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Scholarly approaches to mysticism

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First-person experience cannot rescue causal structure theories from the unfolding argument

Michael Herzog, Adrien Christophe Doerig, Aaron Schurger

We recently put forward an argument, the Unfolding Argument (UA), that integrated information theory (IIT) and other causal structure theories are either already falsified or unfalsifiable, which provoked significant criticism. It seems that we and the cri ...

Elsevier2022

Sensorimotor conflicts induce somatic passivity and louden quiet voices in healthy listeners

Olaf Blanke, Nathan Quentin Faivre, Giulio Rognini, Oliver Alan Kannape, Pavo Orepic

Sensorimotor conflicts are known to alter the perception of accompanying sensory signals, and deficits in sensory attenuation have been observed in schizophrenia. In the auditory domain, self-generated tones or voices (compared to tones or voices presented ...

2021

Flight of mind: Sensorimotor and multisensory embodiment with aviation robotics, flight simulator, and virtual reality

Myeong Seop Song

Normally, humans experience an 'I' as residing in one's body and as the agent of one's actions. In other words, the self is experienced as being inside the body (self-location), as having a body (self-identification), and as being able to control the perso ...

EPFL2020

A challenge of predicting seizure frequency in temporal lobe epilepsy using neuroanatomical features

Chang-Hyun Park

The pathological and clinical characteristics of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) tend to be affected by epileptic seizures, specifically represented by seizure lateralization and frequency. Although the lateralization of the epileptogenic zone can be clarifie ...

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD2019

Sentiment analysis of informal textual communication in cyberspace

Daniel Thalmann, Stéphane Gobron

The ability to correctly identify the existence and polarity of emotion in informal, textual communication is a very important part of a realistic and immersive 3D environment where people communicate with one another through avatars or with an automated s ...

2010

Configuring and enhancing measurement systems for damage identification

Ian Smith

Engineers often decide to measure structures upon signs of damage to determine its extent and its location. Measurement locations, sensor types and numbers of sensors are selected based on judgment and experience. Rational and systematic methods for evalua ...

Elsevier2009

Why revelations have occurred on mountains? Linking mystical experiences and cognitive neuroscience

Olaf Blanke

The fundamental revelations to the founders of the three monotheistic religions, among many other revelation experiences, had occurred on a mountain. These three revelation experiences share many phenomenological components like feeling and hearing a prese ...

Elsevier2005

Speaking with one's self - Autoscopic phenomena in writings from the ecstatic Kabbalah

Olaf Blanke

Immediate experience localizes the self within the limits of the physical body. This spatial unity has been challenged by philosophical and mystical traditions aimed to isolate concepts of mind and body. A more direct challenge of the spatial unity comes f ...

Imprint Academic2005

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