Psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, and DMT show therapeutic promise for mental health conditions such as treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and addiction, based on studies since 2020. This commentary synthesizes historical usage, current neuroscientific and clinical evidence, and explores ethical and regulatory challenges for future medical integration. Rigorous, ethically guided scientific validation is required.
The global workspace of consciousness, first proposed by Baars in 1982, describes how information becomes globally available in the brain, but its origin and mechanism remain poorly understood. One underexplored candidate is the brain's electromagnetic field. This review examines the theoretical framework and neuroimaging evidence for the global workspace model, then turns to electromagnetic field theories of consciousness. It highlights electromagnetic correlates derived from these theories that may underlie the global access phenomenon, suggesting that electromagnetic fields could play a key role in conscious awareness.