Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis
Consciousness and Cognition May 19, 2003 Arne Dietrich 486 citations
It is the central hypothesis of this paper that the mental states commonly referred to as altered states of consciousness are principally due to transient prefrontal cortex deregulation. Supportive evidence from psychological and neuroscientific studies of dreaming, endurance running, meditation, daydreaming, hypnosis, and various drug-induced states is presented and integrated. It is proposed...