When it comes to discussing the ritualization of such unconstrained mental experiences, there are so many variables at play.
#40 Constraining the psychedelic mind with ritual and cultural contexts Read More »
I’ve been interested in the difference, or rather the nuance, between Varela’s neurophenomenology and Gallagher’s front-loaded phenomenology for some time.
#39 Front-loaded phenomenology as pillar of stability in hyperdimensions Read More »
What level of phenomenological training do neurophenomenological researchers expect their participants to have to be able to describe lived experiences?
#38 How to train participants for neurophenomenological studies? Read More »
Does a person’s subjective experiences, filtered through cultural upbringing, have a direct impact on his/her neurophysiology and thus neurophenomenology?
#33 Cognitive versus cultural neurophenomenology of psychedelics Read More »
Future of psychedelic entity research entails first and foremost, phenomenological analysis, and secondly, neurophenomenological analysis (in the same vein as Varela’s use of the term).
#32 Toward an “entitiology” and neurophenomenology of psychedelic entities Read More »
Is there a solution to finding a standard, predictable, and repeatable set of phenomenological themes and categories across research studies going forward?
#30 Neurophenomenology of DMT and phenomenology of psilocybin in an fMRI Read More »
What strikes me about Lutz et al’s (2002) findings is that “dynamical neural signatures” match and even predict subjects’ mental states.
#29 Phenomenological clusters and visionary states of expectation and surprise Read More »
How to graft subjective experiences onto physiological tests? How to use subjective data to look for correlative markers in physiological data?
#26 Fine-tuning neurophenomenology’s fixed and non-fixed variables Read More »
We should inject more qualitative methods into the quantitative sciences in order to perform any kind of non-reductionist scientific inquiry.
#24 Applying 4E cognition toward the development of a non-reductive science Read More »
What interests me are people’s expectations of psychedelic experiences or lack thereof prior to ingestion.
#23 Assessing expectations of inner space Read More »