Conscious experience is fluid; it rarely remains on one topic for an extended period without
deviation. Its dynamic nature is illustrated by the experience of mind wandering, in which …

The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

Consciousness never fades during waking. However, when awakened from sleep, we
sometimes recall dreams and sometimes recall no experiences. Traditionally, dreaming has …

What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human
development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the …

We used crowdsourcing (CS) to examine how COVID-19 lockdown affects the content of
dreams and nightmares. The CS took place on the sixth week of the lockdown. Over the …

The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that
could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent …

Objective The lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact on daily habits,
emotional experience, mental health and sleep. A large body of evidence suggests that …

In recent years, research has witnessed an increasing interest in the bidirectional
relationship between emotion and sleep. Sleep seems important for restoring daily …

In The Genesis of Animal Play, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play
in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution …

This article explores the notion that Freudian constructs may have neurobiological
substrates. Specifically, we propose that Freud's descriptions of the primary and secondary …