Michael Ferguson ๐ง ๐๐
@neuromichael
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Instructor in Neurology @HarvardMed | Neurospirituality pioneer | Musician (check out my new album "The Luminous Brain" on Spotify)
Cambridge, MA
Joined June 2016
(1/12) Our brain network study of religious fundamentalism is out in PNAS. We identified brain networks associated with religious fundamentalism and found shared neuroanatomy with lesions linked to confabulation and criminal behavior:
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RT @DrCoreyKeller: ๐ง We treat depression with TMS, but don't understand how it works. Our team tracked brain changes during Stanford Neuroโฆ.
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Mysticism As An Evolutionary Expression. I argue that mysticism represents the fullest flowering of an evolved human capacity to unite emotional bonding with abstract reasoning, yielding experiences of transcendent unity. Check it out and chime in:
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Reflections on transcending the exclusivity claims in "Mormonism", and why it matters:.
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RT @Philip_Goff: There is no consensus among scientists on the fundamental nature of physical reality.
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RT @katjaQheuer: 10.Example #5 is maybe the most striking: based on behavioural data from the literature, across our 70 species, behaviouraโฆ.
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RT @katjaQheuer: 1.To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similโฆ.
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RT @KellerStanfordU: ๐จ New preprint alert ๐จ Musical rhythms can boost brain stimulation effects! โก๏ธ Sensory-entrained #TMS (seTMS) synchronโฆ.
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๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป! .๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. There are many beautiful resources out there for
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RT @leafs_s: Nature . The optimistic brain: scans reveal thought patterns shared by positive thinkers.
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Nature - Insights from brain imaging could have implications for mental-health research.
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RT @MatthewSacchet: What is the influence of long-term meditation on attention?.How might attentional changes relate to the emergence of adโฆ.
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Got to invest the day with Simran Singh collaborating on resilience studies in high conflict zones. I am hopeful that this work will be scientifically and spiritually fruitful.
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Providing compassion meditation guidance in tandem with KAP is a promising, new frontier in my work. It's one step closer to evidence-based spiritual therapeutics.
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RT @leafs_s: Neuron . How the brain shifts between external and internal attention.
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Nobre and Gresch call for an upgrade of attention research by considering how the brain shifts its focus between contents in the external sensory stream and internal memory representations. They...
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10 years ago today I defended my dissertation on cortical simulations and neural signatures of fluid intelligence. 10 years later, I find myself in the brainstem mapping spiritual intelligence. In 10 more years, I expect to find myself in the heart. ๐ง ๐๏ธ๐ซ
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Evelyn Underhill's definition of mysticism is primo: the art of union with Reality. Here's my hot list of reads for people awakening to the fact that mysticism and reason are compatible.
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Iโm fortunate to be learning Kundalini Yoga from Yuliya, a yogi in Ukraine. She reports that her practice contributes to resilience living in a war zone. Stay tuned to learn about the "Spirituality During War" research initiative the Neurospirituality Lab is preparing to launch.
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RT @hubermanlab: Very cool paper. โLonger wavelengths in sunlight pass through the human body and have a systemic impact which improves visโฆ.
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RT @MitoPsychoBio: If the lifespan extending effects of psilocybin in cells and mice replicate, thereโs something very meaningful happeningโฆ.
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RT @JAMAPsych: Viewpoint describes @NoahSPhilipMDโs experiences teaching transcranial magnetic stimulation in Ukraine during the war. httpsโฆ.
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