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Consciousness as an Inhibited Manifestation and Quantum Physics.

J Shashi Kiran Reddy1, Sisir Roy2.   

Abstract

The term soul is used in the traditional literature as a synonym for one's true Self and is associated with the subjective essence of one's living. Since, we don't have any means to quantify it, the science has ruled out this idea from its investigations. But, in a recent study, Ceylan et al. (2017) has reintroduced the word soul to scientific literature and examined the possibility of the study of the soul through scientific modalities. The primary focus of their study is to find and understand the scientific analog of the soul as quoted and discussed in the traditional literature. In the present paper, we examine the idea of a soul that uses a novel approach; integrating neuroscience and quantum physics, as proposed in Ceylan et al. (2017). For this purpose, we make use of findings from neuroscientific studies on meditation to understand the concepts of soul and consciousness in terms of inhibition mechanisms. In this context, this paper serves as an attempt to call for more studies to discuss and expand the hypothesis about the soul as uninhibited mental activity.

Keywords:  Cognitive inhibition; Consciousness; Quantum physics; Soul; Uninhibited mental activity

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Year:  2018        PMID: 29948787     DOI: 10.1007/s12124-018-9442-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Integr Psychol Behav Sci        ISSN: 1932-4502


  12 in total

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Authors:  Adam Moore; Peter Malinowski
Journal:  Conscious Cogn       Date:  2009-01-31

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Review 5.  There is nothing paranormal about near-death experiences: how neuroscience can explain seeing bright lights, meeting the dead, or being convinced you are one of them.

Authors:  Dean Mobbs; Caroline Watt
Journal:  Trends Cogn Sci       Date:  2011-08-17       Impact factor: 20.229

Review 6.  The Soul, as an Uninhibited Mental Activity, is Reduced into Consciousness by Rules of Quantum Physics.

Authors:  Mehmet Emin Ceylan; Aslıhan Dönmez; Barış Önen Ünsalver; Alper Evrensel; Fatma Duygu Kaya Yertutanol
Journal:  Integr Psychol Behav Sci       Date:  2017-12

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Authors:  Crissa L Guglietti; Zafiris J Daskalakis; Natasha Radhu; Paul B Fitzgerald; Paul Ritvo
Journal:  Brain Stimul       Date:  2012-09-07       Impact factor: 8.955

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Journal:  Cortex       Date:  2013-01-23       Impact factor: 4.027

Review 9.  Consciousness in the universe: a review of the 'Orch OR' theory.

Authors:  Stuart Hameroff; Roger Penrose
Journal:  Phys Life Rev       Date:  2013-08-20       Impact factor: 11.025

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Authors:  Eileen Luders; Arthur W Toga; Natasha Lepore; Christian Gaser
Journal:  Neuroimage       Date:  2009-04-15       Impact factor: 6.556

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