Bridging the gap of brain and experience – Converging Neurophenomenology with Spatiotemporal Neuroscience

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 106139 - 106139

Published: April 1, 2025

Neuroscience faces the challenge of connecting brain and mind, with mind manifesting in first-person experience while brain's neural activity can only be investigated third-person perspective. To connect mental states, neurophenomenology provides a methodological tool kit for systematically linking subjective objective observations activity. However, beyond providing systematic strategy ('disciplined circularity'), it leaves open how are related among themselves, independent our strategy. The recently introduced Spatiotemporal suggests that share commonly underlying feature as their "common currency", notably analogous spatiotemporal dynamics. Can inform to allow deeper more substantiative connection activity? goal paper is show Neurophenomenology converged integrated each other gain better understanding brain-mind connection. We describe convergence on theoretical grounds which, subsequently, illustrated by empirical examples like self, meditation, depression. In conclusion, we propose integration provide complementary insights, enrich both fields, allows connection, opens door developing novel approaches investigation.

Language: Английский

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Primary delusional experiences in schizophrenia and the sacred: a qualitative study

Philosophical Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 22

Published: May 24, 2025

Language: Английский

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Deconstructive meditations and psychotherapy: Transforming the perception of the self

World Journal of Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(6)

Published: May 29, 2025

Selfishness, understood as excessive focus on the self, appears to be a predominant feature of contemporary culture. While degree self-focus is adaptive for survival and decision-making, self-rigidity has been associated with significant psychological, interpersonal, social costs. Throughout history, philosophers, religious leaders, activists have promoted “hypo-egoic” way being, characterized by reduced self-fixation greater openness others. However, key question arises: How can one cultivate more flexible interdependent perspective self? Deconstructive meditations are group contemplative practices that aim dismantle exploring perception, cognition, emotion. Their central mechanism self-inquiry, an experiential process involves directly observing patterns questioning solidity identity, developing new ways relate experience. From neuroscience, these shown reduce self-narrative identification promote psychological flexibility. Despite their potential, empirical research deconstructive remains limited requires further investigation. This article reviews essential findings practices, connection psychotherapy, potential therapeutic applications. Finally, clinical implications discussed along future directions validate impact mental health.

Language: Английский

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Meditation-Induced Self-Boundary Flexibility and Prosociality: A MEG and Behavioral Measures Study

Brain Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 1181 - 1181

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

Background: In the last decade, empirical studies on beneficial effects of meditation prosocial capacities have accumulated, but underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Buddhist sources state that liberating oneself from a fixed view self by gaining access to its transitory and malleable nature leads increased compassion other traits. These, however, not yet been empirically tested. Methods: The current study aims at filling this gap first examining whether 44 long term meditators differ 53 controls in different levels socio-cognitive hierarchy, second these are associated with meditation-induced ‘selfless’ states, operationalized here as sense boundary (SB) flexibility. We capitalize our previous work neurophenomenology mindfulness-induced SB dissolution, which yielded neural index SB-flexibility, solely for meditators, examine correlations battery validated behavioral prosociality tasks. Results: Our findings reveal enhanced low-level processes including emotion recognition reduced outgroup bias. show stability flexibility over year, demonstrating consistent high beta deactivation. negatively correlates recognizing negative emotions, suggesting link social threat perception. Conclusions: These results connect prosociality, supported stable deactivations. expect raise awareness regarding potential flexing one’s self-boundaries through meditation.

Language: Английский

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Enlightened Joy and Love, Selflessness and Beyond

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 13, 2024

This paper explores the concept of enlightened joy and love as an aspect a stable enduring spiritual “high plateau” state, referred to here “Living Transcendence,” which contrasts with transient mystical or “peak” experiences. Drawing from phenomenological study 32 “spiritual exemplars” various traditions, research identifies key characteristics this state. Enlightened are described stable, constant, intrinsic daily life, manifesting subtle, integrated presence rather than intense emotional peak. These qualities intertwined other aspects experience, such noetic awareness, embodied presence, relational interbeing. The also examines two Buddhism-inspired models selflessness—the Self-Based Psychological Functioning model Pattern Theory Selflessness—which suggest that development selflessness related love. findings integral lived experience plateau,” offering sustained sense well-being connectedness transcends fluctuating emotions ordinary consciousness. contributes understanding by highlighting role in achieving joyful loving state being.

Language: Английский

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