Emergence patterns have been classified as progressive and abrupt...
Российский психологический журнал
June 30, 2017
G. T. Krasilnikov, F. V. Malchinsky, Олешко Татьяна Ивановна
1 citation
Introduction. The present paper analyses the origination of the quantum psychology concept, its main proposition and features, which correspond to the status of marginal science (parapsychology). Particular attention is paid to psychological characteristics of the individuals who study parapsychological phenomena. Theoretical Basis. In the second half of the 20th century postmodern changes have...
June 30, 2017
M. Kim, J. Heo, Wan-Suk Gim
Loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM) is known to be effective in improving mental health and interpersonal relationships. An exploratory pilot study was conducted with the aim of examining the feasibility of LKCM which known to be effective in improving mental health and interpersonal relationships for pregnant women. Measures of stress, depression, maternal fetal attachment,...
arXiv (Cornell University)
June 29, 2017
Suresh Jois, Nithin Nagaraj
preprint
Background: Many authors have proposed Quantitative Theories of Consciousness (QTC) based on theoretical principles like information theory, Granger causality and complexity. Recently, Virmani and Nagaraj (arXiv:1608.08450v2 [cs.IT]) noted the similarity between Integrated Information and Compression-Complexity, and on this basis, proposed a novel measure of network complexity called...
Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy
June 28, 2017
Robin M. Muller
10 citations
The trajectory of Merleau-Ponty's career is often seen as a progressive development: he begins by analyzing scientific consciousness in The Structure of Behavior, complements that account with a phenomenological analysis of behavior as lived in Phenomenology of Perception, and then overcomes the "philosophy of consciousness" to which the earlier texts are committed in the turn toward an...