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How Floating in Darkness Takes the Body off the Mind

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Joel Frohlich 0 Comments Anxiety, Awareness, Brain Awareness, brain imaging, Cognition, Consciousness, Default mode network, fMRI, Psychology

What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation tank, the water warmed to the temperature of your… Read more

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The rhythm of detachment: how a brain oscillation dissociates people from themselves and the world

January 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Joel Frohlich 1 Comment Deep Brain Stimulation, Dissociation, Ketamine, mental health, Neural Oscillations, Optogenetics, Oscillation, Pain

You don’t need to be a therapist to know common clinical terms like anxiety and depression. But terms like derealization and depersonalization remain strangely esoteric, evading popular discussions of mental… Read more

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So that’s what the claustrum does!

September 24, 2020October 31, 2020 Joel Frohlich 2 Comments claustrum, Consciousness, Interviews, Joel's Pick, Optogenetics, Research, Sleep, sleep waves

Three years ago, I asked “What the heck is a claustrum?” In that piece, I described the mystery of this oddly shaped brain region, located just below the cerebral cortex.… Read more

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