2025
A Consensus Taxonomy of Altered (Nonordinary) States of Consciousness: Bringing Order to Disarray
Cardeña E, Berkovich-Ohana A, Valli K, Barttfeld P, Gomez-Marin A, Greyson B, Kumar V, Laureys S, Luhrmann T, Newberg A, Preller K, Putnam F, Tagliazucchi E, Walsh R, Carter O, Yaden D. A Consensus Taxonomy of Altered (Nonordinary) States of Consciousness: Bringing Order to Disarray. Psychology Of Consciousness Theory Research And Practice 2025 DOI: 10.1037/cns0000431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMusic mindfulness acutely modulates autonomic activity and improves psychological state in anxiety and depression
Ramirez C, Alayine G, Akafia C, Adichie K, Watts D, Galdamez Y, Harding L, Allsop A. Music mindfulness acutely modulates autonomic activity and improves psychological state in anxiety and depression. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2025, 19: 1554156. PMID: 40264912, PMCID: PMC12013341, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1554156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMusical mindSymptoms of anxietyMindfulness sessionsMusic listeningMusicImproved psychological stateHeart rate variabilityModerate symptoms of anxietyPsychological stateStates of consciousnessParticipants’ psychological statesMindfulnessSelf-reported sexDepressive symptomsLive sessionsStress managementMeasures of heart rate variabilitySocial connectionsIncreased HRVReduce stressEEG power spectral densityPsychological effectsAnxietyDepressionParticipantsA Field-Wide Review and Analysis of Study Materials Used in Psilocybin Trials: Assessment of Two Decades of Research
Yaden D, Graziosi M, Owen A, Agin-Liebes G, Aaronson S, Allen K, Barrett F, Bogenschutz M, Carhart-Harris R, Ching T, Cosimano M, Danforth A, Davis A, Garcia-Romeu A, Griffiths R, Grob C, Gründer G, Gukasyan N, Heinzerling K, Hendricks P, Holze F, Horton D, Johnson M, Kelmendi B, Peck S, Koslowski M, Liechti M, Mertens L, Moreno F, Nayak S, Nicholas C, Preller K, Rieser N, Ross S, Sergi K, Sloshower J, Smigielski L, Stenbæk D, Vollenweider F, Weiss B, Wolff M, Yaden M. A Field-Wide Review and Analysis of Study Materials Used in Psilocybin Trials: Assessment of Two Decades of Research. Psychedelic Medicine 2025, 3: 1-18. PMID: 40351554, PMCID: PMC12060849, DOI: 10.1089/psymed.2024.0019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResearch settingsSerotonin 2A receptor agonistAcute subjective effectsReflexive thematic analysisPsychological safetyPsychedelic treatmentIdentified themesSerotonergic psychedelicsSubjective effectsPsychological supportThematic analysisMedical staffPsychedelic experienceStates of consciousnessFamily historyPsilocybinReceptor agonistsWell-beingPsilocybin studiesDecades of researchPsychedelicsPsychoeducationPotential contraindicationsLevel of riskAnticipated outcomes
2024
Synergistic, multi-level understanding of psychedelics: three systematic reviews and meta-analyses of their pharmacology, neuroimaging and phenomenology
Shinozuka K, Jerotic K, Mediano P, Zhao A, Preller K, Carhart-Harris R, Kringelbach M. Synergistic, multi-level understanding of psychedelics: three systematic reviews and meta-analyses of their pharmacology, neuroimaging and phenomenology. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 485. PMID: 39632810, PMCID: PMC11618481, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03187-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityBetween-network functional connectivityLevels of analysisWithin-network FCBetween-drug differencesMeta-analysesD2 receptorsPsychedelic effectsSerotonergic psychedelicsNeuroimaging resultsNeuropsychiatric disordersStates of consciousnessPsychedelicsNeural fingerprintsAltered statesNeuroimagingPsilocybinHigh dosesLSDSignificantly higher ratesMolecular pharmacologySystematic reviewAddictionDepressionPhenomenology
2013
Conscientious of the Conscious: Interactive Capacity as a Threshold Marker for Consciousness
Fischer D, Truog R. Conscientious of the Conscious: Interactive Capacity as a Threshold Marker for Consciousness. AJOB Neuroscience 2013, 4: 26-33. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2013.819391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimally conscious stateDiagnosing disorders of consciousnessBrain-injured patientsAbsence of consciousnessDisorders of consciousnessStates of consciousnessDiagnostic distinctionDiagnosed disordersManagement of patientsConscious stateThreshold markersEthical importanceEthical managementVegetative stateEthical challengesElectroencephalographic assessmentNeuroimagingConsciousness
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