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4 results for "phosphenes"

U_2_22 Credible Art, Music & Culture

U_2_22 — Shamanic & Entoptic Art

The neuropsychological model of shamanic art proposes that much of humanity's oldest visual art — from Upper Paleolithic cave paintings in Europe to San Bushman rock art in southern Africa to Aboriginal art in Australia

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U_2_21 Credible Art, Music & Culture

U_2_21 — Abstract Art & Consciousness

Abstract art — visual art that does not attempt to represent external reality but instead explores relationships of form, color, line, and composition independently — emerged in the early 20th century in direct connectio

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Y_4_22 Credible Altered States

Y_4_22 — Hypnagogic & Hypnopompic States

Hypnagogia (the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep onset) and hypnopompia (the transition from sleep to waking) are naturally occurring altered states of consciousness experienced universally by humans. Cha

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Y_4_09 Verified Altered States

Y_4_09 — Sensory Deprivation — Float Tanks, Dark Retreats, and Consciousness Isolation

Sensory deprivation research — the systematic reduction or elimination of sensory input to study consciousness — began with John C. Lilly's invention of the isolation/flotation tank in 1954 at the National Institute of M

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