30 MAY 2016 by ideonexus
LSD Mimics a Baby's Brain
So let's think. What is it like to be a baby? What's it like to be a child? Our emotions go up and down. We might be in a sort of happy, sort of ecstatic state one minute, giggling, finding everything funny and silly - similar things happen on psychedelics - and then the next minute there's a sudden shift and we're bawling our eyes out, you know? Similar kind of emotional sensitivities and hyper-imaginative processes occur with a psychedelic.
Also something quite intriguing is that sense of ...Folksonomies: cognition plasticity
Folksonomies: cognition plasticity
18 JUN 2013 by ideonexus
Brainscans as a Form of Identification
Brainprint scans are considered the definitive method
for identifying egos. Contrary to popular misconceptions,
the term “brainwave scan” is a misnomer,
as this form of identifier is not based on simple
electroencephalography (EEG: a reading of the electrical
activity created by neurons firing within the
brain). The actual process for recording brainprints
for identification purposes goes much deeper than
that. It is based on the electrophysiological responses
(event-related potentials) t...The problem is that they must be updated regularly because the brain is always changing.
24 MAR 2013 by ideonexus
Benefits of Even Casual Meditation
In 2011, researchers from the
University of Wisconsin studied a group
of people who were not in the habit of
meditating and instructed them in the
following manner: relax with your eyes
closed and focus on the flow of your
breath at the tip of your nose; if a random
thought arises, acknowledge the thought
and then simply let it go by gently bringing
your attention back to the flow of your
breath. For fifteen minutes, the
participants attempted to follow these
guidelines. Then they were broken...Folksonomies: science meditation
Folksonomies: science meditation
Even introductory mediation pushed practitioners into the left-brain(?) and positive/approach-oriented emotional states.
15 APR 2011 by ideonexus
Controlling Pain with Meditation
In the study, a small group of healthy medical students attended four 20-minute training sessions on "mindfulness meditation" — a technique adapted from a Tibetan Buddhist form of meditation called samatha. It's all about acknowledging and letting go of distraction.
"You are trying to sustain attention in the present moment — everything is momentary so you don't need to react," Zeidan explains. "What that does healthwise is it reduces the stress response. The feeling of pain is a ver...Folksonomies: meditation pain
Folksonomies: meditation pain
Highlights from a study of meditation being used to control the sensation of pain.