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Holonomic brain theory is a branch of neuroscience investigating the idea that consciousness is formed by quantum effects in or between brain cells. Holonomic refers to representations in a Hilbert phase space defined by both spectral and space-time coordinates. [1]
The notion of a "mind's eye" goes back at least to Cicero's reference to mentis oculi during his discussion of the orator's appropriate use of simile. [22]In this discussion, Cicero observed that allusions to "the Syrtis of his patrimony" and "the Charybdis of his possessions" involved similes that were "too far-fetched"; and he advised the orator to, instead, just speak of "the rock" and "the ...
Horizontal eye movement is thought to trigger an "orienting response" in the brain, used in scanning the environment for threats and opportunities. [52] The idea that eye movement prompts communication between the two sides of the brain. This idea is not grounded in accepted neuroscience. [51]
Hering's window demonstration of his law of visual direction. Both eyes fixate a point on the window. The right eye sees Captain Haddock's curses book behind the fixation, the left eye sees the French press behind the fixation point. With both eyes open and fixating the book and the French press appear superimposed and straight ahead.
Changes in the eye can help predict other health concerns in the body, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. A new study has identified a set of 29 vascular health indicators on the retina ...
“However, you can think of death anxiety as a normal and universal part of being human, in that all of us have to grapple with our awareness of death and the discomfort that can come with this.
Herbert Silberer described a process he called autosymbolism, whereby hypnagogic hallucinations seem to represent, without repression or censorship, whatever one is thinking at the time, turning abstract ideas into a concrete image, which may be perceived as an apt and succinct representation thereof.
Keanu Reeves isn’t afraid of death. "I'm 59, so I'm thinking about death all the time," the Matrix actor told BBC News in an interview published on Monday, July 22. "Hopefully it's not crippling ...