Sentences with phrase «altered brain state»

One of the contributing health risks to developing this altered brain state seems to be high blood pressure.

«Interconnectedness» is another illusion that comes with altered brain states — probably over-firing of some empathy mirror neurons or some such thing.

Not exact matches

«Re-entry», as Edelman states, «provides the critical means by which the activities of distributed multiple brain areas are linked, bound, and then dynamically altered in time during perceptual categorization.

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

It seems my brain has been in an altered, dissociated state for a good while — as I stated earlier, I have been a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life.

- The brain in an altered state.

But, although some of the specific experiences, such as pains, may be (at least virtually) determined by the brain (at least in what we usually consider «normal,» as distinct from «altered,» states of consciousness), others, such as thoughts and decisions, are not, but are based upon the mind's self - determination.

Heather Patisaul, professor of biology at NC State, and her graduate student, Kylie Rock, wanted to know if FM 550 could sex - specifically impact the developing brain by altering placental function.

According to Dr. Cameron Carter, Editor of Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, the study is an important example of how more sophisticated approaches to analyzing brain imaging data examining transitions between mental states over time can measure altered brain dynamics that can identify subtle risk states or even track the transition from subclinical to clinical psychopathology.

The research, led by Moriah Thomason, a developmental neuroscientist at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, and published this week in Scientific Reports, provides the first direct evidence of altered brain function in fetuses that go on to be born prematurely.

Within a decade, we should be able to use these technologies to read and alter the state of neurons for an enormous fraction of the cells in human brains.

New studies — prompted by a renewed interest in potential applications of psychedelic drugs for understanding the brain or even treating some psychiatric diseases — suggest that far - reaching changes in brain connectivity contribute to the altered states of consciousness and other effects of an acid trip.

The altered metabolism of two essential amino acids helps drive the development of the most common and lethal form of brain cancer, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James).

Altered resting - state (RS) brain activity, as a measure of functional connectivity (FC), is commonly observed in chronic pain.

So when some people quit cold turkey, it leaves their brains in a new, altered state that can set them up for a seizure, usually within 48 hours after their last drink, says Dr. Rao.

When people do it, they often fall asleep at first, but eventually One learns to ride the slower brain waves into an altered state of awareness where you meet yourself in new and revolutionary ways.

Get acquainted with this and you'll see how altering your brain - waves can instantly transport you into a magical state of deep relaxation.

Ketogenic diets are popular in the fitness world, and as one interpretation of the paleo diet, because of their tendency to alter the metabolic state of the body, their impact on brain chemistry, and therefore, how they change the body's method (and specifically — the brain) of deriving its energy.

We caught up with Davidson a few months after the publication of his new book, Altered States: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, written with the author of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman.

Research shows that ACEs can actually alter brain development and cause chemically toxic effects in the brain resulting in children remaining in a constant state of «survival mode» leading them to continuously have the fight, flight, or freeze response.

A brain injury can completely alter someone's personality and leave them in a state where they do not know how to control their anger and emotions.

Childhood Maltreatment Is Associated With Altered Fear Circuitry and Increased Internalizing Symptoms by Late Adolescence (PDF - 686 KB) Herringa, Birn, Ruttle, Burghy, Stodola, Davidson, & Essex (2013) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (47) Examines the associations between experiences of maltreatment during childhood and functional brain connectivity in 64 adolescents participating in a longitudinal community study.