Counter-Hacking the Subconscious Mind

2022 ◽  
pp. 372-396
Author(s):  
Johan Cools
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
The Core ◽  
Global Coherence ◽  
Reticular Activating System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Brain

This chapter addresses the destructive impact of the media sphere on human perception. Humanity is currently facing an avalanche of cataclysmic events which have been abused by the media sphere to provoke fear and psychosis. This toxic propaganda has gradually infected the subconscious mind with false belief systems and negative habitual thinking patterns. To provide a broader perspective on some of the core working principles of conscious and subconscious perception and the role of the brain, there is a discussion about levels of consciousness, brainwaves, the RAS (reticular activating system), and neuroplasticity. The application of these principles enables the development of a benign and practical method for counter-hacking the subconscious heart-mind as an antidote for the catastrophic influence of the media sphere on human perception. The concepts of this methodology can be integrated into a PEG (psychecology educational game). Such a game holds the potential to increase global coherence by providing a timely yet symptomatic antidote for toxic intention in the media sphere.

scholarly journals Extended consciousness as revealed by the angular gyrus model of consciousness

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme E Smith
Keyword(s):  
Angular Gyrus ◽  
The Core ◽  
Intersection Area ◽  
The Brain

The Extended Consciousness builds on the strengths of the proto conscious and the core consciousness to add a sense of experience onto the basic alertness provided by core consciousness. The Angular Gyrus Model of Consciousness provides some hints as to how the experential image is built. In this article I explore the role of the Temporal-Parietal Fiber Intersection Area in providing links between other parts of the brain and the Angular Gyrus that encourage the formation of the experential image.

scholarly journals The Role of Apocalyptic Prophecies in ISIS Terrorism

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-212
Author(s):  
İbrahim Karataş
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Terrorist Group ◽  
The Core ◽  
Radical Ideology ◽  
The Media ◽  
Islamic Faith ◽  
New Recruits ◽  
Sensitive Issues

Purpose: This study aims to reveal how ISIS exploits apocalyptic prophecies stated in the Qur’an and hadiths to find new recruits and legitimize its ideology. The study tries to identify how sensitive issues of Islam are misinterpreted to mislead and terrorize young Muslims. It also elucidates how the misuse of innocent verses and hadiths leads to terrorism in the hands of people with fundamentalist beliefs. Approach: All issues of two ISIS magazines, namely, Dabiq and Rumiyah, were reviewed, and the related articles were selected, examined and compared with traditional Sunni Islam’s eschatology. In addition to the content analysis of the two magazines entitled with the apocalyptic names, previously written literature was also examined for this study. Findings: ISIS used eschatology to persuade Muslim youth to immigrate to its so-called lands and fight for its lofty cause. The terrorist group tried to realize this goal mainly by reinterpreting prophetic promises of Islam for its ends in the media. The analysis shows that ISIS did not serve religion but benefited its radical ideology. However, time has shown that ISIS’s brutal cause was far from the Islamic faith, as none of ISIS’s apocalyptic prophecies came true. Originality: While there are many studies about ISIS, few or none of them analyzed how the movement deceived people with apocalyptic ideas, which need to be considered during an examination of the conflicts in the Middle East, where states (e.g., Israel) or regimes (e.g., Iran) are founded on the basis of apocalyptic prophecies. ISIS was another trial that failed. By not examining the core of ISIS ideology stemming from the distorted interpretation of Islamic prophecies, gray zones would be left in the literature. This study makes that zone clearer.

scholarly journals Complex of global functional network as the core of consciousness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Onoda
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic System ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Attention Networks ◽  
The Core ◽  
Hierarchical Partition ◽  
Brain Fmri ◽  
The Brain

Finding the neural basis of consciousness is a challenging issue, and it is still inconclusive where the core of consciousness is distributed in the brain. The global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT) emphasizes the role of the frontoparietal regions, whereas the integrated information theory (IIT) argues that the posterior part of the brain is the core of consciousness. IIT has proposed “main complex” as the core of consciousness in a dynamic system, which is a set of elements that the information loss in a hierarchical partition approach is the largest among that of all its supersets and subsets. However, no experimental study has reported the core of consciousness using the main complex for actual brain activity. This study estimated the main complex of brain dynamics using a functional MRI. The whole-brain fMRI data of eight conditions (seven tasks and a rest state) were divided into multiple elements based on network atlases, and the main complex of the dynamic system was estimated for each condition. It is assumed that, if there is a set of elements in the complex that are common to all conditions, the set is likely to contain the core of consciousness. Executive control, salience, and dorsal/ventral attention networks were commonly included in the main complex across all conditions, implying that these networks are responsible for the core of consciousness. This finding is consistent with the GNWT, as these networks are across the prefrontal and parietal regions.

Coverage of Women’s Issues by Urdu and English Press: A Comparative Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1and2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. G. K. Sahu ◽  
Shah Alam
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Women's Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Media

We are living in a mediated world where every aspect of human life is getting affected by images of media. Consciously or unconsciously, knowingly or unknowingly our attitudes, values and belief systems are getting increasingly influenced by media. Some media critics expressed serious concern over the influence of the media in our everyday life. In the contemporary media saturated world, the agenda of the media becoming the public agenda. It is in this context, the news media play an important role in shaping public opinion and creating consciousness on different issues. Keeping in view of the importance of the news media in the contemporary society, the paper makes an attempt to ascertain the agenda setting role of the press towards women’s issues. For the purpose two mainstream dailies- one from the English and the other from the Urdu language newspapers purposively taken and their contents related to women’s issues have been subjected to detailed analysis.

scholarly journals Does News Frame Affect Free Movement Attitudes? A Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 107769902110067
Author(s):  
Nora Theorin ◽  
Christine E. Meltzer ◽  
Sebastian Galyga ◽  
Jesper Strömbäck ◽  
Christian Schemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
News Frames ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Media ◽  
News Frame

The policy of free movement—one of the core principles of the European Union—has become increasingly politicized. This makes it more important to understand how attitudes toward free movement are shaped, and the role of the media. The purpose of this study is therefore to investigate how news frames affect attitudes toward free movement, and whether education moderates framing effects. The findings from a survey experiment conducted in seven European countries show that the effects are few and inconsistent across countries. This suggest that these attitudes are not easily shifted by exposure to a single news frame.

Allostasis and the developing human brain: Explicit consideration of implicit models

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Ganzel ◽  
Pamela A. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Developmental Stress ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Explicit Consideration ◽  
Emotional Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Stress And Health ◽  
The Brain

AbstractWe previously used the theory of allostasis as the foundation for a model of the current stress process. This work highlighted the core emotional systems of the brain as the central mediator of the relationship between stress and health. In this paper, we extend this theoretical approach to consider the role of developmental timing. In doing so, we note that there are strong implicit models that underlie current developmental stress research in the social and life sciences. We endeavor to illustrate these modelsexplicitlyas we review the evidence behind each one and discuss their implications. We then extend these models to reflect recent findings from research in life span human neuroscience. The result is a new set of developmental allostatic models that provide fodder for future empirical research, as well as novel perspectives on intervention.

scholarly journals Portrait of a Teach for All (TFA) teacher: Media narratives of the universal TFA teacher in 12 countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Gautreaux ◽  
Sandra Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Certified Teachers ◽  
Traditionally Certified ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Media Narratives

This article employs narrative analysis to examine how the media in 12 different countries characterize the Teach for All (TFA) teacher.  Examining mass media narratives in these 12 countries illustrates that there are some remarkable commonalities in the narratives and character portraits co-constructed and propagated by the media. At the core of these narratives is the notion of a problem in education. This problem justifies the creation and emergence of a character, commonly constructed in opposition to traditionally certified teachers, who embodies the characteristics and attributes of the contemporary neoliberal subject. This article discusses the implications of this character’s widespread representation; namely, how does the character construction influence the broader public perception about education and how is it contributing to the (re)imagination of the role of the teacher?

scholarly journals Gpr17 signaling decreases GLP-1 secretion in GLUTag cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Stalbaum ◽  
Shijun Yan ◽  
Hongxia Ren
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Regulation ◽  
Enteroendocrine Cells ◽  
Incretin Hormone ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Glucagon Like Peptide 1 ◽  
The Difference ◽  
G Protein Coupled ◽  
The Brain

Background and Hypothesis: The incidence of obesity and diabetes continues to rise in devastatingly high proportions, making the need for safe, affordable, and effective treatment increasingly apparent. We discovered that the orphan G protein-coupled receptor 17 (Gpr17) is expressed in endocrine cells in the brain and gut and may have an important role in metabolic regulation. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone secreted from enteroendocrine cells, is a strong insulin secretagogue and suppresses appetite. We hypothesized that Gpr17 signaling decreases GLP-1 secretion in gut enteroendocrine cells. Experimental Design or Project Methods: In order to investigate the role of Gpr17 in GLP-1 secretion, we measured GLP-1 secretion in a murine enteroendocrine cell line (GLUTag cells) that expresses Gpr17 and the proglucagon gene and secretes GLP-1 in a regulated manner. GLUTag cells were stimulated with glucose or lipid, oleoyl-lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), in the presence or absence of MDL29,951, a synthetic Gpr17 agonist. After a 2-hour incubation, we measured GLP-1 in the media and cell lysates to determine the percentage of secreted GLP-1. Results: Cells treated with glucose and MDL29,951 had decreased GLP-1 secretion compared to glucose alone, however, the difference was not significant. Cells treated with LPC and MDL29,951 had a significant decrease in GLP-1 secretion compared to LPC alone. Conclusion and Potential Impact: Gpr17 activation by MDL29,951 decreased GLP-1 secretion in GLUTag cells stimulated by both glucose and lipid, which supports our hypothesis that Gpr17 signaling regulates GLP-1 secretion. Therefore, Gpr17 may be a potential pharmacological target for combating obesity and diabetes.

scholarly journals L1-79 and the Role of Catecholamines in Autism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Tyrosine Hydroxylase ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Body ◽  
Nerve Terminals ◽  
The Core ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Core Symptoms ◽  
The Brain

A growing body of evidence supports a role for catecholaminergic dysfunction in the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This paper reviews the direct and indirect role of catecholamines on the central and peripheral nervous systems in ASD. Catecholamines innervate every tissue in the body and almost all tracts of the brain, providing a common neurologic regulatory mechanism for all ASD symptoms. Because the morphology of the catecholaminergic synapse is regulated by growth factors that are released contemporaneously with neurotransmitters, an event that results in abnormally large catecholamine release, will also release high levels of growth factors, which can result in the budding and arborization of nerve terminals. Here, we hypothesize that a hypertrophic synaptic morphology can occur in catecholaminergic systems and increase catecholaminergic tone throughout the body, resulting in an imbalance between catecholaminergic neurologic mechanisms and those that oppose them, and consequently pathology. By exerting a presynaptic effect to inhibit tyrosine hydroxylase and thus the synthesis, storage and release of all catecholamines, L1–79 (a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor) may diminish neurotransmitter release and its associated growth factors exerting a therapeutic effect on ASD by reducing the hypertrophic morphology of the synapse and bringing catecholamines back into a homeostatic balance with oppositional neurologic and metabolic influences.

scholarly journals Extended consciousness as revealed by the angular gyrus model of consciousness

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme E Smith
Keyword(s):  
Angular Gyrus ◽  
The Core ◽  
Intersection Area ◽  
The Brain

The Extended Consciousness builds on the strengths of the proto conscious and the core consciousness to add a sense of experience onto the basic alertness provided by core consciousness. The Angular Gyrus Model of Consciousness provides some hints as to how the experential image is built. In this article I explore the role of the Temporal-Parietal Fiber Intersection Area in providing links between other parts of the brain and the Angular Gyrus that encourage the formation of the experential image.

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