Shamanism and psychosis: Shared mechanisms?
Albert R. Powers, Philip R. Corlett
Behavioral and Brain Sciences January 2018 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x1700214x (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Shamanism |
| Key points | Proposes that individual-specific predispositions may precede the cultural evolution of shamanism and may be linked to it via predictive coding, and that this framework can identify commonalities between clinical and shaman-like non-clinical voice-hearers, potentially helping relate shamans' experiences to their clients'. |
Abstract
Individual-specific predispositions may precede the cultural evolution of shamanism and may be linked to it via principles of predictive coding. We have used these principles to identify commonalities between clinical and shaman-like non-clinical voice-hearers. The author may find this approach helpful in relating the experiences of shamans to those of their clients.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on shamanism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond | 2014 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Shamanism as the Original Neurotheology | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience, Shamanism and the Rock Art of Native California | 1998 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From Culture to Experience: Shamanism in the Pages of the Soviet Anti-Religious Press | 2020 | Historical analysis | |
| Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation | 2010 | Reflective essay or personal narrative |
Citations in the library
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- Expert Opinion on Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for People with Psychotic Symptoms Research Square January 25, 2022
- Shamanism: psychopathology and psychotherapy Religion, Brain & Behavior November 24, 2023
- The Shamanistic Theory of Schizophrenia: The Evidence for Schizophrenia as a Vestigial Phenotypic Behavior Originating in Paleolithic Shamanism Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences January 26, 2022
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