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2023
Marie-Julia Guittier, Helané Wahbeh, Magali Eykerman et al.
Many cultures believe that the first traces of human consciousness during the incarnation may be present before birth. Practices based on this belief exist in many cultures. However, formal scientific inquiry into the possibility of communicating with prenatal consciousness has never been explored. To evaluate if it is possible to communicate with a hypothetical prenatal consciousness of the...
Neuroscience of Consciousness
2023
Jan Erik Bellingrath
Subjective experience is experience in time. Unfolding in a continuous river of moments, our experience, however, consists not only in the changing phenomenological content per se but, further, in additional retrodiction and prospection of the moments that immediately preceded and followed it. It is in this way that William James's 'specious present' presents itself as extending between the...
Frontiers in Network Physiology
2023
Louis-David Lord, Timoteo Carletti, Henrique M. Fernandes et al.
In recent years, brain imaging studies have begun to shed light on the neural correlates of physiologically-reversible altered states of consciousness such as deep sleep, anesthesia, and psychedelic experiences. The emerging consensus is that normal waking consciousness requires the exploration of a dynamical repertoire enabling both global integration i.e., long-distance interactions between...
Integral Psychedelic Therapy the Non Ordinary Art of Psychospiritual Healing
2023
In this chapter, Eric Sienknecht offers the reader an in-depth exploration of music in psychedelic therapy. His chapter points to music as an essential component of psychedelic therapy that can potentiate transformative therapeutic outcomes. Sienknecht offers practical guidance for helping clients “listen into music,” which can provide significant support for accessing NOSC and peak...
Neuroscience of Consciousness
2023
Marek Havlík, Jaroslav Hlinka, M. Klírová et al.
Abstract Conscious experience represents one of the most elusive problems of empirical science, namely neuroscience. The main objective of empirical studies of consciousness has been to describe the minimal sets of neural events necessary for a specific neuronal state to become consciously experienced. The current state of the art still does not meet this objective but rather consists of highly...
Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
2023
Nicolas G. Glynos
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) belongs to a class of drugs known as serotonergic psychedelics, which produce profound shifts in consciousness by dramatically altering perception and causing hallucinatory phenomena. In humans, DMT has a rapid onset and the effects, which include feelings of dissociation from external reality, entering into an ‘otherworldly dimension’, and intense internal visual...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
2023
Rajanikant Panda, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Andrea Piarulli et al.
15 citations
Hypnosis has been shown to be of clinical utility; however, its underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. This study aims to investigate altered brain dynamics during the non-ordinary state of consciousness induced by hypnosis. We studied high-density EEG in 9 healthy participants during eyes-closed wakefulness and during hypnosis, induced by a muscle relaxation and eyes fixation procedure....
Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
2023
Christopher Sies
As part of the dissertation process, three percussion recitals were given. The work below represents the programming and research related to those dissertation recitals. The different focus of each recital represents the pillars of my career as a contemporary musician, reflecting the dimensions of my musical output and research interests. These include my work as an interpreter of other’s work,...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2023
Alexandre Augusto de Deus Pontual, H G Senhorini, C M Corradi-Webster et al.
37 citations
There has been a revival of research that studies the subjective effects of psychedelic drugs on humans. Areas of health science have been studying their possible therapeutic benefits, and psychological measurement instruments are being developed as the studies progress. However, these instruments currently suffer criticism regarding their number and evidence of psychometric quality. This study...
Psychiatric Services
2023
Brian Holoyda
7 citations
Psychedelics have the ability to fundamentally alter the consciousness of individuals who take them and thus pose unique legal risks for psychiatrists interested in incorporating them into their practice. Several issues related to malpractice may be relevant, including absence of standards of care, risk of harm, inappropriate treatment, and the doctrine of respondeat superior. In addition to...