Richard James Lucido earned a Ph.D. in psychology from Wayne State University in 2011. He is a practitioner of educational and behavioral psychology in the Detroit Area. A peer reviewed author of papers spanning the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, and education, Dr Lucido’s main interest is the subject of metaphysical idealism, the notion that consciousness is the primary constituent of reality. His book, Existence & Consciousness: A Theory of Naturalistic Idealism, offers a theory of metaphysical idealism from an existentialist perspective. Phone: 5863359918
The current research is an attempt to replicate a previous experiment that employed subliminal pr... more The current research is an attempt to replicate a previous experiment that employed subliminal priming to test the Consciousness Causes Collapse (CCC) interpretation of quantum mechanics. Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashed on a screen for a duration of time too brief to be consciously experienced. The primes were immediately followed by a presentation of a stimulus symbol that human participants were asked to rapidly respond to. According to the Consciousness Causes Collapse Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (CCC), because the primes had not yet been exposed to conscious observation, they should continue to exist in a state of superposition based on the radioactive decay from which they were derived. It was hypothesized that if the CCC interpretation were correct, a prime produced in this way should not affect subsequent response times as it would in a control condition in which observation had deliberately occurred beforehand. This hypothesis was supported. While the primes were found to effect response times in both the observed condition and the unobserved condition, the effect that the primes had in the observed condition were significantly greater than the effects that were obtained within the unobserved condition. This finding is consistent with previous experimental results and provides additional support for the CCC interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, 2023
Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashe... more Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashed on a screen for a duration of time too brief to be consciously experienced. The primes were immediately followed by a presentation of a stimulus symbol that human participants were asked to rapidly respond to. According to the Consciousness Causes Collapse Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (CCC), because the primes had not yet been exposed to conscious observation, they should continue to exist in a state of superposition based on the radioactive decay from which they were derived. It was hypothesized that if the CCC interpretation were correct, a prime produced in this way should not yield the standard effect on subsequent response times as it would in a control condition in which observation had deliberately occurred beforehand. This hypothesis was supported. The standard effect on response times was found in the observed condition but not in the unobserved condition. The current findings support the CCC interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Our current paradigm of Individualized Education Program (IEP) construction, the creation of a le... more Our current paradigm of Individualized Education Program (IEP) construction, the creation of a legal document or contract between parents and schools, needs rethinking. This paradigm’s unintended consequences have resulted in vast inefficiencies in special education and have detracted from the core purpose of the IEP document, the communication of the individualized educational plan. An alternative approach, the communicative IEP, will be presented. In this framework the written IEP is primarily conceived as a communication tool rather than a legal document. It will be argued that this approach will result in a shorter and more understandable IEP document, as well as a substantial savings in limited educator resources, which could then be better prioritized towards service delivery.
""The achievement goals that one adopts in an academic context have been shown to be associated w... more ""The achievement goals that one adopts in an academic context have been shown to be associated with, as well as causally related to, important outcomes. Currently, the most widely accepted theory holds that achievement goals are the result of one's implicit theory of intelligence. However, there is a lack of empirical support for this assertion. The current study tested the hypothesis that goal specific self-efficacy (self-efficacy measured separately for a mastery or performance outcome) is the primary driver of achievement goals. Two studies were conducted among a combined sample of 274 community college students. As was the case with most recent research, the current study found no support for the contention that achievement goals are related to implicit theories. In contrast, self-efficacy for mastery goals appeared to be predictive of goal adoption, where high levels of mastery goal self-efficacy were related to the adoption of mastery goals and low levels related to the adoption of performance goals. Self-efficacy for performance goals were found to be unrelated to goal adoption. In addition, when students reported different goals among the courses in which they were currently enrolled, congruent differences in their degree of mastery goal self-efficacy were found. This finding provides evidence that mastery self-efficacy has the potential to explain some of the contextual malleability of goals, a feat which implicit theories of intelligence are inherently unable to match.
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The notion in quantum mechanics that observation causes the collapse of the probability wave func... more The notion in quantum mechanics that observation causes the collapse of the probability wave function brings consciousness directly into physical theory. To date, however, there has not been an adequate explanation as to how this could be the case, a circumstance that leads some to view this notion as unparsimonious and speculative. This paper attempts to provide an a priori reason for the mutual dependency of consciousness and matter by considering the consequences of the indistinguishability of elementary particles and the temporally extended nature of consciousness."
""In order for consciousness to be efficacious, to perform any real function, there must be a mec... more ""In order for consciousness to be efficacious, to perform any real function, there must be a mechanism of causation by which its nonphysical attributes can effect the physical structures in the brain. Current theories of nonphysical causation most commonly rely on consciousness’ role in the collapse of the wave function to bridge the gap between mind and matter. However, these theories fail to translate well to our everyday macro level consciousness, which does not directly observe neural functioning in the same way that a physicist may observe quantum phenomena by looking at an instrument. This paper will propose a mechanism of nonphysical causation based upon consciousness’ entanglement with the brain across a brief temporal divide. In doing so it is hoped that a possible mechanism of nonphysical causation will be illuminated that only requires consciousness to will and observe macro events.
Cognitive psychology researchers have developed techniques that can detect the effects subliminal... more Cognitive psychology researchers have developed techniques that can detect the effects subliminal priming has on human reaction time. These methods can be used to bring the Von Neumann/Wigner Consciousness Causes Collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics to a falsifiable empirical test. An experimental condition can be constructed that, according to this interpretation, would produce an unconsciousness semantic prime existing in a state of superposition. By measuring the effects that this uncollapsed and unconscious prime has on subjects’ reaction time to semantically congruent stimuli as compared to control conditions researchers should be able to determine whether or not it is possible to produce a wave function collapse prior to any interaction with consciousness. This brief paper will endeavor to present the design of such an experiment. The potential findings may have far reaching implications regarding the notion of objective realism.
Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of... more Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of information, consciousness, and time. It offers a theory of idealism from an existentialist perspective. Matter, energy, and space are viewed as holding on to no existence outside of their essence (i.e., their defining properties). This is what precludes them from objectively persisting in time. Only consciousness, broken down into its smallest units, is capable of existing beyond its essence. This is what makes it a necessary constituent of reality, for without it the world would be merely an abstraction.
Free of new age spiritualism, Existence and Consciousness is a sober and naturalistic attempt at conceptualizing a reality whose primary constituent is consciousness. The book presents its original insights within a broad multidisciplinary backdrop where ideas from contemporary analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, and ancient philosophy are related to empirical findings from psychology, physics, and neuroscience. Its ideas are presented plainly and are intended for a broad educated audience. No prior experience is necessary to engage with this most perplexing and fundamental question: what is the nature of reality?
This second edition is updated to include empirical findings that have occurred since the original version was published in 2017.
Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of... more Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of information, consciousness, and time. It offers a theory of idealism from an existentialist’s perspective. Matter, energy, and space are viewed as holding on to no existence outside of their essence (i.e., their defining properties). This is what precludes them from objectively persisting in time. Only consciousness, broken down into its smallest units, is capable of existing beyond its essence. This is what makes it a necessary constituent of reality, for without it the world would be merely an abstraction.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) documents have strayed from their original functional purp... more Individualized Education Program (IEP) documents have strayed from their original functional purpose. Instead of being designed to efficiently communicate the details of a student's educational programming to teachers and parents, IEPs have become focused on legalities and the documentation of compliance with state and federal law. This misplaced emphasis on legality has lessened the practical utility of the IEP document to the classroom teacher. It has also created a significant paperwork burden, which has siphoned educator resources away from service delivery. In “A ONE PAGE IEP”, Dr. Lucido offers a simple remedy to this problem: the field must reconceptualize the written IEP as a communicative tool as opposed to a legal/contractual document. He skillfully demonstrates how schools can construct IDEA 2004 compliant IEPs that are one page in length. Stakeholders in special education may welcome this coming paradigm shift designed to produce more useful IEPs and save educator resources that could be better prioritized toward service delivery.
The current research is an attempt to replicate a previous experiment that employed subliminal pr... more The current research is an attempt to replicate a previous experiment that employed subliminal priming to test the Consciousness Causes Collapse (CCC) interpretation of quantum mechanics. Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashed on a screen for a duration of time too brief to be consciously experienced. The primes were immediately followed by a presentation of a stimulus symbol that human participants were asked to rapidly respond to. According to the Consciousness Causes Collapse Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (CCC), because the primes had not yet been exposed to conscious observation, they should continue to exist in a state of superposition based on the radioactive decay from which they were derived. It was hypothesized that if the CCC interpretation were correct, a prime produced in this way should not affect subsequent response times as it would in a control condition in which observation had deliberately occurred beforehand. This hypothesis was supported. While the primes were found to effect response times in both the observed condition and the unobserved condition, the effect that the primes had in the observed condition were significantly greater than the effects that were obtained within the unobserved condition. This finding is consistent with previous experimental results and provides additional support for the CCC interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, 2023
Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashe... more Stimulus primes derived directly from patterns in a local source of radioactive decay were flashed on a screen for a duration of time too brief to be consciously experienced. The primes were immediately followed by a presentation of a stimulus symbol that human participants were asked to rapidly respond to. According to the Consciousness Causes Collapse Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (CCC), because the primes had not yet been exposed to conscious observation, they should continue to exist in a state of superposition based on the radioactive decay from which they were derived. It was hypothesized that if the CCC interpretation were correct, a prime produced in this way should not yield the standard effect on subsequent response times as it would in a control condition in which observation had deliberately occurred beforehand. This hypothesis was supported. The standard effect on response times was found in the observed condition but not in the unobserved condition. The current findings support the CCC interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Our current paradigm of Individualized Education Program (IEP) construction, the creation of a le... more Our current paradigm of Individualized Education Program (IEP) construction, the creation of a legal document or contract between parents and schools, needs rethinking. This paradigm’s unintended consequences have resulted in vast inefficiencies in special education and have detracted from the core purpose of the IEP document, the communication of the individualized educational plan. An alternative approach, the communicative IEP, will be presented. In this framework the written IEP is primarily conceived as a communication tool rather than a legal document. It will be argued that this approach will result in a shorter and more understandable IEP document, as well as a substantial savings in limited educator resources, which could then be better prioritized towards service delivery.
""The achievement goals that one adopts in an academic context have been shown to be associated w... more ""The achievement goals that one adopts in an academic context have been shown to be associated with, as well as causally related to, important outcomes. Currently, the most widely accepted theory holds that achievement goals are the result of one's implicit theory of intelligence. However, there is a lack of empirical support for this assertion. The current study tested the hypothesis that goal specific self-efficacy (self-efficacy measured separately for a mastery or performance outcome) is the primary driver of achievement goals. Two studies were conducted among a combined sample of 274 community college students. As was the case with most recent research, the current study found no support for the contention that achievement goals are related to implicit theories. In contrast, self-efficacy for mastery goals appeared to be predictive of goal adoption, where high levels of mastery goal self-efficacy were related to the adoption of mastery goals and low levels related to the adoption of performance goals. Self-efficacy for performance goals were found to be unrelated to goal adoption. In addition, when students reported different goals among the courses in which they were currently enrolled, congruent differences in their degree of mastery goal self-efficacy were found. This finding provides evidence that mastery self-efficacy has the potential to explain some of the contextual malleability of goals, a feat which implicit theories of intelligence are inherently unable to match.
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The notion in quantum mechanics that observation causes the collapse of the probability wave func... more The notion in quantum mechanics that observation causes the collapse of the probability wave function brings consciousness directly into physical theory. To date, however, there has not been an adequate explanation as to how this could be the case, a circumstance that leads some to view this notion as unparsimonious and speculative. This paper attempts to provide an a priori reason for the mutual dependency of consciousness and matter by considering the consequences of the indistinguishability of elementary particles and the temporally extended nature of consciousness."
""In order for consciousness to be efficacious, to perform any real function, there must be a mec... more ""In order for consciousness to be efficacious, to perform any real function, there must be a mechanism of causation by which its nonphysical attributes can effect the physical structures in the brain. Current theories of nonphysical causation most commonly rely on consciousness’ role in the collapse of the wave function to bridge the gap between mind and matter. However, these theories fail to translate well to our everyday macro level consciousness, which does not directly observe neural functioning in the same way that a physicist may observe quantum phenomena by looking at an instrument. This paper will propose a mechanism of nonphysical causation based upon consciousness’ entanglement with the brain across a brief temporal divide. In doing so it is hoped that a possible mechanism of nonphysical causation will be illuminated that only requires consciousness to will and observe macro events.
Cognitive psychology researchers have developed techniques that can detect the effects subliminal... more Cognitive psychology researchers have developed techniques that can detect the effects subliminal priming has on human reaction time. These methods can be used to bring the Von Neumann/Wigner Consciousness Causes Collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics to a falsifiable empirical test. An experimental condition can be constructed that, according to this interpretation, would produce an unconsciousness semantic prime existing in a state of superposition. By measuring the effects that this uncollapsed and unconscious prime has on subjects’ reaction time to semantically congruent stimuli as compared to control conditions researchers should be able to determine whether or not it is possible to produce a wave function collapse prior to any interaction with consciousness. This brief paper will endeavor to present the design of such an experiment. The potential findings may have far reaching implications regarding the notion of objective realism.
Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of... more Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of information, consciousness, and time. It offers a theory of idealism from an existentialist perspective. Matter, energy, and space are viewed as holding on to no existence outside of their essence (i.e., their defining properties). This is what precludes them from objectively persisting in time. Only consciousness, broken down into its smallest units, is capable of existing beyond its essence. This is what makes it a necessary constituent of reality, for without it the world would be merely an abstraction.
Free of new age spiritualism, Existence and Consciousness is a sober and naturalistic attempt at conceptualizing a reality whose primary constituent is consciousness. The book presents its original insights within a broad multidisciplinary backdrop where ideas from contemporary analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, and ancient philosophy are related to empirical findings from psychology, physics, and neuroscience. Its ideas are presented plainly and are intended for a broad educated audience. No prior experience is necessary to engage with this most perplexing and fundamental question: what is the nature of reality?
This second edition is updated to include empirical findings that have occurred since the original version was published in 2017.
Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of... more Existence and Consciousness presents us with a world without space, a world that consists only of information, consciousness, and time. It offers a theory of idealism from an existentialist’s perspective. Matter, energy, and space are viewed as holding on to no existence outside of their essence (i.e., their defining properties). This is what precludes them from objectively persisting in time. Only consciousness, broken down into its smallest units, is capable of existing beyond its essence. This is what makes it a necessary constituent of reality, for without it the world would be merely an abstraction.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) documents have strayed from their original functional purp... more Individualized Education Program (IEP) documents have strayed from their original functional purpose. Instead of being designed to efficiently communicate the details of a student's educational programming to teachers and parents, IEPs have become focused on legalities and the documentation of compliance with state and federal law. This misplaced emphasis on legality has lessened the practical utility of the IEP document to the classroom teacher. It has also created a significant paperwork burden, which has siphoned educator resources away from service delivery. In “A ONE PAGE IEP”, Dr. Lucido offers a simple remedy to this problem: the field must reconceptualize the written IEP as a communicative tool as opposed to a legal/contractual document. He skillfully demonstrates how schools can construct IDEA 2004 compliant IEPs that are one page in length. Stakeholders in special education may welcome this coming paradigm shift designed to produce more useful IEPs and save educator resources that could be better prioritized toward service delivery.
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Free of new age spiritualism, Existence and Consciousness is a sober and naturalistic attempt at conceptualizing a reality whose primary constituent is consciousness. The book presents its original insights within a broad multidisciplinary backdrop where ideas from contemporary analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, and ancient philosophy are related to empirical findings from psychology, physics, and neuroscience. Its ideas are presented plainly and are intended for a broad educated audience. No prior experience is necessary to engage with this most perplexing and fundamental question: what is the nature of reality?
This second edition is updated to include empirical findings that have occurred since the original version was published in 2017.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPPQ2MP2?
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Free of new age spiritualism, Existence and Consciousness is a sober and naturalistic attempt at conceptualizing a reality whose primary constituent is consciousness. The book presents its original insights within a broad multidisciplinary backdrop where ideas from contemporary analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, and ancient philosophy are related to empirical findings from psychology, physics, and neuroscience. Its ideas are presented plainly and are intended for a broad educated audience. No prior experience is necessary to engage with this most perplexing and fundamental question: what is the nature of reality?
This second edition is updated to include empirical findings that have occurred since the original version was published in 2017.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPPQ2MP2?