The Quantum Psychology Project® Mind mapping 3D. History of writing. The history of writing is primarily the development of expressing language by letters or other marks[1] and also the study and description of these developments. In the history of how systems of representation of language through graphic means have evolved in different human civilizations, more complete writing systems were preceded by proto-writing, systems of ideographic and/or early mnemonic symbols. True writing, in which the content of a linguistic utterance is encoded so that another reader can reconstruct, with a fair degree of accuracy, the exact utterance written down[A 1] is a later development. It is distinguished from proto-writing which typically avoids encoding grammatical words and affixes, making it more difficult or impossible to reconstruct the exact meaning intended by the writer unless a great deal of context is already known in advance.
One of the earliest forms of written expression is cuneiform.[2] Inventions of writing[edit] Writing systems[edit] Proto-writing[edit] Center for Consciousness Studies . Tucson . Arizona. The Journal of Conscious Evolution. Alva Noe on consciousness “You, your joys and. 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness. The eight-circuit model of consciousness is a theory proposed by Timothy Leary and expanded on by Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli.
The model describes eight circuits of information (eight "brains") that operate within the human nervous system. Each circuit is concerned with a different sphere of activity. Leary, Alli and Wilson have written about the model in depth and how each circuit operates, both in the lives of individual people and in societies. The term "circuits" came from the first wave of cybernetics research and development in the United States in the 1970s. (Others[weasel words] have proposed that the term "systems" should be substituted for "circuits" to reflect both a systems theory approach and also the changing anatomy of an entity as it goes through a neurological change). The eight circuits[edit] 1. This circuit is concerned with nourishment, physical safety, comfort and survival, suckling, cuddling etc.
A positive imprint sets up a basic attitude of trust. 2. 3. 4. Institute of Noetic Sciences | Consciousness | Science | Spirituality | Wisdom. 40 Superb Psychology Blogs. Forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give you a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online right now. The list is split into three sections: first are more general psychological blogs, followed by those with an academic slant, followed by condition specific and patient perspective blogs.
Other than that the blogs are presented in no particular order. Updated Sep 2012 to reflect blogs that are now inactive. General: PsyBlog: The blog you’re reading right now—you should subscribe to PsyBlog here.MindHacks: links to psychological goodness from all around the web. More academic: Dr Petra Boynton: sex educator and academic exposes media misrepresentations of science.Babel’s Dawn: exploring the origins of language.The Neurocritic: anonymous, critical, mischievous.Advances in the History of Psychology: it’s all in the title.Deric Bounds’ MindBlog: biological view of the brain from an Emeritus Professor. Condition specific/patient perspective blogs: Panic! Start here for an overview of key concepts. Time on the Brain: How You Are Always Living In the Past, and Other Quirks of Perception. I always knew we humans have a rather tenuous grip on the concept of time, but I never realized quite how tenuous it was until a couple of weeks ago, when I attended a conference on the nature of time organized by the Foundational Questions Institute.
This meeting, even more than FQXi’s previous efforts, was a mashup of different disciplines: fundamental physics, philosophy, neuroscience, complexity theory. Crossing academic disciplines may be overrated, as physicist-blogger Sabine Hossenfelder has pointed out, but it sure is fun. Like Sabine, I spend my days thinking about planets, dark matter, black holes—they have become mundane to me. But brains—now there’s something exotic. So I sat rapt during the neuroscientists’ talks as they described how our minds perceive the past, present, and future. “Perceive” maybe isn’t strong enough a word: our minds construct the past, present, and future, and sometimes get it badly wrong. Whenever I hear about such tests, I brace myself for bad news. It's Not Mind-Reading, but Scientists Exploring How Brains Perceive the World | PBS NewsHour | Jan. 2, 2012. GWEN IFILL: Finally, another in our occasional reports from journalism students around the country. Tonight, some cutting-edge technology used to tap into the human brain.
The reporter is Jake Schoneker, a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism. JAKE SCHONEKER: It’s the stuff of science fiction, mind-reading. The power of the human brain has long captured the imaginations of Hollywood. CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, actor: I’m going to read your thoughts. MICHAEL J. JAKE SCHONEKER: But as scientists learn more about how the mind works, it could become a reality. At U.C. JACK GALLANT, U.C. JAKE SCHONEKER: But what if the movies in your mind could be shared with someone else? JACK GALLANT: You can see there’s some brain activity.
JAKE SCHONEKER: They focused on the primary visual cortex, a part of the brain used to process general shapes, textures and movement. JACK GALLANT: It knows there’s a bright vertical thing with a thing sticking out of it. Oh! List of unsolved problems in neuroscience. Some of the yet unsolved problems of neuroscience include: References[edit] External links[edit] Brainwave Frequency Glossary. Adrenal - An organ located above the kidneys - it manufactures a natural steroid called cortisol, which is associated with stress. Amygdala - This is a pair of structures that exist an inch or so in from the forehead - there's one on the right side and one on the left side - they supposedly have an impact on moods.
(The right one is active when a person is depressed, and the left one is active when a person is cheerful.) Also, they are associated with fear, and the "fight or flight" response. Note - some disagreement over precisely how the Amgydalae operate - this article seems to reflect what I put above. Angular Gyrus - A tiny part of the brain in the right cortex that some sources connect with out of body experiences. Astral Projection - In a nutshell, it's a kind of out of body experience. Auriculotherapy - "Ear Acupuncture". Our brain plays "monkey see/monkey do" with stimulii in the proximity. Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections. Carl Sagan on Alien Abduction. Posted 02.27.96 NOVA Carl Sagan was captivated by the notion of life beyond Earth. Yet in this interview, conducted shortly before the well-known champion of science died in 1996, Sagan says that extraterrestrial intelligence is “a wonderful prospect, but requires the most severe and rigorous standards of evidence.”
Sagan doubted that the various proponents of so-called “alien abduction” making headlines in the 1990s had met those scientific standards. The imagery from Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind has continued to influence other visions of alien abduction for decades. A wonderful prospect NOVA: Speculate for a moment on the parts of human nature, the commonality of believing in abductions, or aliens anyway, and the part of human nature that wants to search for other life forms in the universe.
Carl Sagan: I personally have been captured by the notion of extraterrestrial life, and especially extraterrestrial intelligence, from childhood. Binaural audio and brainwave entrainment for the psychedelic mind. Visual Highs. Serotonin, Social Interaction and Making Decisions. The role of specific neurotransmitters and neurotransmitter circuits in decision making is being explored in a variety of ways. Dopamine appears to have significant research support for a key role in making decisions related to reward.The role of serotonin in decision making is less well studied but also appears to be important.
Robert Rogers, Ph.D. recently presented some of his lab's research at the Warren Frontiers in Neuroscience lecture in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Additionally, I have reviewed and placed a link to a recent research manuscript from Dr. Rogers related to topic below.)Dr. Serotonin mechanisms in human research is aided by the safe ability to modulate brain serotonin levels.
Depleting serotonin or augmenting serotonin can be combined with a variety of behavioral and brain imaging techniques. Dr. Photo of Coopers Hawk from the author's private collection. Rogers RD (2011). Pan's Tarot - The thoughts of the demiurge. Out Loud Podcast: Drugs and Oliver Sacks. Home - Brain Science Podcast. Dreamcatcher ( Life is a dream. ) The Robert Anton Wilson Website. Downloading sixth dimensional sacred geometric codings from Sirius. « Synaptic Stimuli. External Stimuli : Fredrik Söderberg, Alchemy of Nine Dimensions by Barbara Hand Clow Related Stimuli : Emma Kunz – Move yourself from the notion of Belief, to the notion of Being. Science: Social Sciences: Psychology. Creative Thinking Is a Specific Process That Can Be Replicated. Www.thevenusproject.com/downloads/ebooks/B.F._Skinner_-_Verbal_Behavior__1957_(2).pdf.
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