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... the neurobiological basis of cognition and consciousness. Objective Investigation of dose-dependent effects of PY on psycho(patho)logical and physiological parameters. Methods Eight subjects received placebo (PL), and 45 (ldquovery low d...
... system more intensely in order to understand consciousness, whereas other neuroscientists, I think, are looking at smaller problems than the problem of consciousness. What are some of the experiments or approaches that you would like to see done...
See "What is consciousness?"...
The Value of Psychedelic Information
... does not create information in all forms of consciousness; the psychedelic experience only generates meaningful information in systems of consciousness with the capacity for abstract reasoning via symbolic logic and emotional attachment. Presum...
Notes on Homeostatic Regulation
All altered states of consciousness begin with destabilizing top-down modulatory control of linear perception. Fasting, chanting, meditation, trance-dancing, and other non-drug visionary practices are rituals designed to destabilize top-down modulati...
Notes on Regulation of Consciousness
Top-down modulation of waking consciousness is a function of aminergic modulation in the forebrain, but total homeostatic regulation of brain states is generally considered to be a function of the hypothalamus. From WikiPedia: "The hypothalamus co-or...
... examples of mental illnesses which destabilize consciousness are Alzheimer's disease, which effects memory, and schizophrenia, which affects coherence and linear stability. These two examples compress a much larger discussion of how the degradatio...
Synaptic Self: How Our Brain Become Who We Are Annotation: See LeDoux's discussion of associative synaptic bonding, emotional imprinting, and memory....
Notes on Functions of Consciousness
The functions and operating properties of consciousness described here are an oversimplification of the functions of the human brain, but they are an ample enough description for modeling human consciousness in any environment. ...
Notes on Definitions of Consciousness
... is a popular school of thought which posits that consciousness precedes physicality, and that for there to be atoms and molecules and galaxies there must first be consciousness. This is a very broad definition which should be saved for more metaphys...
Since this text is about the manipulation of consciousness it is beneficial to have working definition for this term. Consciousness is defined here as a stable information processing system with specific functions and emergent operating properties, a...
Gamma coherence and conscious perception
High-frequency (e.g., gamma 30 to 50 Hz) coherent neural activity has been postulated to underlie binding of independent neural assemblies and thus integrate processing across distributed neuronal networks to achieve a unified conscious experience. P...
... about normalcy and acceptable baseline states of consciousness inherent in the therapeutic context that may not be explicitly defined in other contexts. Creative or Visionary Context All artists must get their inspiration from somewhere, and as ...
The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness
... is presented in the AIM state description of consciousness. Chapter 4: In order for information to be stored in memory the serotonergically modulated forebrain must be online and queuing information into the medial temporal lobe for storage. ...
Notes on Divergent State Pathologies
... examples of pathologically divergent states of consciousness: Asleep and active is sleepwalking; excited and drowsy is narcolepsy; awake and rigid is Parkinson’s Disease; awake and dreaming is psychosis; relaxed and nervous is anxiety disord...
What is Psychedelic Information Theory?
... information arising in human altered states of consciousness. The foundation of PIT lies in novelty theory, the study of increasing complexity of information over time. Novelty theory encompasses a large time-scale, but PIT is specifically focuse...
How the Brain Filters out Distracting Thoughts to Focus on a Single Bit of Information
... these waves are linked to the formation of consciousness, but no one really knew why their frequency differed so much from one region to another and from one moment to the next. Information is carried on top of gamma waves, just like songs ...
... it's the new frontier, a closer examination of consciousness, and it's very, very exciting!" (betaphilings.com, Dec 2008 )...
Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
... stream. He calls these the "building blocks of consciousness" and reckons they underlie our perception of time (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, vol 364, p 1887). It's an appealing idea, since patching together a chronological...
Effects of psilocybin on time perception and temporal control of behaviour in humans
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