In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...
Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...
A rare form of epilepsy can trigger intense, transcendent states of consciousness just before seizures, offering scientists ...
Researchers in the Clinical Neuroscience Department of Brighton and Sussex Medical School conducted breathwork research in a physiology lab and MRI scanner (from Air Hunger documentary). Breathwork ...
After analyzing many previous studies on lucid dreaming, researchers have defined it as a state that differs significantly from both REM sleep and wakefulness. The awareness of dreaming during a lucid ...
In intensive care units, some patients who appear unconscious occupy a gray zone in their relationship to the world. To ...
Leeds Beckett University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, ...
It is not easy to see clearly how deeply embodied our psychology is. Many cultural interpretations rooted in a dualistic metaphysics still leave deep marks on our thinking: The deep separation between ...
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