A creative and insightful cognitive neuroscience approach for understanding the effects of contemplative training on pleasure and the “gossip of the ego”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16909256 |
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| Authors | Katherine A Maclean (Johns Hopkins Medicine), Gary Weber |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 239-242 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Brain & Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-5981 • E-ISSN: 2153-599X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2153599x.2013.826726 |
| OpenAlex | W1988604176 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
In “Meditation-induced bliss viewed as release from conditioned neural (thought) patterns that block reward signals in the brain pleasure center,” Sharp provides an innovative framework for underst
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Contemplation · Epistemology · Gossip · Id, ego and super-ego · Pleasure · Psychoanalysis · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology
Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin
Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness
Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance
Mystical-type experiences occasioned by psilocybin mediate the attribution of personal meaning and spiritual significance 14 months later
Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation
Self-Centeredness and Selflessness
Functional-Anatomic Fractionation of the Brain's Default Network
Psilocybin occasioned mystical-type experiences
| Highly cited | No |
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