Toward a neurophysiological foundation for altered states of consciousness.
The Behavioral and brain sciences 2018 Shadab Tabatabaeian, Carolyn Dicey Jennings 7 citations
Singh's cultural evolutionary theory posits that methods of inducing shamanic altered states of consciousness differ, resulting in profoundly different cognitive states. We argue that, despite different methods of induction, altered states of consciousness share neurophysiological features and cause shared cognitive and behavioral effects. This common foundation enables further cross-cultural...