La química del amor Helen Fisher, Antropóloga Recientemente, los científicos han comenzado a analizar el amor, algo que había estado reservado para los poetas y literatos. Científicos como Helen Fisher ahora miran con en el escáner el cerebro de personas locamente enamoradas o deprimidas por la pérdida de un gran amor y han descubrierto la importancia fundamental de los factores biológicos y hormonales de las substancias químicas en el proceso de amar. Fecha de la entrevista: 2007-05-30Lugar de la entrevista: Barcelona Web oficial de Helen Fisher.The science of love, and the future of women, vídeo de la charla de Helen Fisher en los TED Talks.Entrevista a Helen Fisher en el Magazine de El Mundo. Helen Fisher es investigadora del Departamento de Antropología de la Universidad de Rutgers, EE.UU. Eduard Punset: ¿Por qué nos gusta una persona en concreto entre todas las demás? Helen Fisher: Es una pregunta muy difícil. Los hombres se enamoran más deprisa que las mujeres. Sí. Los dos son igualmente apasionados.
Ayahuasca Videos | Just another WordPress.com site La química en el amor ¿Te ha pasado que cuando ves a una persona por primera vez, comienzas a sudar como nunca, tienes palpitaciones, tus manos tiemblan, te ruborizas, sientes ese cosquilleo en el estómago; se te va la onda, tartamudeas y comienzas a reirte de la nada?. Bueno pues esto indica nada más y nada menos que aquella persona que esta frente a ti es bioquimicamente tu media naranja. Es a quien has estado esperado por mucho tiempo. Esta sensaciones tienen su porque en fundamentos psicológicos y físicos que se van construyendo desde la niñez. Antes de que una persona se fije en otra, ya ha construido un mapa mental, un molde completo de circuitos cerebrales que determinan lo que le hará enamorarse de una persona y no de otra. El sexólogo John Money considera que los niños desarrollan esos mapas entre los 5 y 8 años de edad, en base a las asociaciones con miembros de su familia, amigos, con experiencias y hechos fortuitos. La Quimica del amor De la emoción al enamoramiento La quimica en el sexo
"Ayahuasca and Creativity" -- Benny Shanon, Ph.D. Ayahuasca and Creativity Benny Shanon, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University PDF version of this document As indicated in previous publications (Shanon, 1997, 1998a, 1999) I am a cognitive psychologist who is studying the phenomenology of the ayahuasca experience. My study is based on extended firsthand experience as well as on the interviewing of a great number of persons in different places and contexts. In the publications cited the reader can find background information about both ayahuasca and the program of my research; for further theoretical discussion, see my forthcoming book The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience. Phenomenologically, the effects of ayahuasca are multifarious -- they include hallucinatory effects in all perceptual modalities, psychological insights, intellectual ideations, spiritual uplifting and mystical experiences. As explained in Shanon (1998b), ayahuasca can also induce very impressive ideations.
Modern Shamanism, by Serge Kahili King Article Modern Shamanism by Serge Kahili King "You look more modern than I thought you'd be," said the visitor as we sat in my comfortable living room overlooking the ocean that surrounds the island of Kaua'i. His remark was typical of many visitors who expect - perhaps even hope - to find me wearing some kind of robe or sarong and living in primitive simplicity in a cave or a forest far away from the amenities of civilization. In the old and ancient days the shaman - who was a healer of mind, body and circumstances - was right in the midst of tribal or village life. Now shamanism is experiencing a revival of interest and freedom. A modern shaman (or "urban" shaman, as I often say) is one who uses the ancient knowledge in the context of our present social and cultural environment. Shaman knowledge has to do with an awareness of, and the ability to direct, the powers of mind and the forces of nature. Integration is more difficult in today's society because of its variety and complexity.
Naturally occurring plant alkaloids could slow down Alzheimer's disease, study suggests A family of naturally occurring plant compounds could help prevent or delay memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). Beta-carboline alkaloids could potentially be used in therapeutic drugs to stop, or at least slow down, the progressively debilitating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study published recently in the scientific journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One. One of these alkaloids, called harmine, inhibits a protein known as DYRK1A, which has been implicated by this and other studies in the formation tau phosphorylation. This process dismantles the connections between brain cells, or neurons, and has been linked in past TGen studies to Alzheimer's disease. Tau is a protein critical to the formation of the microtubule bridges in neurons. These bridges support the synaptic connections that, like computer circuits, allow brain cells to communicate with each other.
Welcome to Ayahuasca Info - A general introduction to Ayahuasca Magnificent Visions When a sufficient number of rafts had been built, work started on the pyramid’s superstructure. Haynes celebrated his 40th birthday on January 9, 2008, as the first shipments of 60-foot massaranduba beams began to arrive from the jungle logging operation. But at the end of the month the river was rising rapidly, and with raft building far behind schedule, due to delays in the delivery of the wood, Haynes was afraid the waters of the Amazon would soon submerge the raft-assembly shed he’d built. More time and money would be lost. But he reminded himself that Tony Robbins advised “we should ‘dance with our fears.’ ” D espite delays and incorrect quantities, enough lumber was delivered so that by February the temporary central structure was raised several stories high on the still-incomplete raft. With about 30 men working on the floating pyramid and nearly another 30 at work logging in the jungle, Haynes had time for nothing else. On June 6, Haynes jubilantly reported, “Move Successful!
..:: DMT - THE SPIRIT MOLECULE | DOCUMENTARY ::.. Ayahuasca and the Vines of Politics « Psychedelic Press UK Salvation by drfranken The following article has been written and contributed to PsypressUK by the Reverend Nemu, author of Nemu’s End: The History, Psychology, and Poetry of the Apocalypse and the Nemu’s End blog, with special thanks to the other Devilish Dan. We’d like to extend our thanks to the Reverend for his time and effort writing this article. After bubbling and brewing away for millennia in the Amazon, ayahuasca began seeping out through the foliage at the turn of the 20th century. Ayahuasca contains N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which is internationally scheduled under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Media interest in the UK began in 1996. The press tended to follow this format, beginning with confusion, nausea, or occasionally terror, and concluding with a degree of respect for the “gentle, kind and thoughtful” [iv] members of the community, or asking “why shouldn’t they do what they do?” Mr. Demeter by drfranken Canadian customs seized some tea in 2000.