Challenges to free will: transgenerational epigenetic information, unconscious processes, and vanishing twin syndrome

Bókkon, István; Vas, József Pál; Császár, Noémi; Lukács, T

doi:10.1515/revneuro-2013-0036

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“…• Recently it was hypothesized (Bókkon, Vas, Császár, & Lukács, 2014) that "human explicit self-consciousness may be an active executer that intermediates between implicit nonconscious and unconsciousness and the external environment by means of feedback and feed-forward interactions. This executive function makes it possible for self-consciousness to continuously develop in self-organized evolution.…”

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“…These current studies seem to support the existence of cognitive unconscious processes, and that human self-consciousness may be an abstract, language-dependent manifestation of the unconscious. In addition, our self-conscious thinking, and every decision made at a given moment, may be a coherent and convergent dynamic (involving discrete events) manifestation of our unconscious processes (Bókkon, Vas, Császár, & Lukács, 2014). The "hidden observer" notion proposed that during hypnosis a separated consciousness is formed in an individual's mind which is able of observing the individual (Hilgard, 1973(Hilgard, , 1977.…”

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“…Recently, we proposed that the self-consciousness in humans might be a phenomenon that intermediates between implicit nonconscious/unconsciousness and the external environment through feedback and feed-forward interactions (Bókkon, Vas, Császár, & Lukács, 2014). We also suggested that our self-conscious thinking, and every decision made at a given moment, may be a coherent and convergent dynamic manifestation of our unconscious processes.…”

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The “Hidden Observer” as the Cognitive Unconscious During Hypnosis

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The question of how to define and explain hypnosis is still not completely answered. Most of the theories of hypnosis are based on describing it as an altered state of consciousness; others focus on intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects, sociopsychological, neurocognitive or sociocognitive processes. More detailed explanation of hypnosis requires a synthesis of these various perspectives-a task for future research. Recent experiments are in agreement with Braid's concept of hypnosis (published already in 1843) defining hypnosis as a process enhancing or depressing neural activity as well as changing functional connectivity among brain regions; the brain regions involved in mental imagery are thought to be central for hypnosis. In the present article we suggest that the "hidden observer" under hypnosis might be due to the cognitive unconscious and that this special state emerges principally in highly susceptible subjects. Explicitly, the "hidden observer" might be nothing other than the cognitive unconscious.

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About 10-15% of singleton births start as twins, and often, one is lost in the early pregnancy; this is called vanishing twin syndrome. In 1945, vanishing twin syndrome was first recognized [10,11].

CryptophasiaAccording to what is (published in the Journal Institute of General Linguistics), there are bizarre phenomena that twins can speak a unique language only they can understand.

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“…About 10-15% of singleton births start as twins, and often, one is lost in the early pregnancy; this is called vanishing twin syndrome. In 1945, vanishing twin syndrome was first recognized [10,11].…”

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