Altogether a significant achievement in what is a scientifically a much understudied aspect of human cognition.ĭavid Nutt, FMedSci and Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, Imperial College London He covers new approaches to the issue from psychological, neuroscience, and clinical studies with a good emphasis on newer imaging studies that implicate brain regions, particularly the insula in the time perception process. In this, another brief history of time, but now on its perception, as opposed to physics, Wittmann takes us through the brain science of time perception with clarity and insight. Studying altered states of consciousness leads us directly to the heart of the matter: time and self, the foundations of consciousness. If we want to understand our consciousness, our subjectivity, Wittmann argues, we must not be afraid to break new ground. Wittmann describes new studies of psychedelics that show how the brain builds consciousness of self and time, and discusses pilot programs that use hallucinogens to treat severe depression, anxiety, and addiction. Dostoyevsky reported godly bliss during epileptic seizures neurologists are now investigating the phenomenon of the epileptic aura. He considers the emergence of the self in waking life and dreams how our sense of time is distorted by extreme situations ranging from terror to mystical enlightenment the experience of the moment and the loss of time and self in such disorders as depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy.
Wittmann explains that the relationship between consciousness of time and consciousness of self is close in extreme circumstances, the experiences of space and self intensify and weaken together. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann shows how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science, or considered crazy fantasies.
What altered states of consciousness-the dissolution of feelings of time and self-can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.ĭuring extraordinary moments of consciousness-shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication-our senses of time and self are altered we may even feel time and self dissolving. If you can’t find the resource you need here, visit our contact page to get in touch.Įstablished in 1962, the MIT Press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. The MIT Press has been a leader in open access book publishing for over two decades, beginning in 1995 with the publication of William Mitchell’s City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition.Ĭollaborating with authors, instructors, booksellers, librarians, and the media is at the heart of what we do as a scholarly publisher.
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