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Sep 6 |
accepted | Sensory Immersion Research? |
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Sep 5 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 4 |
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Sensory Immersion Research? I really like this answer: it's well written, well researched and mostly answers the question according to current science (afaik, I guess). One thing though: "Meditation aims at giving you better control over your attention, and I don't see how that could be achieved with heavy level of sensory distractions around you." Anecdotally, of course, but for me it has helped my ability to filter out sounds from the background - I have auditory processing difficulties (lots of ear/throat infections as a child). I can now go to bars without being overwhelmed by noise! (most of the time, at least) |
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Aug 30 |
awarded | Promoter |
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Aug 15 |
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Difference between Instinct and Intuition a gut feeling would be an intuition. a gut reaction would be an instinct. |
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Jul 16 |
answered | Can one be effective while pulling multiple all-nighters? |
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Jun 16 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jun 12 |
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Sensory Immersion Research? Furthermore, would extended sensory immersion by a previously unexposed subject result in Directed Attention Fatigue, leading to a state of unfocused attention to all stimuli simultaneously? Which would therefore be forcing the subject into the end state desired by most awareness meditations. |
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Jun 12 |
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Sensory Immersion Research? Hopefully to spur interest in this question: I've been thinking and I suspect that deliberate sensory overload would result in a dissociative state - one in which the consciousness is free to settle on any sensory input, but which could, potentially, also float free (to use inaccurate metaphors). This also may mean that it will work well as a meditation technique for beginning meditators, as many meditations are designed to induce some degree of dissociation; yet these also take time to achieve (even Zen meditation, which can take years, even though the results can arrive all at once). |
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May 24 |
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What factors improve mood and increase cognitive functioning when people wake up? I don't have enough info for a proper answer, but one of the biggest factors is light. It affects a number of internal processes, particularly relating to sleep/wake cycles. A large number of people find that waking up to light is far easier than an alarm clock. |
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May 22 |
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Sensory Immersion Research? Interesting note: this may have some overlap with the concept of Low Latent Inhibition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_inhibition#Low_latent_inhibition |
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May 17 |
asked | Sensory Immersion Research? |
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Mar 1 |
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Why is it common for people to default to a single causal source to explain new phenomena? Sounds like correlation being taken for causation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc |
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Feb 27 |
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What do the super-large brains of whales and elephants map to? Aha, not what I meant actually. :) I was making a bad joke about humans' limited ability to move in the up/down dimension, as compared to cephalids which have nearly unlimited motion, at least underwater... |
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Feb 9 |
accepted | Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? |
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Feb 8 |
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Do characters in a dream have their own separate thoughts or identity? Perhaps the 'sandbox' metaphor is a roughly analogy for the separation between conscious and unconscious? From my understanding a common idea is that one can 'talk' to their unconscious/subconscious through lucid dreaming... |
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Feb 8 |
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How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? It's sort of a self-help question, but I tried to phrase it in a non-subjective way; that is, so it could be self-help for anyone. |
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Feb 8 |
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Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? I tried to reformulate the question to be more clear and less subjective/self-help. There still isn't a strong research effort, mostly because I don't really know what I'm looking for. If someone can give me some established terminology or ideas as a starting point, however, I'll try and come back with something more concrete... |
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Feb 8 |
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Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? Restructured question to remove subjectivity (if possible) |
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Feb 8 |
awarded | Commentator |
