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more stuff about the dynamic brain networking we call consciousness ...

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http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaat7603 cross-reference with another author ... https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/12/693814827/a-neuroscientist-explores-the-biology-of-addiction-in-never-enough?fbclid=IwAR0NPVMC-Xzmrlz6LGuISaFGqPY_Hlrl854HPvVtC7vpUbDEzssB0e9dX_Y

depersonalization disorder ...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/03395052-c688-4673-a819-1ce8317873d9

lsd micro-dose ... zurich experiment ... altered flow of signalling between thalamus and other areas ... "These results inform the neurobiology of altered states of consciousness with critical implications for rational development of novel treatments" ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/28/study-shows-how-lsd-messes-with-brains-signalling https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/01/23/1815129116 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/11/15/219956.full.pdf http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/1/215

mountain monks ... the yamabushi in japan

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https://vimeo.com/311714692 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamabushi

revision time ... what evidence is there for the intrinsic activity of the resting brain ? ... "pretty vacant" doesn't mean "running on empty"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network

Constance Newland ... ?psychonaut?

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https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/W2G6IygAACkAZWnu?fbclid=IwAR3v-B9XwXSIk4xQkMuf32v2AUWoTOGhPC0b7NivQiuzcdL_89m-mxOMaxk

recent discussions on popular myths about the brain and about the effectiveness of treatments for depression ...

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/we-want-things-be-certain-way