A5045147879- Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Mind wandering and attention
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Representations and Identity
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
University of British Columbia
2016-2025
University of Huddersfield
2024
Manchester University
2020
Hôpital Européen
2020
Université du Québec à Montréal
2019
University of Toronto
2005-2017
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2017
University of California, Berkeley
1990-2017
Monash University
2017
Canada Research Chairs
2012-2017
Foreword by Stephen Batchelor Prologue: The Dalai Lama's Conjecture Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Seeing: What Is Consciousness? 2. Waking: How Do We Perceive? 3. Being: Pure Awareness? 4. Dreaming: Who Am I? 5. Witnessing: This a Dream? 6. Imagining: Are Real? 7. Floating: Where 8. Sleeping: Conscious in Deep Sleep? 9. Dying: Happens When Die? 10. Knowing: the Self an Illusion? Notes Bibliography Index
Abstract Different explanations of color vision favor different philosophical positions: Computational is more compatible with objectivism (the in the object), psychophysics and neurophysiology subjectivism head). Comparative research suggests that an explanation must be both experientialist (unlike objectivism) ecological subjectivism). vision's emphasis on optimally “recovering” prespecified features environment (i.e., distal properties, independent sensory-motor capacities animal)...
The accuracy of subjective reports, especially those involving introspection one's own internal processes, remains unclear, and research has demonstrated large individual differences in introspective accuracy. It been hypothesized that may be heightened persons who engage meditation practices, due to the highly nature such practices. We undertook a preliminary exploration this hypothesis, examining cross-section practitioners (1–15,000 hrs experience). Introspective was assessed by comparing...
Thoughts arise spontaneously in our minds with remarkable frequency, but tracking the brain systems associated early inception of a thought has proved challenging. Here we addressed this issue by taking advantage heightened introspective ability experienced mindfulness practitioners to observe onset their arising thoughts. We found subtle differences timing among many regions typically recruited spontaneous thought. In some these regions, fMRI signal peaked prior — most notably medial...