A complex systems perspective on psychedelic brain action

M Girn, FE Rosas, RE Daws, CL Gallen… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
Recent findings suggesting the potential transdiagnostic efficacy of psychedelic-assisted
therapy have fostered the need to deepen our understanding of psychedelic brain action …

Mindfulness meditation and psychedelics: potential synergies and commonalities

P Holas, J Kamińska - Pharmacological Reports, 2023 - Springer
There has been increasing scientific and clinical interest in studying psychedelic and
meditation-based interventions in recent years, both in the context of improving mental …

Human brain effects of DMT assessed via EEG-fMRI

C Timmermann, L Roseman, S Haridas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Psychedelics have attracted medical interest, but their effects on human brain function are
incompletely understood. In a comprehensive, within-subjects, placebo-controlled design …

Investigation of advanced mindfulness meditation “cessation” experiences using EEG spectral analysis in an intensively sampled case study

A Chowdhury, R van Lutterveld, RE Laukkonen… - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Mindfulness meditation is a contemplative practice informed by Buddhism that targets the
development of present-focused awareness and non-judgment of experience. Interest in …

Within‐subject reliability of brain networks during advanced meditation: An intensively sampled 7 Tesla MRI case study

S Ganesan, WFZ Yang, A Chowdhury… - Human brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced meditation such as jhana meditation can produce various altered states of
consciousness (jhanas) and cultivate rewarding psychological qualities including joy …

'I live in extremes': A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults' experiences of inertial rest and motion

H Rapaport, H Clapham, J Adams, W Lawson… - …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
'Autistic inertia'is part of the Autistic community's everyday lexicon, yet the condition has
received scant attention in the academic literature. The little attention it has received has …

Breathwork-induced psychedelic experiences modulate neural dynamics

E Lewis-Healey, E Tagliazucchi… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Breathwork is an understudied school of practices involving intentional respiratory
modulation to induce an altered state of consciousness (ASC). We simultaneously …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in high-order interaction measures of synergy and redundancy during non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by meditation, hypnosis, and …

P Kumar, R Panda, K Sharma, A Adarsh, J Annen… - Neuroimage, 2024 - Elsevier
High-order interactions are required across brain regions to accomplish specific cognitive
functions. These functional interdependencies are reflected by synergistic information that …

Exploring mechanisms of psychedelic action using neuroimaging

D Erritzoe, C Timmermann, K Godfrey… - Nature Mental …, 2024 - nature.com
Modern psychedelic research and clinical development is at a crucial inflection point, with
great potential for the treatment of many mental illnesses demonstrated but significant …

Volitional mental absorption in meditation: Toward a scientific understanding of advanced concentrative absorption meditation and the case of jhana

WFZ Yang, T Sparby, M Wright, E Kim, MD Sacchet - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Meditation has been integral to human culture for millennia, deeply rooted in various
spiritual and contemplative traditions. While the field of contemplative science has made …