Altered states of consciousness : experiences out of time and self /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wittmann, Marc (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Hurd, Philippa (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Time perception. Time > Psychological aspects. Altered states of consciousness. COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology NEUROSCIENCE/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro; Contents; Prologue: An "I" Awakes; 1 On Time Consciousness; Time Expansion and Moments of Terror; Time and Space: The Intoxication of Drugs; At One with the World; Timeless in Near-Death; 2 The Moment; Absolutely in the Moment; The Duration of a Moment; Mindfulness and Time; Beyond the Moment to Timelessness; Daydreams and Mind Wandering; 3 Loss of Time and Self; A Puzzling Patient; Body, Emotions, Time; Me, Myself, and I: Boredom, Depression, Meditation; Epilepsy and Timelessness; Schizophrenia, or When Time Stands Still; Timeless through the Doors of Perception.
Prologue : an "I" awakes
On time consciousness. Time expansion and moments of terror
Time and space : the intoxication of drugs
At one with the world
Timeless in near-death
The moment. Absolutely in the moment
The duration of a moment
Mindfulness and time
Beyond the moment to timelessness
Daydreams and mind wandering
Loss of time and self. A puzzling patient
Body, emotions, time
Me, myself, and I : boredom, depression, meditation
Epilepsy and timelessness
Schizophrenia, or When time stands still
Timeless through the doors of perception
Epilogue : on scientific awakening.