Psychedelics are recognised for their potential to re-orient beliefs. We propose a model of
how psychedelics can, in some cases, lead to false insights and thus false beliefs. We first …

Perhaps it is no accident that insight moments accompany some of humanity's most
important discoveries in science, medicine, and art. Here we propose that feelings of insight …

When an idea or problem solution appears, it can produce a distinct and powerful
phenomenology—a feeling of profound understanding and truth known as insight moments …

False “Aha!” moments can be elicited experimentally using the False Insight Anagram Task
(FIAT), which combines semantic priming and visual similarity manipulations to lead …

Psychedelics are increasingly recognised for their therapeutic potential and ability to re-
orient belief structures. However, the potential they carry for inducing false insights and …

Why do we have insight moments? Over the past century we have learned a lot about where
insights come from and what it feels like to have them. We also have a good idea about the …

Perhaps it is no accident that insight moments accompany some of humanity's most
important discoveries in science, medicine, and art. Here we describe an account of insight …

Clinical delusions are largely characterised by inappropriate levels of conviction for beliefs
that persist in the face of contradictory evidence. These beliefs often share similar thematic …

The subjective “Aha!” experience—or insight moment—has been reported alongside some
of humanity's greatest scientific discoveries and epiphanies. From Archimedes and the …