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The aim in doing this study is to openly look for changes in the body and mind from Ganzfeld by searching with EEG, EKG, and Breath rate equipment. If there are changes in brainwave coherence, it may open a door for further research to be... more
The aim in doing this study is to openly look for changes in the body and mind from Ganzfeld by searching with EEG, EKG, and Breath rate equipment. If there are changes in brainwave coherence, it may open a door for further research to be done. Particularly, we want to compare hallucinogenic phenomenon with Transcendental Meditation. In order to find similarities between sensory deprivation and TM we have to see Alpha 1 coherence in the brain as a result of the EEG. If it does increase Alpha 1 wave coherence, then it may be possible to find a link between sensory deprivation/overload and higher states of consciousness. With this we hope in our study it can be looked at as a new treatment model for psychotherapy patients.
- by Shivanand Howard and +1
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- Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Neurology, Neuroimaging
In his highly provocative "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" (1976) Julian Jaynes marshaled evidence from neuroscience, archeology, history, and ancient texts. He theorized that until the late second... more
In his highly provocative "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" (1976) Julian Jaynes marshaled evidence from neuroscience, archeology, history, and ancient texts. He theorized that until the late second millennium people lacked introspectable consciousness and possessed a different mentality in which hallucinations—supernatural voices, visions, and visitations—governed behavior. Consciousness, or more precisely introspectable self-aware subjectivity, had to be culturally learned in the cauldron of historical upheaval. Though some have described Jaynes as boldly interdisciplinary, iconoclastic, and far ahead of his time, his thinking actually resonates with a “second” or “other” psychological tradition that has focused on the cultural-historical development of psyche. Brian J. McVeigh, a student of Jaynes, points out the blind spots of mainstream, establishment psychology by providing empirical support for Jaynes’s ideas on sociohistorical shifts in mentality. To illustrate the relevance of Jaynes’s theories, he utilizes recent research on the surprising ubiquity of “hearing voices” in modern times to argue that hallucinations are neurological vestiges and that mental imagery—a controllable, semi-hallucinatory experience—is the successor to the divine hallucinations that once held societies together.
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader and Abbreviations
Introduction The Need for a Cultural‒Historical Psychology
Chapter 1 Julian Jaynes and the Promise of the “Other” Psychology
Chapter 2 The Neurocultural Malleability of Psyche
Chapter 3 Bronze Age Super-Religiosity: Linguistic Evidence for Preconscious Mentalities
Chapter 4 Ancient China: Social Complexity, Cognitive Adaptation, and Linguistic Change
Chapter 5 The Metaphors of Mind–Words in Modern Mandarin
Chapter 6 Hallucinations as Superceptions: Hearing Voices as Adaptive Behavior
Conclusion Final Thoughts: Psychohistorical Ruptures and Stratigraphic Psychology
Appendices
A Types of Ceptions
B Types of Adaptive Mentalities
C Statistical Analyses for Chapter 3
D Datasets for Chapter 3
E Statistical Analyses for Chapters 4 and 5
F Datasets for Chapters 4 and 5
G Abnormal Hallucinations
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader and Abbreviations
Introduction The Need for a Cultural‒Historical Psychology
Chapter 1 Julian Jaynes and the Promise of the “Other” Psychology
Chapter 2 The Neurocultural Malleability of Psyche
Chapter 3 Bronze Age Super-Religiosity: Linguistic Evidence for Preconscious Mentalities
Chapter 4 Ancient China: Social Complexity, Cognitive Adaptation, and Linguistic Change
Chapter 5 The Metaphors of Mind–Words in Modern Mandarin
Chapter 6 Hallucinations as Superceptions: Hearing Voices as Adaptive Behavior
Conclusion Final Thoughts: Psychohistorical Ruptures and Stratigraphic Psychology
Appendices
A Types of Ceptions
B Types of Adaptive Mentalities
C Statistical Analyses for Chapter 3
D Datasets for Chapter 3
E Statistical Analyses for Chapters 4 and 5
F Datasets for Chapters 4 and 5
G Abnormal Hallucinations
Bibliography
Index
About the Author