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281 results for "psychedelic neuroscience" — page 1 of 15

Y_1_07 Altered States

Y_1_07 — Ego Dissolution and Psychedelic Neuroscience

Ego dissolution — the temporary loss of the subjective sense of self, personal boundaries, and the distinction between self and world — is among the most profound and therapeutically significant effects of serotonergic p

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INTERDOC_20 — Psychedelic Neuroscience and Ancient Ritual Practice

[KEY FINDING] The Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, the Imperial College Centre for Psychedelic Research (est. 2019, directed by Robin Carhart-Harris), and the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Assoc

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X_2_03 Medicine & Healing

X_2_03 — Psychedelic Medicine: Clinical Evidence and Renaissance

The psychedelic renaissance — the resurgence of clinical research into psychedelic compounds after decades of prohibition — represents one of the most significant paradigm shifts in modern psychiatry. Psilocybin for trea

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K_3_17 Verified Consciousness

K_3_17 — Psychedelic Consciousness — DMT, Psilocybin Neural Effects

The psychedelic renaissance in neuroscience — a period of renewed scientific investigation beginning circa 2006 after decades of regulatory restriction — has produced an unprecedented body of neuroimaging, pharmacologica

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U_1_22 Verified Art, Music & Culture

U_1_22 — Music Therapy Neuroscience

Music therapy neuroscience investigates the neural mechanisms by which music influences brain function, emotion, movement, and cognition — and applies these findings to treat neurological, psychiatric, and developmental

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U_1_19 Verified Art, Music & Culture

U_1_19 — Neuroscience of Music

The neuroscience of music investigates how the human brain perceives, processes, produces, and responds emotionally to music — revealing that music engages a remarkably distributed network of brain regions spanning audit

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X_1_21 Credible Medicine & Healing

X_1_21 — Acupuncture Neuroscience: MRI & Mechanism Studies

Acupuncture — the insertion of thin needles at specific body points — has been practiced in East Asia for over 2,000 years, with the earliest systematic description appearing in the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Clas

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X_1_23 Verified Medicine & Healing

X_1_23 — Meditation Neuroscience

Meditation neuroscience — the scientific study of how contemplative practices alter brain structure and function — has undergone explosive growth since the early 2000s, moving from a fringe topic to a rigorous subfield o

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INTERDOC_72 — The Psychedelic Entropy Paradox: Coherence Through Anarchy

The "Entropic Brain" hypothesis, pioneered by Robin Carhart-Harris (Imperial College London), demonstrates that under the influence of classic psychedelics (psilocybin, LSD, DMT), the brain's Default Mode Network (DMN) d

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K_2_09 Verified Consciousness

K_2_09 — Neuroscience of Free Will

The neuroscience of free will centers on experiments testing whether conscious intention precedes or follows the neural preparation for action. Benjamin Libet's landmark 1983 experiments showed that the brain's "readines

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K_5_04 Consciousness

K_5_04 — Neuroscience of Belief

Belief — the mental state of holding something to be true — is a cornerstone of conscious experience, shaping perception, memory, emotion, decision-making, and behavior. The neuroscience of belief has revealed that belie

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INTERDOC_21 — Meditation, Mysticism, and the Neuroscience Bridge

[KEY FINDING] Richard Davidson's lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, beginning in 2004, demonstrated that long-term meditators (>10,000 hours) — particularly Tibetan Buddhist monks — generate gamma wave oscillati

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Y_3_20 Credible Altered States

Y_3_20 — Enlightenment Neuroscience: Satori, Samadhi & Mystical States

Enlightenment — known as satori or kensho in Zen Buddhism, samadhi in Hindu yogic traditions, fana in Sufism, theosis in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and unio mystica in the Western mystical tradition — refers to state

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Y_3_09 Altered States

Y_3_09 — Prayer, Contemplation, and the Neuroscience of Religious Experience

The neuroscientific study of prayer and religious experience — sometimes termed neurotheology (d'Aquili & Newberg, 1999) — has moved from philosophical speculation to empirical investigation using neuroimaging, EEG, and

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Y_1_04 Altered States

Y_1_04 — Psychedelic Renaissance — Clinical Research and Consciousness

The psychedelic renaissance — a resurgence of rigorous scientific research on psychedelic substances after decades of prohibition — has produced some of the most significant findings in 21st-century psychiatry and consci

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Y_1_06 Altered States

Y_1_06 — Psychedelic Research — Modern Science and Ancient Entheogen Parallels

Psychedelic research has undergone a dramatic revival since ~2006, with major studies at Johns Hopkins, Imperial College London, NYU, and MAPS demonstrating the therapeutic potential of psilocybin, MDMA, and ayahuasca/DM

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Y_1_15 Credible Altered States

Y_1_15 — Micro-Dosing: Sub-Perceptual Psychedelic Use and Cognitive Effects

Micro-dosing — the practice of regularly consuming sub-perceptual doses (typically 1/10th to 1/20th of a standard recreational dose) of psychedelic substances, most commonly LSD (~10–20 micrograms) or psilocybin (~0.1–0.

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Y_1_16 Verified Altered States

Y_1_16 — Psychedelic Legal Frameworks: Regulation, Decriminalization, and Therapeutic Access

The legal status of psychedelic substances — including psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, DMT/ayahuasca, mescaline, and ibogaine — has undergone dramatic shifts since the mid-20th century, moving from unregulated research compounds

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Y_1_01 Altered States

Y_1_01 — Altered States, Psychedelics & Ancient Knowledge

Psychoactive substances played a significant — possibly central — role in ancient knowledge traditions. The Eleusinian Mysteries (kykeon), Vedic tradition (Soma), Egyptian practice (blue lotus), and Mesoamerican religion

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H_4_06 Suppression & Thesis

H_4_06 — Suppression of Psychedelic Research (1960s–2000s)

From the late 1940s through the mid-1960s, psychedelic substances — particularly LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and psilocybin — were the subject of extensive legitimate scientific research, with over 1,000 peer-review

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