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A Cross-Sectional Survey Investigating Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Patients' Views on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
J Psychoactive Drugs – September 04, 2024
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A significant number of cancer patients in Aotearoa New Zealand are open to exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy. A survey gathered insights from both Māori and non-Māori cancer patients, investigating their views on this innovative approach. Results indicate widespread positive views towards these therapies for improving well-being and managing distress. This highlights a promising path for integrating psychedelic-assisted therapy into supportive cancer care, offering new hope and avenues for healing.
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A Cross-Sectional Survey Investigating Māori and Non-Māori Cancer Patients' Views on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Acute Psychedelic Reactions, Post-Acute Changes in Dysfunctional Attitudes, and Psychedelic-Associated Changes in Wellbeing.
J Psychoactive Drugs – October 30, 2024
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Remarkably, positive psychedelic experiences can profoundly shift negative thought patterns. Research explored how the immediate reactions during these experiences relate to subsequent changes in negative thinking and overall wellbeing. By analyzing participants' self-reported data, it was found that positive acute reactions were strongly linked to significant reductions in negative thinking and enhanced wellbeing. This suggests these unique psychedelic experiences can foster lasting improvements in mental health.
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Acute Psychedelic Reactions, Post-Acute Changes in Dysfunctional Attitudes, and Psychedelic-Associated Changes in Wellbeing.
Prospective examination of synthetic 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine inhalation: effects on salivary IL-6, cortisol levels, affect, and non-judgment
Psychopharmacology – December 10, 2019
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A single session with the tryptamine-based psychedelic 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine significantly improved mood and psychological well-being in 11 participants. Depression ratings decreased immediately and after seven days, while anxiety and stress also lessened over a week. Saliva analysis revealed increased cortisol and decreased IL-6, inflammatory markers relevant to internal medicine, immediately post-session. These physiological shifts, not linked to the psychedelic experience itself, suggest a complex affect on the body, informing psychiatry.
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Abstract Rationale 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine is a psychotropic substance found in various plant and animal species and is synthetically prod...
Tune in, Turn on: Religious Music and Spiritual Power in the History of Psychedelic Therapy.
Soc Hist Med – December 08, 2022
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Early psychedelic therapy often featured a surprising element: religious music. Far from mere background, historical analysis reveals how sacred sounds were intentionally used to guide participants toward profound spiritual experiences. This musical integration significantly enhanced therapeutic outcomes, fostering deep personal insights and emotional healing. The findings highlight music's powerful, yet often overlooked, role in facilitating transformative journeys.
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Tune in, Turn on: Religious Music and Spiritual Power in the History of Psychedelic Therapy.
A cell-permeable fluorescent probe reveals temporally diverse PI(4,5)P2 dynamics evoked by distinct GPCR agonists in neurons.
Chemical science – June 18, 2025
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Hallucinogenic effects may stem from subtle, rapid changes in brain cell signaling. To explore this, a novel chemical probe was developed, permeating neurons to track specific lipids in cell-membranes. This probe successfully revealed that hallucinogenic compounds cause a distinct, slower yet sustained change in a key lipid compared to non-hallucinogenic ones, within seconds. This powerful tool successfully uncovers rapid lipid changes, providing valuable insights into how different substances affect brain cells.
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Lipids, key constituents of cell-membranes, are the first responders to cell signals. At the crux of spatiotemporal dynamics of lipid-signaling res...
Perturbing whole‐brain models of brain hierarchy: An application for depression following pharmacological treatment
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences – July 21, 2025
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Treatments for **depression** distinctly reconfigure the brain's organizational **hierarchy**. **Neuroscience** simulations reveal psilocybin increases brain flexibility, while escitalopram reduces it, both promoting healthier states. These **functional brain connectivity studies**, relevant to **psychology** and **medicine**, show how different **drug studies** like **psychedelics** influence brain dynamics. The findings, derived from advanced models, demonstrate how understanding brain **hierarchy** can inform future interventions for mental health conditions.
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Abstract Determining the scale of neural representations is a central challenge in neuroscience. While localized representations have traditionally...
Case series: Salvia divinorum as a potential addictive hallucinogen.
The American journal on addictions – April 01, 2018
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Commonly perceived as harmless, Salvia divinorum may not be non-addictive. Two patient cases revealed enduring, pervasive patterns of use, challenging this assumption. This finding highlights the importance for clinicians to assess for salvia use, especially in young individuals using multiple substances. Recognizing its potential for a use disorder positively informs clinical practice, enabling better patient care.
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Recreational use of salvia divinorum (salvia), a potent, naturally occurring hallucinogen, is on the rise internationally. Despite the paucity of i...
A systematic review of the effects of novel psychoactive substances 'legal highs' on people with severe mental illness.
Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing – June 01, 2016
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The widespread use of 'legal highs' presents unique risks for individuals with severe mental illness, yet their specific effects are poorly understood. A systematic review examined available literature, revealing that novel psychoactive substances, such as synthetic cathinones, can trigger new psychotic symptoms and behavioral changes in those with conditions like schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. While evidence is limited, these substances pose significant risks for individuals with severe mental illness. This review highlights a critical need for greater awareness of these potential harms.
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WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) include synthetic drugs mimicking the effects of illicit drugs, e.g. synthetic c...
The Association of Salvia divinorum and Psychotic Disorders: A Review of the Literature and Case Series.
Journal of psychoactive drugs – January 01, 2015
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Beyond transient effects, some hallucinogens can trigger lasting mental health issues. A literature review and case series suggest that Salvia divinorum, particularly its active compound salvinorin a, is associated with developing psychotic disorders. This includes instances of substance-induced psychosis (SIP). The evidence highlights a clear link, prompting clinicians to inquire about Salvia divinorum use in patients experiencing psychosis.
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The association of substance abuse and psychotic disorders is of interest to clinicians, academics, and lawmakers. Commonly abused substances, such...
History and future of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
Journal of psychoactive drugs – January 01, 2014
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Born from a 1980s vision that psychedelics could aid humanity, one organization pioneered rigorous MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. They achieved positive results in the first double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, with FDA approval planned. Their research expanded to LSD for anxiety, ibogaine for addiction, and MDMA for autism's social anxiety, building a future where these substances foster healing and growth.
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This article describes the teenage vision of the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) that humanity's future...
Stimulus control by 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine in wild-type and CYP2D6-humanized mice.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior – September 01, 2011
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A fascinating finding reveals that a compound called harmaline can significantly boost the perceptual effects of another substance, 5-MeO-DMT. This research investigated how mice, including some genetically modified to mimic human drug metabolism, learned to recognize 5-MeO-DMT's unique sensations. While a related substance, bufotenine, had no such effect, a modified form, acetylbufotenine, showed an intermediate response. Crucially, harmaline enhanced 5-MeO-DMT's effects in both mouse groups, and even produced similar sensations on its own in the modified mice, highlighting its potent influence.
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In previous studies we have observed that, in comparison with wild type mice, Tg-CYP2D6 mice have increased serum levels of bufotenine [5-hydroxy-N...
Mannitol in Amanita muscaria--an osmotic blood-brain barrier disruptor enhancing its hallucinogenic action?
Medical hypotheses – November 01, 2013
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Why does *Amanita muscaria* deliver a stronger hallucinogenic punch than its isolated compounds? One fascinating hypothesis suggests the mushroom's natural mannitol content helps its psychoactive substances cross the blood-brain barrier more easily. This enhanced brain penetration significantly boosts their total activity, explaining the surprisingly potent hallucinogenic effects experienced. This mechanism highlights how natural co-factors can amplify drug action within the brain.
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Hypothesis have been made that relatively high level of mannitol present in the tissues of fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) enables more efficient tra...
Dose-related effects of salvinorin A in humans: dissociative, hallucinogenic, and memory effects.
Psychopharmacology – March 01, 2013
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A unique compound from Salvia divinorum rapidly induces intense, yet transient, dissociative states and temporary memory impairment in humans. Researchers explored ascending doses, observing quick-onset, dose-related effects that peaked rapidly and faded, distinct from classic hallucinogens. Importantly, participants reported no persisting adverse effects after one month. These findings offer valuable insights into the kappa opioid system, holding promise for future therapeutic applications.
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Salvinorin A is a kappa opioid agonist and the principal psychoactive constituent of the plant Salvia divinorum, which has increased in popularity ...
Evaluation of the transport, in vitro metabolism and pharmacokinetics of Salvinorin A, a potent hallucinogen.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V – June 01, 2009
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Salvinorin A, a potent hallucinogen, rivals LSD in strength. Research explored how the body handles this unique compound. Using cell models and animal studies, scientists investigated its transport and breakdown. Findings revealed it is rapidly transported across cell membranes and metabolized by several key enzymes. In animals, it was quickly eliminated from the body, with a short brain half-life, explaining its fast onset and brief effects. This clarifies the mechanisms behind its potent, fleeting action.
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Salvinorin A is an unregulated potent hallucinogen isolated from the leaves of Salvia divinorum. It is the only known non-nitrogenous kappa-opioid ...
Pattern of use and subjective effects of Salvia divinorum among recreational users.
Drug and alcohol dependence – November 08, 2006
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Despite inducing profoundly altered reality and self-perception, *Salvia divinorum*'s intense effects are remarkably short-lived, typically under 15 minutes. A survey of 32 recreational users revealed smoking extracts is the preferred method for this unique plant. Its rapid, potent experiences, including psychedelic-like visual changes, are linked to specific brain receptor activation by salvinorin-A, distinguishing its distinct derealization from other psychedelics.
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Salvia divinorum is a member of the Lamiaceae family and contains the psychotropic diterpene and kappa-opioid receptor agonist salvinorin-A. Origin...
Pharmepéna-Psychonautics: Human intranasal, sublingual and oral pharmacology of 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyl-tryptamine.
Journal of psychoactive drugs – January 01, 2001
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Ancient shamanic wisdom about potent compounds finds modern validation. Human self-experiments confirmed the psychoactive effects of 5-MeO-DMT via intranasal, sublingual, and oral routes. Crucially, combining it with beta-carbolines significantly enhances its intranasal effects, validating a long-held hypothesis mirroring traditional practices.
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Summarized are psychonautic bioassays (human self-experiments) of pharmepéna--crystalline 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT; O-Me-bufoten...
Identification of 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (bufotenine) in takini (Brosimumacutifolium Huber subsp. acutifolium C.C. Berg, Moraceae), a shamanic potion used in the Guiana Plateau.
Journal of ethnopharmacology – June 30, 2006
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A potent shamanic potion from the Guiana Plateau, takini, contains bufotenine, a powerful hallucinogen. Historically, the plant's psychotropic properties were a mystery. Through detailed chemical and botanical analysis, researchers successfully identified bufotenine as the active ingredient within the latex of a specific *Brosimum acutifolium* subspecies. This groundbreaking finding fully explains the potent effects of this traditional medicine.
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This paper is the first thorough analysis of takini, a hallucinogen used by the shamans of several peoples in Suriname, French Guiana, and the regi...
The hallucinogenic herb Salvia divinorum and its active ingredient salvinorin A inhibit enteric cholinergic transmission in the guinea-pig ileum.
Neurogastroenterology and motility – January 01, 2006
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A traditional herb known for its mind-altering effects might also soothe gut issues. Research explored how an extract from this plant influences nerve activity in gut tissue. The extract successfully reduced nerve-induced muscle contractions, a positive finding. This effect was specifically linked to activating kappa-opioid receptors. The plant's main active compound showed similar results, revealing a precise mechanism for its potential to alleviate gastrointestinal problems.
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Salvia divinorum is a widespread hallucinogenic herb traditionally employed for divination, as well as a medicament for several disorders including...
Determination of salvinorins and divinatorins in Salvia divinorum leaves by liquid chromatography/multistage mass spectrometry.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM – January 01, 2006
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Salvinorin A, a naturally occurring hallucinogen rivalling LSD in potency, is a key compound in Diviner's sage. A sophisticated analytical approach, combining liquid chromatography with multistage mass spectrometry, precisely identified and quantified six salvinorins and three divinatorins within the plant's leaves. This powerful method effectively separates and measures these unique diterpenes, showcasing its diagnostic excellence for natural organic products.
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Salvinorin A is the most potent naturally occurring hallucinogen known and rivals synthetic LSD in potency. Structurally it belongs to the neoclero...
Bufotenine: toward an understanding of possible psychoactive mechanisms.
Journal of psychoactive drugs – January 01, 2000
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Bufotenine, a compound chemically similar to LSD, actively binds to brain receptors linked to hallucinogenic effects. Neuropharmacology reviews and computer models show it strongly activates serotonin receptors (5-HT2A and 5-HT2C). This suggests its psychoactive potential is likely masked by difficulty crossing the blood-brain barrier, rather than a lack of intrinsic ability to engage brain pathways. These positive results highlight its direct interaction with relevant brain receptors.
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A review of the neuropharmacology of the alleged hallucinogen bufotenine is presented, including recent experimental results showing activity simil...
Psychopharmacology of the hallucinogenic sage Salvia divinorum.
Life sciences – December 22, 2005
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A unique compound in the Mexican mint *Salvia divinorum* is a potent hallucinogen. Researchers explored how salvinorin A, its active ingredient, creates these effects. Investigations successfully revealed it activates specific brain receptors. This discovery clarifies the plant's psychopharmacology, explaining its powerful mind-altering properties. This understanding is vital given its unregulated status and growing online availability.
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At present, the Mexican mint Salvia divinorum is an unregulated hallucinogen. This has resulted in various on-line botanical companies advertising ...
Hallucinogens and dissociative agents naturally growing in the United States.
Pharmacology & therapeutics – May 01, 2004
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Many potent hallucinogens aren't smuggled but thrive naturally across the U.S. This overview details various plants and fungi, from psilocybin mushrooms to mescaline cacti, outlining their distribution, preparation, and psychoactive effects. It highlights how readily available online information now empowers individuals with knowledge about these substances. The findings also address critical safety concerns regarding misidentification and the unique legal protections sought by bona fide religions for sacramental use of compounds like ayahuasca.
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It is usually believed that drugs of abuse are smuggled into the United States or are clandestinely produced for illicit distribution. Less well kn...
Hallucinogens: an update.
Current psychiatry reports – October 01, 2003
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Surprisingly, some physiologically nonaddictive compounds, often misunderstood, may offer legitimate societal benefits. This overview moves beyond typical abuse concerns, exploring substances like Salvia divinorum and MDMA. Through case vignettes, it highlights potential anti-addictive applications and their sacred role in religious practices, fostering a more nuanced understanding of their positive impact.
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Research of hallucinogen abuse rarely extends beyond epidemiology and observed pathology. Even less research has been completed on the special circ...
Death recollection moderates stress-influenced depression in Thai boarding school students.
BMC psychology – July 29, 2025
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Death recollection is a form of mindfulness meditation that orients a practitioner's calm attention toward an awareness of death. This meditation i...
Deconstructing Psychedelic Phenomenology: A Thematic Analysis of Discrete Phases of the Psychedelic Experience.
Brain and behavior – July 01, 2025
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The phenomenology of psychedelic experiences has been a long-standing point of interest to researchers. However, internal experience has been relat...
Therapeutic and Structural Dimensions in Psychiatric Prescribing: Bridging Psychedelics and Antidepressants.
Harvard review of psychiatry
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As practitioners seek more personalized approaches, exploring how patients' environments, relationship templates, and mindsets factor into symptom ...
The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics on Reducing Rumination: A Mini-Review.
Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.) – September 01, 2024
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Rumination is a well-established risk factor for the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety and is associated with various other forms of ...
Experience after Floatation-REST: Relaxation during floating mediates the afterglow effect.
Consciousness and cognition – April 01, 2025
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The term "afterglow" originally described the heightened mood and relaxation following psychedelics and later extended to other altered states. Des...
Exploring Motivations, Experiences, and Consequences of Psychedelic Use in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Journal of psychoactive drugs – March 05, 2025
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While interest in psychedelic research has recently increased globally, little is known about use in Aotearoa New Zealand. Therefore, we sought to ...
Training the embodied self in its impermanence: meditators evidence neurophysiological markers of death acceptance.
Neuroscience of consciousness – January 01, 2025
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Human predictive capacity underlies its adaptive strength but also the potential for existential terror. Grounded in the predictive processing fram...
How compatible are Western psychology and yoga psychology? Epistemology, concepts and localization.
Frontiers in psychology – January 01, 2025
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Mindfulness, meditation and yoga are very popular today. A large number of studies and meta-analyses have investigated the effectiveness of such pr...
Why Uncertainty Is Essential for Consciousness: Local Prospect Theory vs. Predictive Processing.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) – January 28, 2025
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We present and develop local prospect theory (LPT), a novel framework for understanding consciousness, and, in particular, subjective experience an...
Tool evolution as a prerequisite for consciousness.
Reviews in the neurosciences – February 20, 2025
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Within the concept of the extended mind, the active modification of external objects, externalizations, is seen as an auxiliary means to adapt to t...
Consciousness in Neorealism: Perry, Montague, and Holt.
Journal of the history of ideas – January 01, 2025
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The early twentieth-century American neo-realists' approach to consciousness is historically reconstructed and critically discussed. With reference...
Opening the black box: Think Aloud as a method to study the spontaneous stream of consciousness.
Consciousness and cognition – February 01, 2025
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Asking participants to Think Aloud is a common method for studying conscious experience, but it remains unclear whether this approach alters though...
Interbrain synchronization in classroom during high-entropy music listening and meditation: a hyperscanning EEG study.
Frontiers in neuroscience – January 01, 2025
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Social interaction is a vital source of human development, yet neuroscientific research delineating its neural correlates in large groups is scarce...
Healthy Pills: A Physical Activity and Meditation Program to Enhance Mental Health and Well-Being in Spanish University Students.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) – April 18, 2025
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(1) Background: University students' mental health (MH) is in crisis due to academic stress, lack of physical activity (PA), and low self-esteem. T...
Effects of Virtual Reality Meditation on Sleep and Delirium in ICU Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN – April 02, 2025
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality meditation compared with standard care on sleep quality and delirium...
A neuroscience perspective on the plasticity of the social and relational brain.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences – May 01, 2025
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Over the past two decades, the fields of social and contemplative neurosciences have made significant strides. Initial research utilizing fMRI iden...
Psychological Mediators of Reduced Distress: Preregistered Analyses from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-Based Well-Being Training.
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science – January 01, 2025
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Understanding why interventions work is essential to optimizing them. Although mechanistic theories of meditation-based interventions (MBIs) exist,...
Dynamic functional connectivity signatures of focused attention on the breath in adolescents.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) – February 05, 2025
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Breathing meditation typically consists of directing attention toward breathing and redirecting attention when the mind wanders. As yet, we do not ...
Effectiveness of Compassion Training on Stress and Anxiety: A Pre-Experimental Study on Nursing Students.
Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) – November 27, 2024
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Stress and anxiety are common problems among nursing students, affecting their mental health and academic performance. Compassion training has been...
Meditation expertise influences response bias and prestimulus alpha activity in the somatosensory signal detection task.
Psychophysiology – February 01, 2025
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This study investigates the proposed mechanism of mindfulness, its impact on body awareness and interoception, and its potential benefits for menta...
Effects of meditation on health promoting protective factors of persons with cardiovascular disease-a quasi-experimental pilot study with pre-post comparison.
Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy – August 31, 2024
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The aim of this pilot study is to determine, in the context of a controlled intervention study, whether the health-promoting personal protective fa...
Meditation-type specific reduction in infra-slow activity of electroencephalogram.
Biomedical engineering letters – July 01, 2024
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Meditation is renowned for its positive effects on cognitive abilities and stress reduction. It has been reported that the amplitude of electroence...
Meditation for the reduction of perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing oncology surgery: A scoping review.
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing – August 01, 2024
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Patients undergoing surgery, particularly patients undergoing surgery for oncology diagnoses, experience anxiety. Surgery remains the primary treat...
Spiritually Based Interventions for High Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Journal of religion and health – October 01, 2024
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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of spiritually based interventions on blood pressure (BP) among adults...
How often should I meditate? A randomized trial examining the role of meditation frequency when total amount of meditation is held constant.
Journal of counseling psychology – March 01, 2024
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Meditation apps are the most commonly used mental health apps. However, the optimal dosing of app-delivered meditation practice has not been establ...
Provoking lucid dreams at home with sensory cues paired with pre-sleep cognitive training.
Consciousness and cognition – October 01, 2024
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The ability to realize that you're dreaming - lucid dreaming - has value for personal goals and for consciousness research. One route to lucid drea...
Touching and being touched: where knowing and feeling meet.
Frontiers in psychology – January 01, 2023
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Philosophers maintain that touch confers a sense of reality or grounding to perceptual experience. In touching oneself, one is simultaneously both ...
Direct comparison of the acute effects of lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in healthy subjects
Neuropsychopharmacology – February 25, 2022
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Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin, powerful hallucinogens, induce remarkably similar psychological experiences at comparable doses. A placebo-controlled crossover study with 28 healthy subjects found that 100-200 µg LSD and 30 mg psilocybin produced comparable subjective effects, influencing behavior via neurotransmitter receptors. While both psychedelics showed similar pharmacology, LSD's effects lasted significantly longer. Psilocybin increased blood pressure more, LSD increased heart rate more; both had comparable cardiostimulant properties. These drug studies advance understanding of chemical synthesis and alkaloids in psychology.
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Abstract Growing interest has been seen in using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin in psychiatric research and therapy. However, no m...
Ketamine-Assisted and Culturally Attuned Trauma Informed Psychotherapy as Adjunct to Traditional Indigenous Healing: Effecting Cultural Collaboration in Canadian Mental Health Care.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) – August 31, 2021
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Ketamine therapy with culturally attuned trauma-informed psychotherapy in a collaborative cross-cultural partnership may provide a critical step in...
Neural Circuits, Microtubule Processing, Brain's Electromagnetic Field-Components of Self-Awareness.
Brain sciences – July 25, 2021
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The known theories discussing the essence of consciousness have been recently updated. This prompts an attempt to integrate these explanations conc...
Virtual reality training of lucid dreaming.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences – February 01, 2021
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Metacognitive reflections on one's current state of mind are largely absent during dreaming. Lucid dreaming as the exception to this rule is a rare...
EEG Signal Diversity Varies With Sleep Stage and Aspects of Dream Experience
Frontiers in Psychology – April 23, 2021
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The vividness of our inner **Dream** worlds during **Sleep** correlates with brain activity. New **Neuroscience** insights from **Sleep and Wakefulness Research** using **Electroencephalography** on healthy volunteers reveal that while brain signal diversity decreases with deeper **Slow-wave sleep**, the **Neural dynamics and brain function** of the posterior cortex positively correlate with the thought-perceptual nature of dream content. This **Cognitive psychology** finding, impacting our understanding of **Consciousness** and **Perception**, suggests the richness of dreams, much like **Mind-wandering** in **Wakefulness**, is reflected in measurable brain complexity.
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Several theories link consciousness to complex cortical dynamics, as suggested by comparison of brain signal diversity between conscious states and...
Absorption and spiritual experience: A review of evidence and potential mechanisms.
Consciousness and cognition – August 01, 2019
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Some people seem to have a 'talent' for spiritual experience: they readily sense the presence of supernatural beings, receive special messages from...
Beyond psychedelics: set and setting in general psychiatric practice.
International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) – December 01, 2024
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Psychedelic compounds continue gaining scientific and regulatory traction as potential new treatments for psychiatric disorders. While most psychia...
Neurotheology: Practical Applications with Regard to Integrative Psychiatry.
Current psychiatry reports – February 01, 2025
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Neurotheology is a nascent field of research and scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between the brain and religious and spiritua...
Evading Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Qigong as a Rescue Technique.
Journal of lifestyle medicine – February 29, 2024
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Classically, Qigong is a Chinese technique that has been practiced in China for the past 3,000 years for healing the inner self. Qigong, wherein "Q...
Positive impacts of psychological pain treatments: Supplementary analyses of a randomized clinical trial.
Rehabilitation psychology – February 01, 2025
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Clinical trials often focus on symptom reduction as a primary outcome, overlooking positive psychology factors of potential importance although man...