Monthly Archive for February, 2012
Drug-Induced Mystical Experience
Psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogen, is the main psychoactive component of psilocybe and other hallucinogenic mushrooms (so called “magic mushrooms”). Like other classic hallucinogens, such as d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and mescaline, psilocybin exerts its psychoactive effects through a sub-type of serotonin receptors (called 5-HT2a) in the brain. In some cultures, psilocybin has historically been used in religious contexts -- likely for millennia. Psilocybin has a number of effects, including changes in perception, cognition, affect, and decision-making. Clinical research on psilocybin dates back to at least the 1950s, with variable effects on the perceived affective character of the experience. Research on psilocybin administration in humans has occurred in psychotherapeutic contexts in terminally ill cancer patients dating back to the 1970s and continues today. A surprising new study reveals that, under specific conditions, acute exposure to psilocybin can elicit long-lasting positive changes and increases in mystical-type experience.
Facebook – Coming to a 12-Step Program near You?
Hi. My name is John Q Public and I’m addicted to social media. All together now: Hi, John.Seem far-fetched? Maybe not, according to new research that claims social media is more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol.A team of researchers, led by a professor at Chicago University’s Booth Business School, evaluated the cravings and desires of more than 200 adults in and around the city of Wurtzburg, Germany.
Therapeutic Analysis of Dreams – A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
The two activities that we spend a third of our lives doing are sleep and dreaming. Everyone dreams, but only 1 in 3 of us recalls dreams consistently. Dreams account for about 20% of the time sleeping. Most persons enter and exit dreaming approximately four to give times per night with about 90 minutes between cycles. They last from 10 to 25 minutes with increasing duration as sleep unfolds. Decreased sleep latency, the time to actually fall asleep, is strongly associated with clinical depression. Psychoactive and psychotropic substances and medications are known to alter sleep and dream architecture.
Small Groups Make Women Stupid
Ladies, do you ever feel less than intellectually adequate when you sit in a business meeting or attend a cocktail party? According to a new study, you might be right. Small groups reduce IQ performance, according to the researchers, especially in women.
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- Mind Games - Science's Attempts at Thought Control
- The Science of Stuttering
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- Intelligence - Are You Holding Back Your Brain?
- Is Grief a Mental Illness?
- The Brain's Buying Power
- The Cost of a Good Night's Sleep
- Inside Your Brain on Holiday
- Risk Factors for Recurrence of Depression
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- Intelligence – Do You Need it to be Successful?
- A Trip for Terminal Patients
- Memory Ain’t What It Used to Be – And That’s Good for Psychotherapy
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- Are Your Friends Making You Fat?
- Beer – The Smarter Drink
- Macroeconomics and Suicide
- From Nymphomania to Hypersexuality
- Commitment – It’s the new Love
- Religion and Depression – Cause or Effect?
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