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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
2002
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- El estudio de la conciencia: estado actual Ramón de la Fuente Medicina Consciousness prevailing theories present state of research Consciousness is the most familiar and most direct experiencehumans have, but it is also the major mystery pondered bypsychiatrists, biologists and philosophers. There is no doubt thatconsciousness sits in the brain. To initiate the scientific approachto the subject, it has been necessary to overcome traditionalphilosophical obstacles and methodological problems. The maindifficulty lies on the fact that consciousness is a personal andprivate experience.For most scientific researchers, consciousness can be approachedin terms of the global activity of large clusters of interactive neuronsand, its neural mechanisms implicated are assumed liable of beingelucidated. Other scholars have concluded that consciousness isin its essence a process impossible to be elucidated.The concept of altered states of consciousness is related tophenomena in the borderline normality, generated in processessuch as trascendental meditation, trance and ecstasy, revelationor possession experiences, and in hypnosis and disociation. Thesestates might be founded on common neurophysiologicalmechanisms modeled in their expression by situational and culturalcontexts where they rise. In the field of psychopathological andneurological clinics, the alterations of self-consciousness appearoften in several mental disorders and sometimes constitute theiressence. The better understanding of the neural substrate of thesenormal and pathological varieties of conscious experience cancontribute to the knowledge of consciousness and of our experienceof being the agents of our thoughts and actions. In fact, a greatpart of psychopathology is expressed by alterations of consciousness... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58252501 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.5 Vol.25