Publication A historical review of ephaptic field research: from early foundations through contemporary renaissance

[universecannon]

A historical review of ephaptic field research: from early foundations through contemporary renaissance

A nice summary/update on a key aspect of field theories of consciousness (which has big implications for psychedelics IMO)

Ephaptic coupling is the communication between neurons through electromagnetic field interactions in the tissue surrounding them, rather than through direct synaptic connections or gap junctions. It is as fast as light, and has been demonstrated between sliced neural tissue with no direct synaptic connections (and recently been found to be involved in cognitive processes/memory etc). It was marginalized for many decades but accepted very recently (last 6 or so years).

Ephatic coupling potentially helps solve the "binding problem": how our conscious experience/perception is felt as a unity when sensory perception is processed in different areas of the brain at slower synaptic/electrochemical speeds.

 

[Flufferus]

ah this is cool, the first ive heard of ephaptic research.

 

[Panpsychic]

A historical review of ephaptic field research: from early foundations through contemporary renaissance

A nice summary/update on a key aspect of field theories of consciousness (which has big implications for psychedelics IMO)

Ephaptic coupling is the communication between neurons through electromagnetic field interactions in the tissue surrounding them, rather than through direct synaptic connections or gap junctions. It is as fast as light, and has been demonstrated between sliced neural tissue with no direct synaptic connections (and recently been found to be involved in cognitive processes/memory etc). It was marginalized for many decades but accepted very recently (last 6 or so years).

Ephatic coupling potentially helps solve the "binding problem": how our conscious experience/perception is felt as a unity when sensory perception is processed in different areas of the brain at slower synaptic/electrochemical speeds.


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Nice, I will have to look more into it.

Always great to see real science in the field of consciousness research, rather than materialistic dogmatism masquerading as scientific objectively, its metaphysical and philosophical assumptions and beliefs so deeply embedded as to be often hidden. Such old views will eventually simply die off, in order for a coherent model to more accurately represent experience and especially psychedelic experience, to come forth.

This is the ever unfolding and unstoppable march of knowledge and true science, not even particularly unexpected in an era where I type these words and they are near instantly broadcast across the globe though invisible waves and fields.