The Altered States Database: Psychometric Data of Altered States of Consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 The experimental induction of altered states of consciousness (ASC) constitutes a research opportunity to relate changes in phenomenological states to underlying biophysical mechanisms. A variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods were reported to induce consciousness alterations in humans, ranging from the consumption of psychoactive ...
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Whole-Brain Models to Explore Altered States of Consciousness from the Bottom Up [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2020 The scope of human consciousness includes states departing from what most of us experience as ordinary wakefulness. These altered states of consciousness constitute a prime opportunity to study how global changes in brain activity relate to different ...
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EEG Microstates in Altered States of Consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Conscious experiences unify distinct phenomenological experiences that seem to be continuously evolving. Yet, empirical evidence shows that conscious mental activity is discontinuous and can be parsed into a series of states of thoughts that manifest as ...
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Healing altered states of consciousness
International Journal of Yoga, 2015 Byline: T. Srinivasan Instability in body-mind gives rise to self-discovery and an altered state of consciousness. This is the experience of most people. Especially, when the instability portends facing bodily death, one's inner search is intense, and one may go through depression, despair and denial.
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Altered States of Consciousness during an Extreme Ritual. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Extreme rituals (body-piercing, fire-walking, etc.) are anecdotally associated with altered states of consciousness-subjective alterations of ordinary mental functioning (Ward, 1984)-but empirical evidence of altered states using both direct and indirect
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The strength of neural entrainment to electronic music correlates with proxies of altered states of consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceIn electronic music events, the driving four-on-the-floor music appears pivotal for inducing altered states of consciousness (ASCs). While various physiological mechanisms link repetitive auditory stimuli to ASCs, entrainment—a brainwave synchronization ...
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A scoping review for building a criticality-based conceptual framework of altered states of consciousness [PDF]
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2023 The healthy conscious brain is thought to operate near a critical state, reflecting optimal information processing and high susceptibility to external stimuli. Conversely, deviations from the critical state are hypothesized to give rise to altered states
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Case report: Maintaining altered states of consciousness over repeated ketamine infusions may be key to facilitate long-lasting antidepressant effects: some initial lessons from a personalized-dosing single-case study [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 BackgroundThe interest in psychoactive agents for treating mental disorders has gathered a growing body of scientific interest. However, research on the relationship between altered states of consciousness (ASCs) and ketamine’s antidepressant properties ...
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Subjective time under altered states of consciousness in ayahuasca users in shamanistic rituals involving music [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2020 Ayahuasca is described as a hallucinogenic substance whose property is to alter the subjective experience of time and impair the perception of the passage of time during stimuli of more than two to three seconds.
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Neural tracking at theta predicts drumming-induced altered states of consciousness [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAltered states of consciousness (ASC) involve shifts in perception, cognition, and awareness, offering a unique lens on the nature of consciousness. Across cultures, rhythmic drumming in the theta range (4–7 Hz) is often used to induce such states, but ...
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