One especially important feature of metrical music is that it contains periodicities that
listeners' bodily rhythms can adapt to. Recent psychological frameworks have introduced the …

We present the theory of predictive processing as a unifying framework to account for the
neurocognitive basis of religion and spirituality. Our model is substantiated by discussing …

Shamans, including medicine men, mediums, and the prophets of religious movements,
recur across human societies. Shamanism also existed among nearly all documented …

From the beginning of therapeutic research with psychedelics, music listening has been
consistently used as a method to guide or support therapeutic experiences during the acute …

There have been a number of electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies in “altered”
states of consciousness including dissociative conditions, hypnosis, and meditation; …

Human interaction often requires the precise yet flexible interpersonal coordination of
rhythmic behavior, as in group music making. The present fMRI study investigates the …

Increasing evidence suggests that endogenous sex steroid changes affect human brain
functional connectivity, which could be obtained by resting-state fMRI (RS-fMRI) …

Psychedelics have been recognized as model interventions for studying altered states of
consciousness. However, few empirical studies of the shamanic state of consciousness …

Self-induced cognitive trance (SICT) is a voluntary non-ordinary state of consciousness
characterized by a lucid yet narrowed awareness of the external surroundings. It involves a …

Sensorimotor integration tasks, such as body movements in time with music, can foster the
experience of flow–a pleasurable state of full engagement and concentration occurring …