Is Cannabis Psychedelic?
Get The Article Psychology Today Article Neuropsychopharmacology Article Is Cannabis Psychedlic? Neural complexity is increased after low doses of LSD, but not moderate to high doses of oral THC or methamphetamine Cite This Work APA MLA Bibtex Murray, C. H., Frohlich, J., Haggarty, C. J., Tare, I., Lee, R., & De Wit, H. (2024). Neural […]
Surprising new research reveals how fetal brain complexity declines before and after birth
Get The Article PDF Nature Mental Health Article Sex differences in prenatal development of neural complexity in the human brain Sex differences in prenatal development of neural complexity in the human brain Cite This Work APA MLA Bibtex Frohlich, J., Moser, J., Sippel, K., Mediano, P. a. M., Preissl, H., & Gharabaghi, A. (2024). Sex […]
Revisiting Animal Consciousness
The New York Declaration (released April 19, 2024) Last month, a prominent group of 39 cross-disciplinary scientists released The New York Declaration of Animal Consciousness, acknowledging (1) the “strong scientific support” of conscious experience in birds and mammals; (2) “the realistic possibility of conscious experience” in all vertebrates (including reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) and many invertebrates […]
Visiting the “World Behind the World”
I’m a bit late to the party–it’s hard to shop for English language books here in Germany–but I finally read Erik Hoel’s 2023 book on the science of consciousness: The World Behind the World. Well, this world between the book covers is fantastic. I’m not here so much to review Hoel’s book–which anyone interested in the […]
Interview with Erik Hoel, neuroscientist and author
In my last post, I shared my reflections on Erik Hoel’s wonderful book on the science of consciousness, The World Behind the World. As a follow up, he was kind enough to answer my questions over email about both his book and his very exciting career. Erik was a professor at Tuft’s University until 2023, when he […]
New research sheds fresh light on mystery of infant consciousness
Get The Article Article PDF Trends in Cognitive Science Article Consciousness in the cradle: on the emergence of infant experience Cite This Work APA MLA Bibtex Bayne, T., Frohlich, J., Cusack, R., Moser, J., & Naci, L. (2023). Consciousness in the cradle: on the emergence of infant experience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Bayne, Tim, et al. […]
How floating in darkness challenges our concept of the self
Excerpt adapted from Buddha in the Float Tank What is a float tank? What does it teach us about perception, selfhood, and out-of-body experiences? The tank is a lightproof, soundproof chamber filled with saline water. This solution, saturated with Epson salt, is so dense that one floats effortlessly, with no muscle tension. What’s more, the water […]