Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution.
Current Biology April 13, 2016 Enzo Tagliazucchi, Leor Roseman, Mendel Kaelen et al. 531 citations
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a non-selective serotonin-receptor agonist that was first synthesized in 1938 and identified as (potently) psychoactive in 1943. Psychedelics have been used by indigenous cultures for millennia [1]; however, because of LSD's unique potency and the timing of its discovery (coinciding with a period of major discovery in psychopharmacology), it is generally...
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.010 (opens in new tab)
LSD
Ego dissolution
Ego death
Psychedelics
+21