Psychedelics and the science of self-experience.

Altered self-experiences arise in certain psychiatric conditions, and may be induced by psychoactive drugs and spiritual/religious practices. Recently, a neuroscience of self-experience has begun to crystallise, drawing upon findings from functional neuroimaging and altered states of consciousness occasioned by psychedelic drugs. This advance may be of great importance for psychiatry. © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017.

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Matthew M Nour, Robin L Carhart-Harris. Psychedelics and the science of self-experience. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. 2017 Mar;210(3):177-179

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