Anesthesiology
September 21, 2013
Eduardo E. Icaza, George A. Mashour
11 citations
Abstract The psychedelic experience has been reported since antiquity, but there is relatively little known about the underlying neural mechanisms. A recent neuroimaging study on psilocybin revealed a pattern of decreased cerebral blood flow and functional disconnections that is surprisingly similar to that caused by various anesthetics. In this article, the authors review historical examples...
Anesthesiology
September 7, 2013
Heonsoo Lee, George A. Mashour, Gyu‐jeong Noh et al.
153 citations
INTRODUCTION: General anesthesia induces unconsciousness along with functional changes in brain networks. Considering the essential role of hub structures for efficient information transmission, the authors hypothesized that anesthetics have an effect on the hub structure of functional brain networks. METHODS: Graph theoretical network analysis was carried out to study the network properties of...
Revista latino-americana de enfermagem
September 5, 2013
Ana Catarina Araújo Elias, Joel Sales Giglio, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta
OBJECTIVE: To understand Spiritual Pain and the new meaning it takes on using the RIME intervention. Subjects and methods: Eleven terminally ill patients (n=11), treated at public hospitals, received care from six professionals trained for RIME application. The methods used were both qualitative, through phenomenology, and quantitative, based on the descriptive method, using the Wilcoxon Test....
Religião e Sociedade
September 5, 2013
Catón Eduardo Carini
Neste artigo, analisamos o aspecto fenomenológico do ritual zen na Argentina, especificamente nas práticas e representações relacionadas ao corpo, ao sofrimento e à intersubjetividade. Em primeiro lugar, enfocamos o modo como os praticantes da meditação experimentam e significam a dor e o sofrimento. Em seguida, analisamos o propiciamento de um habitus psicofísico social e construído...
arXiv (Cornell University)
September 3, 2013
M. Maniatis
preprint
Leibniz thought experiment of perception, sensing, and thinking is reconsidered. We try to understand Leibniz picture in view of our knowledge of basic neuroscience. In particular we can see how the emergence of consciousness could in principle be understood.
PLoS One
September 3, 2013
Dusan Hirjak, Thiemo Breyer, Philipp Arthur Thomann et al.
47 citations
OBJECTIVES: In 1950, Kurt Schneider proposed that a considerable number of schizophrenia patients develop first-rank symptoms (FRS). In such cases, patients report made experiences, replaced control of will, thought insertion, broadcast or withdrawal and delusional perception, respectively. Although a number of recent studies tend to explain FRS in terms of neurobiological and...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
September 3, 2013
Enzo Tagliazucchi, Frederic von Wegner, Astrid Morzelewski et al.
278 citations
The integration of segregated brain functional modules is a prerequisite for conscious awareness during wakeful rest. Here, we test the hypothesis that temporal integration, measured as long-term memory in the history of neural activity, is another important quality underlying conscious awareness. For this aim, we study the temporal memory of blood oxygen level-dependent signals across the...
Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
September 2, 2013
Graziella Morselli
Phenomenology, Psychology, and Embodiment. Reflections on Edmund Husserl’s Philosophy as a Rigorous Science – The empirical subject psychologists investigate is closely related to the pure subject phenomenologists work on. Because of this, one could think that phenomenological analysis embraces naturalistic presuppositions, even though Husserl decidedly rejected this idea and argued, on the...
Experimental Brain Research
September 2013
Jeremy R. Gray, John A Bargh, Ezequiel Morsella
The study of intrapsychic conflict has long been central to many key theories about the control of behavior. More recently, by focusing on the nature of conflicting processes in the brain, investigators have revealed great insights about controlled versus automatic processes and the nature of self-control. Despite these advances, many theories of cognitive control or self-control remain...
Medical Hypotheses
September 1, 2013
Y Auxéméry
An near death experience (NDE) is the experience of an atypical state of consciousness that is induced by the neuropsychological consequences of a passage near death. Far from being a psychologically traumatic event, these experiences never cause flashbacks and can even eliminate the fear of death. Listening to patients who have shared their near death sensations has encouraged the reevaluation...