psilocybin ↔ ego dissolution

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Psilocybin is directly linked to ego dissolution as it is the substance used to induce this state [1], and multiple scientific studies have investigated the neural mechanisms and correlates of this specific experience under the influence of psilocybin [2], [3], [4], and [5].

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts

claimPsilocybin has the capacity to amplify ecstatic and visionary thinking modalities by inducing ego-dissolution, a sense of connectedness, increased elementary and complex imagery, and entity-encounter occurrences.

referenceThe study 'Finding the self by losing the self: neural correlates of ego-dissolution under psilocybin' was published in Human Brain Mapping in 2015, investigating the neural mechanisms of ego-dissolution.

Psychedelics and Consciousness: Distinctions, Demarcations, and ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua David B Yaden, Matthew W Johnson, Roland R Griffiths, Manoj K Doss, Albert Garcia-Romeu, Sandeep Nayak, Natalie Gukasyan, Brian N Mathur, Frederick S Barrett · Oxford University Press 1 fact

referenceMason reported on regional alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissolution associated with psilocybin, published in Neuropsychopharmacology (Volume 45, page 2003).

The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Frontiers 1 fact

claimA. Lebedev, M. Lövdén, G. Rosenthal, A. Feilding, D. Nutt, and R. Carhart-Harris (2015) investigated the neural correlates of ego-dissolution under the influence of psilocybin.

Altered State of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Springer 1 fact

referenceThe study 'Me, myself, bye: Regional alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissolution with psilocybin' was published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology in 2020.