Abuse, emotion regulation, and interoception: What can studies on the brain-body interaction tell us?

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Laura Angioletti ◽  
Michela Balconi
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Body Interaction ◽  
The Brain

scholarly journals The problem of mind-body interaction and the causal principle of Descartes’s Third Meditation

Sententiae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-43
Author(s):  
Dmytro Sepetyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Causal Principle ◽  
The Real ◽  
Body Interaction ◽  
The Third ◽  
Efficient Cause ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Brain States ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Natural Way

The article analyses recent English publications in Cartesian studies that deal with two problems: (1) the problem of the intrinsic coherence of Descartes’s doctrine of the real distinction and interaction between mind and body and (2) the problem of the consistency of this doctrine with the causal principle formulated in the Third Meditation. The principle at issue is alternatively interpreted by different Cartesian scholars either as the Hierarchy Principle, that the cause should be at least as perfect as its effects, or the Containment Principle, that the cause should contain all there is in its effects. The author argues that Descartes’s claim (in his argument against the scholastic doctrine of substantial forms) that it is inconceivable how things of different natures can interact does not conflict with the acknowledgement of interaction between things of different natures in the case of soul and body. The case is made that Cartesian mind-body interaction can agree with both the Hierarchy Principle and the Containment Principle, because the Principle is about total and efficient cause, whereas in the interaction, mental and brain states are only partial (and plausibly, in the case of brains states, occasional) causes. In particular, in the case of the causality in the brain-to-mind direction, the mind is conditioned by brain states to form the corresponding specific ideas on the basis of its innate general ideas of movements, forms, colours, etc. Eventually, for Descartes, the most natural way to deal with worries about the possibility of mind-brain interaction is to rely on God’s omnipotence, which certainly enables Him to arrange for such interaction.

scholarly journals Hubungan kinerja otak dan spiritualitas manusia diukur dengan Indonesia Spiritual Health Assessment pada tokoh agama Islam di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putra Pakaya ◽  
Taufiq F. Pasiak ◽  
Sonny J.R. Kalangi
Keyword(s):  
Health Assessment ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Spiritual Experience ◽  
P Value ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Interaction ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Human Spirituality

Abstract: Human brain contains about 100 billion cells that have complex functions as the central control of all activities. The brain is an organ in which the interaction of soul and body (mind body interaction) occurs and is very influential on human spirituality. Spirituality is built by four observable aspects, as follows: spiritual experience, positive emotion, meaning of life, and ritual. Health Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 Year 2009 Chapter I Article 1 Paragraph 1 defines health by integrating the spiritual aspect as part of the definition of health. Indonesia Spiritual Health Assessment (ISHA) is a neuroscience-based test that includes human spirituality profile so it can find spirituality and its relation to brain performance. This study was aimed to determine the relationship of brain performance and human spirituality among Islamic religious leaders in Bolaang Mongondow. This was an observational study with a cross sectional design. There were 57 Islamic religious leaders as respondents. Data were retrieved by distributing questionnaires ISHA to the respondents. The statistical analysis showed that the correlation between temporal lobes and spiritual experience had an r value = 0.304 and p value = 0.022. Conclusion: There was a relationship between the performance of the brain and human spirituality in particular the relationship between the temporal lobe and spiritual experience among Islamic religious leaders in Bolaang MongondowKeywords: brain performance, spirituality Abstrak: Otak manusia berisi sekitar 100 miliar sel yang memiliki fungsi kompleks sebagai pusat pengendali seluruh aktivitas manusia. Otak merupakan organ tubuh dimana terjadinya interaksi ‘jiwa’ dan ‘badan’ (mind body interaction) yang sangat berpengaruh terhadap spiritualitas manusia. Spiritualitas dibangun oleh empat aspek yang dapat diamati yaitu pengalaman spiritual, emosi positif, makna hidup, dan ritual. Undang-Undang Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor 36 Tahun 2009 Bab I Pasal 1 ayat 1mendefinisikan kesehatan, yaitu dengan memasukkan aspek spiritual sebagai bagian dari batasan sehat. Indonesia Spiritual Health Assessment (ISHA) merupakan uji berbasis neurosains yang memuat tentang profil spiritualitas manusia sehingga dapat mengetahui spiritualitas dan kaitannya dengan kinerja otak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan kinerja otak dengan spiritualitas manusia pada tokoh agama Islam di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow. Jenis penelitian ialah observasional dengan desain potong lintang. Terdapat 57 orang tokoh agama Islam di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow sebagai responden. Data diambil dengan cara membagikan kuisioner ISHA kepada responden. Hasil analisis statistik menunjukkan korelasi antara lobus temporalis dengan pengalaman spiritual (r=0,304; p=0,022). Simpulan: Pada tokoh agama Islam di Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow terdapat hubungan antara kinerja otak dengan spiritualitas manusia khususnya hubungan one to one antara lobus temporalis dan pengalaman spiritual.Kata kunci: kinerja otak, spiritualitas

scholarly journals An Investigation on the Electrical Activity of the Brain during Fara-Darmani Connection in the Fara-Therapist Population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Taheri ◽  
Farid Semsarha ◽  
Fateme Modarresi-Asem
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Intrinsic Activity ◽  
Brain Functioning ◽  
Body Interaction ◽  
Cortical Electrical Activity ◽  
Rest Condition ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Electroencephalogram Eeg ◽  
The Brain

Mind-body interaction and its manifestations at the brain level has been studied extensively in the field of consciousness research. Fara-darmani Consciousness Field, as claimed by Mohammad Ali Taheri (the founder), is a method of connecting with the Cosmic Consciousness Network through human mind and his brain has a detective role in this process. As a result of this connection, the scanning process of the state of a being, e.g., the health status of the cells and consequently organs is performed. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the Fara-darmani Consciousness Field connection on electroencephalogram (EEG) features as an important biomarker of the brain functioning. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the gamma2 frequency band (35-40 Hz) power in the frontal lobe in medial frontal gyrus (BA6) and paracentral lobule (BA31) of the brain during the task condition compared to the rest condition in a Fara-therapist population. Considering the cortical electrical activity of Fara-therapist’s brain during Fara-darmani Consciousness Field connection, characterizing increase in the power of gamma wave and the activity of the areas affecting on memory, attention, perception and default mode network intrinsic activity. This manifestation distinguishes Fara-darmani Consciousness Field connection from other known methods dealing with the mind-body interaction criterion mainly different types of mediation.

scholarly journals Functional connectivity changes with rapid remission from moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Xiao ◽  
Brandon S. Bentzley ◽  
Eleanor J. Cole ◽  
Claudia Tischler ◽  
Katy H. Stimpson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Disease Heterogeneity ◽  
Limited Effectiveness ◽  
Brain Changes ◽  
The Brain

AbstractMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is prevalent and debilitating, and development of improved treatments is limited by insufficient understanding of the neurological changes associated with disease remission. In turn, efforts to elucidate these changes have been challenging due to disease heterogeneity as well as limited effectiveness, delayed onset, and significant off-target effects of treatments. We developed a form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (lDLPFC) that in an open-label study was associated with remission from MDD in 90% of individuals in 1-5 days (Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy, SAINT). This provides a tool to begin exploring the functional connectivity (FC) changes associated with MDD remission. Resting-state fMRI scans were performed before and after SAINT in 18 participants with moderate-to-severe, treatment-resistant MDD. FC was determined between regions of interest defined a priori by well-described roles in emotion regulation. Following SAINT, FC was significantly decreased between subgenual cingulate cortex (sgACC) and 3 of 4 default mode network (DMN) nodes. Significant reductions in FC were also observed between the following: DLPFC-striatum, DLPFC-amygdala, DMN-amygdala, DMN-striatum, and amygdala-striatum. Greater clinical improvements were correlated with larger decreases in FC between DLPFC-amygdala and DLPFC-insula, as well as smaller decreases in FC between sgACC-DMN. Greater clinical improvements were correlated with lower baseline FC between DMN-DLPFC, DMN-striatum, and DMN-ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. The multiple, significant reductions in FC we observed following SAINT and remission from depression support the hypothesis that MDD is a state of hyper-connectivity within these networks, and rapid decoupling of network nodes may lead to rapid remission from depression.Significance statementMajor depressive disorder is common and debilitating. It has been difficult to study the brain changes associated with recovery from depression, because treatments take weeks-to-months to become effective, and symptoms fail to resolve in many people. We recently developed a type of magnetic brain stimulation called SAINT. SAINT leads to full remission from depression in 90% of people within 5 days. We used SAINT and functional magnetic resonance imaging to determine how the brain changes with rapid remission from depression. We found changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion regulation. This provides a significantly clearer picture of how the non-depressed brain differs from the depressed brain, which can be used to develop rapid and effective treatments for depression.

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: How Mindfulness Alters the Brain and Facilitates Emotion Regulation

Mindfulness ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1471-1487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan S. Wheeler ◽  
Diane B. Arnkoff ◽  
Carol R. Glass
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
The Brain

Author reply: Empathy and the Brain: How We Can Make Progress

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Henrik Walter
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Author Reply ◽  
The Brain

Neuroscientific research on empathy has made much progress recently. How far can we get and how should we do it? Two different routes have been suggested by Dziobek and Jacobs in their commentaries. The first is becoming ecologically more valid by using real-life settings as stimuli. The second is becoming more quantitative by specifying a neurocognitive model, allowing more precise quantitative predictions. Although neither approaches are mutually exclusive, I suggest that these two routes are in a certain tension to each other. I suggest an additional third, more indirect way, namely studying modulating factors of empathy like emotion regulation which have until now been largely neglected in empathy research.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Biological Model of Personality Based on Brain-Behavioral System Activity and Marital Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Nasiri ◽  
◽  
Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi ◽  
Javad Mollazadeh ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
System Activity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Behavioral System ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
The Brain

Objectives The current investigation was done with the aim of studying the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relation between brain-behavioral system activity and marital satisfaction of families living in Mahshar city. Methods 200 married people (106 female & 94 male) referring to two clinics of Petrochemical Industries of Mahshahr that were selected voluntarily. Research measurements were Gray-Wilson Personality Questionnaire (GWPQ), ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (Persian-Brief), and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ). Results The results showed that all dimensions of cognitive emotion regulation and brain-behavioral system activity of participants were significantly associated with marital satisfaction. The results also showed that both negative and positive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation and two dimensions of active avoidance and the fight/flight system as components of the behavioral-brain system activity directly and the behavioral inhibition system indirectly were associated with marital satisfaction. In general, the results of this study showed that the components of the brain-behavioral system and cognitive emotion regulation strategies have good predictive power to predict marital satisfaction in families. Conclusion The brain-behavioral system activity as a biological and sustainable model of personality and using the cognitive emotion regulation strategies has an essential role in predicting marital satisfaction - as a general outcome of long-term interactions between couples.

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