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Split brain does not lead to split consciousness
Split brain does not lead to split consciousness
A new research study contradicts the established view that so-called split-brain patients have a split consciousness. Instead, the researchers behind the study, led by UvA psychologist Yair Pinto, have found strong evidence showing that despite being characterised by little to no communication between the right and left brain hemispheres, split brain does not cause two independent conscious perceivers in one brain. Their results are published in the latest edition of the journal Brain.
·uva.nl·
Split brain does not lead to split consciousness
Drugs and the Human Condition: Why Do We Crave Altered States?
Drugs and the Human Condition: Why Do We Crave Altered States?
Consciousness alteration is natural and universal among humans. We have been altering our mental states, through the use of exogenous chemicals, for millennia. As the philosopher David Blacker observes in his latest book Deeper Learning with Psychedelics (2024), “We seem to be creatures for whom unadulterated reality has never been quite fully sufficient.” We are…
·samwoolfe.com·
Drugs and the Human Condition: Why Do We Crave Altered States?
In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience
In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience
A psychedelic experience is commonly referred to as a ‘trip’ or a ‘journey’, and the analogy with travel is a helpful one; psychedelics take you to new internal territory, whereas travelling takes you to new external territory. But I believe there are several ways in which we can compare tripping to travelling, and these similarities…
·samwoolfe.com·
In Search of New Terrain: Similarities Between Travel and the Psychedelic Experience
A fish can sense another's fear, a study shows
A fish can sense another's fear, a study shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests. It might have been deep-rooted in prehistoric animals that lived millions of years ago, before fish and mammals like us diverged on the tree of life, according to researchers who published their study Thursday in the journal Science .
·apnews.com·
A fish can sense another's fear, a study shows
Which Evolves Faster, Culture or Biology?
Which Evolves Faster, Culture or Biology?
(Inside Science) -- Modern human culture seems to evolve at a dizzying rate. Changes in the media we consume and technology we use often far outstrip our ability to keep up. But there have been few attempts to actually measure this phenomenon. “All we have is this sense that culture evolves really quickly, but relative to what?” said Armand Leroi, an evolutionary biologist at Imperial College London.
·insidescience.org·
Which Evolves Faster, Culture or Biology?