Researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation and the University of Minho, in Portugal, have found evidence of resonant waves in rat brain activity using ultrafast and ultrahigh field magnetic resonance...

A new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ.Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, c

Membrane-permeable psychedelics promote cortical neuron growth by activating intracellular serotonin 2A receptors.

Neuronal oscillations offer access to neuronal operations, bringing microscopic and macroscopic mechanisms, experimental methods, and explanations to a common platform. The field of brain rhythms has...

Abstract. Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health care. However, the psychological experience underlying it

We are delighted to inform the philosophy community of a newly founded international society: International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind (ISPSM)The International Society f…

The history of ideas still struggles to remember the names of notable women philosophers. Mary Hesse is a salient example

This post consists of excerpts from Juarrero’s forthcoming book, Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence (MIT Press 2023).In the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog the scorpion...

From subatomic particles to human beings, interaction is what shapes reality

This paper proposes an account of neurocognitive activity without leveraging the notion of neural representation. Neural representation is a concept that res...

Nature Physics - Despite looking highly irregular, most real-world networks exhibit natural stability to external perturbations. A study of the properties of the stability matrix of networks now...

In order to understand and heal mental distress, we must see our minds as existing in relationships, not inside our heads

Nature - The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. Nature examines its achievements and its troubled past.

Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health care. However, the psychological experience underlying its therapeutic effects remain poorly understood. This...

Listen to this episode from The Contemplative Science Podcast on Spotify. Did you know that living beings defy the 2nd law of thermodynamics? Joining us for a fascinating discussion is Dr Ines...

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Substance addiction has been historically conceived and widely researched as a brain disease. There have been ample criticisms of brain-centred approaches...

Recent research has demonstrated the potential of psychedelic therapy for mental health care. However, the psychological experience underlying its therapeutic effects remain poorly understood. This...

Beware the hype about remaking neuroscience through technology, writes the director of the new documentary In Silico

In recent years, the field of neuroscience has gone through rapid experimental advances and a significant increase in the use of quantitative and computational methods. This growth has created a need...

Inês Hipólito is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized for her work in esteemed journals and contributions as a co-editor. She has received research awards including the prestigious Talent...

Review of Philosophy and Psychology - A number of perceptual (exteroceptive and proprioceptive) illusions present problems for predictive processing accounts. In this chapter we’ll review...

Cognition stands as one of the most formidable challenges in scientific inquiry. Living organisms exhibit behaviour teetering on the precipice of chaos. The Free Energy Principle (FEP) has been

What if our everyday sense of self as existing separately from the world around us, and consistently over time, is mistaken?

This paper applies the Free Energy Principle (FEP) to propose that the lack of action in response to the global ecological crisis should be considered a mala...