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Consciousness

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Where in the brain is creativity? The fallacy of a creativity faculty in the brain

The neuroscience of creativity is built on a tacit and near universal assumption that is false.Paradoxically, this is not contentious; once made explicit, the assumption is readily conceded as false.

How-Tests for Consciousness and Direct Neurophenomenal Structuralism AUTHOR

Despite recent criticism, the search for neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs) is still at the core of contemporary neuroscience of consciousness.

Quantifying empirical support for theories of consciousness: a tentative methodological framework

Understanding consciousness is central to understanding human nature.We have competing theories of consciousness.

Validation of the Awareness Atlas—a new measure of the manifestation of consciousness

Consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scholars for millennia and has been the topic of considerable scientific investigation in recent decades.

Neuroanthropology of shamanic trance: a case study with a ritual specialist from Mexico

In Mexico, shamans are recognized for the gift of entering a deep trance that allows them to know the origin of the diseases and conflicts that afflict people.

The maps of meaning consciousness theory

In simple terms, consciousness is constituted by multiple goals for action and the continuous adjudication of such goals to implement action, which is referred to as the maps of meaning (MoM) consciousness theory. The MoM theory triangulates through three parallel corollaries: action (behavior), mechanism (morphology/pathophysiology), and goals (teleology). (1)

When philosophical nuance matters: safeguarding consciousness research from restrictive assumptions

In this paper, we revisit the debate surrounding the Unfolding Argument (UA) against causal structure theories of consciousness (as well as the hard-criteria research program it prescribes), using it as a platform for discussing theoretical and methodological issues in consciousness research. Causal structure theories assert that consciousness depends on a

Transcendental Meditation Practices for Your Everyday Life

Meditation is a powerful tool that can help you reach new levels of awareness.Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a simple yet effective form of meditation that anyone can practice.

Re-evaluating the structure of consciousness through the symintentry hypothesis

The Projective Consciousness Model and its extension to the phenomenal selfhood model are the generic invariant structures of consciousness through five symmetries.

A sense of connectedness, transcendent experiences, and insights for compassionate action emerge through an international collective labyrinth walk with a shared intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction: Labyrinth walking is an integrative contemplative practice that aims to engage the body, heart, mind, and spirit.

A sense of connectedness, transcendent experiences, and insights for compassionate action emerge through an international collective labyrinth walk with a shared intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction: Labyrinth walking is an integrative contemplative practice that aims to engage the body, heart, mind, and spirit.

A sense of connectedness, transcendent experiences, and insights for compassionate action emerge through an international collective labyrinth walk with a shared intention during the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction: Labyrinth walking is an integrative contemplative practice that aims to engage the body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Simultaneity of consciousness with physical reality: the key that unlocks the mind-matter problem

The problem of explaining the relationship between subjective experience and physical reality remains difficult and unresolved.

The monoid-now: a category theoretic approach to the structure of phenomenological time-consciousness

Human consciousness is characterized by constant transitions in time.

Consciousness and its hard problems: separating the ontological from the evolutionary

Few of the many theories devised to account for consciousness are explicit about the role they ascribe to evolution, and a significant fraction, by their silence on the subject, treat evolutionary processes as being, in effect, irrelevant. This is a problem for biological realists trying to assess the applicability of