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Neuropharmacological effects of psychedelics have profound cognitive, emotional, and social effects that inspired the development of cultures and religions worldwide. Findings that psychedelics objectively and reliably produce mystical experiences press the question of the neuropharmacological mechanisms by which these highly significant experiences are produced by exogenous neurotransmitter analogs.
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- Winkelman, Michael (Contributor)
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor)
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- 2017-09-28
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- Digital object identifier: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00539
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Winkelman, M. J. (2017). The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences: Hypotheses from Evolutionary Psychology. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11. doi:10.3389/fnins.2017.00539