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Psychobiology of altered states of consciousness.

open access: yesPsychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2005
The article reviews the current knowledge regarding altered states of consciousness (ASC) (a) occurring spontaneously, (b) evoked by physical and physiological stimulation, (c) induced by psychological means, and (d) caused by diseases. The emphasis is laid on psychological and neurobiological approaches.
Dieter Vaitl   +14 more
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Consciousness and Altered States

2022
Abstract Among life’s biggest questions—up there with the origins of the universe—is: Why and how are people aware at all? The sense of awareness, or what is commonly called “phenomenal consciousness,” or just consciousness, is not currently understood by scientists.
Andrew B Newberg
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Altered States of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This theoretical study contains a systematic analysis of altered states of consciousness. The study is based on a reflection of the qualitative altered states of consciousness, that offers some potential and attempts to describe altered states of ...
Křečanová, Alena
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Altered states of consciousness

Religion, 1979
Medicine, sex, and religion are presented as related areas of human thought and behavior in which people traditionally have sought temporary release from daily living. In essence, these areas represent a search for altered states of consciousness.
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Altered States of Consciousness

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1966
BENEATH man's thin veneer of consciousness lies a relatively uncharted realm of mental activity, the nature and function of which have been neither systematically explored nor adequately conceptualized. Despite numerous clinical and research reports on daydreaming, sleep and dream states, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, hysterical states of dissociation
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The Electroencephalogram in Altered States of Consciousness

Neurologic Clinics, 1985
The EEG can be very helpful in the evaluation of patients with altered states of consciousness. Diffuse slowing of background rhythms and the presence of triphasic waves suggests metabolic dysfunction, particularly hepatic. Generalized fast activity may be seen in patients with a drug intoxication.
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Altered states of consciousness

2018
What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness. During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel ...
Susan Blackmore, Emily T. Troscianko
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