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Insane Brain Train: Computer Visualization Similar To Psychedelics
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Thursday, June 18, 2015. Computer Visualization Similar To Psychedelics. In the field of pattern recognition, the current state of the art technology are the so-called deep neural networks, with many layers of neurons that learn to recognize features. The way that these learn to pick up certain features such as the edges of objects and then build them into an image is similar to the way our own visual processing works. Posted by Insane Brain Train.
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Insane Brain Train: January 2015
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Friday, January 23, 2015. Thinking is Good, Thinking is Bad. Is thinking really aversive? A commentary on Wilson et al.'s “Just think: the challenges of the disengaged mind”. Some skeptical pushback against the pro-mindfulness worldview. I think they make some excellent points, but in my own sample of one research I'd have to say that staying present and detached from thought tends to have the edge. Posted by Insane Brain Train. Links to this post.
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Insane Brain Train: October 2014
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Information on Buddhism and Psychedelics. From hopkinsmeditation.com, presumably associated with the Johns Hopkins psilocybin research. A list of links to various Buddhists (Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, etc.) and Buddhist-friendly psychonauts talking about the intersection of psychedelics and spirituality. I think my favorite was the long piece by Myron Stolaroff, " Are psychedelics useful in the practice of Buddhism? Eviden...
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Insane Brain Train: Dharma Talk 002: Mahasi Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Noting Instructions
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Dharma Talk 002: Mahasi Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Noting Instructions. Instructions to Insight Meditation - Mahasi Sayadaw (text). Instructions to Insight Meditation - Mahasi Sayadaw (mp3). By Mahasi Sayadaw, pages 30-44. Kenneth Folk - Intro to Mahasi Noting (mp3). This mp3 is a series of instructions edited from some Kenneth Folk instructional videos, totaling not quite 33 minutes in length, and I'll go ahead and pla...
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Insane Brain Train: July 2015
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Saturday, July 25, 2015. Is Psilocybin The Next Cannabis? Is Psilocybin The Next Cannabis? Covers the benefits of psilocybin and discusses the difficulties of getting it legalized in comparison to cannabis. Posted by Insane Brain Train. Links to this post. Friday, July 24, 2015. The Long Strange Trip. 8220;Well,” the answer would go, “I guess you could say it started with that first acid trip back in 1965.”. Among other things, the article refers to ...
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Insane Brain Train: Podcast with Brad Burge of MAPS
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Podcast with Brad Burge of MAPS. The Tink Tink Club's interview with Brad Burge of MAPS. Lots of interesting talk, mainly about MDMA research. Apparently we are on track to have legal MDMA for psychotherapeutic use for PTSD by 2021. Posted by Insane Brain Train. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is Psilocybin The Next Cannabis? Top 21 Benefits of Meditation. A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation. Podcast with Brad Burge of MAPS.
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Insane Brain Train: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Thursday, July 16, 2015. A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation. Meta-Meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation. Strikes me as a partly useful wake up call to meditation sycophants and quite a bit of a very biased sour grapes rant. The author sounds a bit more experienced, but I think something along those lines is taking place. Bit more aware and a little. Sure, there's hype and bad gurus, and like any somewhat speculative area, there is some weak re...
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Insane Brain Train: Top 21 Benefits of Meditation
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Friday, July 24, 2015. Top 21 Benefits of Meditation. From an anti-aging site, the top 21 benefits of meditation. The article goes into some detail on each of these. Meditation reduces stress, ruminative thoughts, appraisals of threat, increases compassion, and may slow the rate of cellular aging. Meditation reduces heart rate, ambulatory blood pressure and stress-induced hypertension. Meditation reduces carotid artery intimal thickness (CIMT). Medit...
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Insane Brain Train: May 2015
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Thursday, May 28, 2015. Deep Dive: Your Brain On Psychedelics/Spirituality. Deep Dive: Your Brain On Psychedelics/Spirituality. As part of our Deep Dive series on drugs and religion, HuffPost Live takes a look at how our brains and bodies respond to both mind-altering substances and spiritual experiences—and whether drugs can actually bring us closer to God.". Including interviews with Roland Griffiths, Andrew Newberg, and Franz Vollenweider. It seem...
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Insane Brain Train: February 2015
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Meditation - EEG/fMRI Biofeedback - Psychedelics . . . Tuesday, February 24, 2015. A Skeptical Talk about Powers. Psychic or paranormal powers could refer to any number of things - ESP, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, remote viewing, etc. This is a long post, and I apologize in advance for being a buzzkill on this topic. One big question, really THE question, is whether or not it is a problem that people believe in such things. But my point is that these are all things can be done without magical thinking&#...