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. 2018 Jan:41:e87.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17002187.

Toward a neurophysiological foundation for altered states of consciousness

Shadab Tabatabaeian  1 , Carolyn Dicey Jennings  1
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Toward a neurophysiological foundation for altered states of consciousness

Shadab Tabatabaeian et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Singh's cultural evolutionary theory posits that methods of inducing shamanic altered states of consciousness differ, resulting in profoundly different cognitive states. We argue that, despite different methods of induction, altered states of consciousness share neurophysiological features and cause shared cognitive and behavioral effects. This common foundation enables further cross-cultural comparison of shamanic activities that is currently left out of Singh's theory.

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