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Editorial
. 2017 Mar;210(3):177-179.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.194738.

Psychedelics and the science of self-experience

Matthew M Nour  1 , Robin L Carhart-Harris  2
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Editorial

Psychedelics and the science of self-experience

Matthew M Nour et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

Altered self-experiences arise in certain psychiatric conditions, and may be induced by psychoactive drugs and spiritual/religious practices. Recently, a neuroscience of self-experience has begun to crystallise, drawing upon findings from functional neuroimaging and altered states of consciousness occasioned by psychedelic drugs. This advance may be of great importance for psychiatry.

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