Researcher Bruno Forti has a hunch that the structure of consciousness is hidden from consciousness itself.
Tag Archives: mind-body connection
Thought-controlled computer puts focus on consciousness
Neuralink’s progress begs answers on the nature of consciousness. Journalists are poised to drive that dialogue through coverage.
Expert meditators shown to enhance cognition
A new study shows experienced meditators have very high theta wave activity, which is linked to disciplined regulation of attention, breath, and body posture.
Meditation alleviates menopausal depression and anxiety
“General practitioners and healthcare providers often struggle to know what to offer beyond medical treatment. This research will help give practitioners and patients more options”, Dr Desai reports.
New book exposes “blind spot” of mainstream science
A radically renewed scientific worldview is needed now, say an astrophysicist, theoretical physicist and philosopher.
Variant of panpsychism said to address “hard problem”
Mostyn Jones states that “electrical activity across separate neurons creates a unified, intelligent mind”.
Initiative to achieve world peace through mass meditation
A two-week meditation, involving 10,000 participants, just concluded to demonstrate the process and effects.
Study: Coherent breathwork no better than “placebo” breathwork
Both the study and the placebo group exercise conscious control of breathing — and both showed a wellbeing boost.
Volunteers wanted for mind over matter experiment
The Institute of Noetic Science research aims to investigate our ability to see, not with our eyes, but with our “mind’s eye”.
New book explores quantum physics for health
“You are a mystery that needs quantum answers,” Dr Deepak Chopra writes in “Quantum Body.”
Mindfulness yoga can prevent depression
“Colleges, enterprises, and obstetrics and gynecology hospitals should popularize mindfulness yoga”, the researchers conclude.
High-profile debate on consciousness
A neuroscientist, biologist and anthropologist debate consciousness at a Norwegian university.
NIH to fund research on brain benefits of music
Music-based interventions are known to strengthen neural pathways in the brain, but most evidence is anecdotal. The NIH wants more research.
Hatha Yoga plus meditation improves chronic back pain
Pain diminishes more and for longer when patients practice self-compassion meditation and hatha yoga, trial finds.
Brain seems to block innate psi abilities
A pre-proof article published by neuroscience journal Cortex suggests so. “Our findings are potentially transformative,” writes neurologist Morris Freedman et al.
“Nocebo” more powerful than placebo
November 2023 In his book “The Power of Placebos”, Jeremy Howick provides an interdisciplinary perspective on placebos based on more than 20 years of research and data from over 300,000 patients. Howick, who is director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare at the University of Leicester, explains why physicians should consider using …
Placebos work even when patients know they are getting one
“The body has an internal pharmacy that relieves symptoms”, writes Harvard Medical School’s Ted J. Kaptchuk in The New York Times.