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mind games, diversions and experiments in phenomonological psychology

Odins Mind Speed of Thought
A special type of concentration is required for observing the contents of mind with a level of granularity: the surface of attention has to be like teflon; nothing sticks, everything passing is new and shiny. Odin's Mind app may help calibrate in developing such skill.
How Does Will Work?
A deep dive through Angel's Trumpet into the machinery of consciousness — how a chemical can leave perception and movement partly online while dismantling the capacity to form and hold an intention.
Diamond Dissolve
Imagine learning to scatter yourself like stardust across the cosmos, then calling every particle back home -stronger, clearer, more radiant than before. This guided experience takes you beyond traditional mindfulness into the realm of conscious dissolution and crystalline reformation.
Level Up Your Brain? Decoding Dual N-Back Training and the IQ Puzzle
Boost your brainpower with Dual N-Back training? This blog post delves into the science behind this cognitive exercise, exploring its mechanics, the debated potential for increasing fluid intelligence (Gf) and IQ scores, and the importance of understanding working memory. Discover the nuances of far transfer, the strategy dilemma (rehearsal vs. intuition), and what current research realistically suggests about the benefits of Dual N-Back for cognitive enhancement.
Hyperion
Hyperion is a rich and complex novel that explores themes such as artificial intelligence, religion, time travel, and war. It was written in 1989, but it still resonates with the issues of todayBooks
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The Practicing Mind
When you shift your goal from the product you are trying to achieve to the process of achieving it, a wonderful phenomenon occurs: all pressure drops away. This happens because, when your goal is to pay attention to only what you are doing right now, as long as you are doing just that, you are reaching your goal in each and every moment. Focusing on the process as a reward in itself
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What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself
Our brains…

The Opposite of Déjà Vu Exists And It's Even Stranger
It's uncanny.

REM sleep protects against emotional distractor interference in young adults independent of lucid dreaming induction.
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The impact of an action commercial video game on adult non-gamers psychological well-being, cognitive functioning, and sleep
The ever-growing diffusion of video games (VG) prompts to investigate their effects on health. While different studies exist on the topic, their…

LSD microdosing linked to acute mood improvements in adults with depression
A new pilot study suggests that taking small, sub-perceptual doses of LSD could temporarily boost feelings of creativity and social connection in individuals with major depression. However, researchers caution that placebo-controlled trials are still needed.

Frontiers | The effects of magnesium L-threonate (Magtein®) on cognitive performance and sleep quality in adults: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Background/objectivesMagnesium may help support cognition and sleep. The purpose of this two-arm, 6-week, parallel-group, randomised, double-blind,…

Simple Brain Training Cuts Dementia Risk Decades Later, Study Finds
Speed-of-processing cognitive training in older adults significantly reduced dementia risk over 20 years, outperforming memory and reasoning training. Its adaptive, implicit learning approach may explain the benefit.

Hypnosis reshapes multilevel stress response and enhances executive performance in stressed medical students - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Hypnosis reshapes multilevel stress response and enhances executive performance in stressed medical students

Meditation activates the brain's cleaning system just like sleep does, new study shows
Using advanced MRI scanning, researchers found that focused attention meditation reduces the backward flow of cerebrospinal fluid through a critical brain