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Psilocybin-assisted mindfulness training modulates self-consciousness and brain default mode network connectivity with lasting effects

Smigielski, L., Scheidegger, M., Kometer, M., & Vollenweider, F. X. | NeuroImage | 1 August 2019

REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics

Carhart-Harris, R. L., & Friston, K. J. | Pharmacological reviews | 20 June 2019

Survey of subjective “God encounter experiences”: Comparisons among naturally occurring experiences and those occasioned by the classic psychedelics psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, or DMT.

Griffiths, R. R., Hurwitz, E. S., Davis, A. K., Johnson, M. W., & Jesse, R. | PloS one | 23 April 2019

Psychedelics as a treatment for disorders of consciousness

Scott, G., & Carhart-Harris, R. L. | Neuroscience of consciousness | 21 April 2019

Palliative Nursing and Sacred Medicine: A Holistic Stance on Entheogens, Healing, and Spiritual Care.

Rosa, W. E., Hope, S., & Matzo, M. | Journal of Holistic Nursing | 18 April 2018

A single inhalation of vapor from dried toad secretion containing 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) in a naturalistic setting is related to sustained enhancement of satisfaction with life, mindfulness-related capacities, and a decrement of psychopathological symptoms

Uthaug, M. V., Lancelotta, R., van Oorsouw, K., Kuypers, K. P. C., Mason, N., Rak, J., ... & Páleníček, T. | Psychopharmacology | 13 April 2019

Brown, T. K., Noller, G. E., & Denenberg, J. O. | Journal of psychoactive drugs | 9 April 2019

Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: A large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports.

Martial, C., Cassol, H., Charland-Verville, V., Pallavicini, C., Sanz, C., Zamberlan, F., ... & Tagliazucchi, E. | Consciousness and cognition | 1 February 2019

The effects of microdose LSD on time perception: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Yanakieva, S., Polychroni, N., Family, N., Williams, L. T., Luke, D. P., & Terhune, D. B. | Psychopharmacology | 26 November 2018

Exploring the effect of microdosing psychedelics on creativity in an open-label natural setting

Prochazkova, L., Lippelt, D. P., Colzato, L. S., Kuchar, M., Sjoerds, Z., & Hommel, B. | Psychopharmacology | 25 October 2018

Dimensions of consciousness and the psychedelic state

Bayne, T., & Carter, O. | Neuroscience of consciousness | 19 September 2018

It’s Tea Time: Interference of Ayahuasca Brew on Discriminative Learning in Zebrafish

Eduardo-da-Silva, P., Lobao-Soares, B., Amarilha, H., Pinheiro-da-Silva, J., Silva, P. F., & Luchiari, A. C. | Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience | 27 August 2018

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Research and Development.

Schenberg, E. E. S. | Frontiers in pharmacology | 5 July 2018

The entropic brain – Revisited

Carhart-Harris, R. L. | Neuropharmacology | 13 March 2018

Unifying Theories of Psychedelic Drug Effects

Swanson, L. R. | Frontiers in Pharmacology | 2 March 2018

Psychedelics and connectedness

Carhart-Harris, R. L., Erritzoe, D., Haijen, E., Kaelen, M., & Watts, R. | Psychopharmacology | 10 August 2017

Entheogenesis: Toward an Expanded Worldview for Our Time

Metzner, R. | Journal of Humanistic Psychology | 9 August 2017

The 2017 Ayahuasca Technical Report

ICEERS has just released the 2017 edition of the Ayahuasca Technical Report. Signed by ten of the world’s leading ayahuasca researchers, this report is an important document that summarizes the most relevant scientific findings from [...]

Self unbound: ego dissolution in psychedelic experience.

Letheby, C., & Gerrans, P. | Neuroscience of consciousness | 30 June 2017

Looking for the Self: Phenomenology, Neurophysiology and Philosophical Significance of Drug-induced Ego Dissolution

Millière, R. | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 23 May 2017

Changes in Resting-State Global Brain Connectivity in LSD-Induced Altered States of Consciousness are Attributable to the 5-HT2A Receptor

Preller, K., Schleifer, C., Stämpfli, P., Krystal, J., Vollenweider, F., & Anticevic, A. | Biological Psychiatry | 29 April 2017