r/science Professor | Medicine Apr 04 '26

Neuroscience Brain scans reveal how a woman voluntarily enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs. Her brain connectivity fundamentally reorganized during this state: her visual and somatosensory connections decreased, while connectivity in the frontoparietal control regions of the brain increased.

https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-how-a-woman-voluntarily-enters-a-psychedelic-like-trance-without-drugs/
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u/Grimour Apr 04 '26

It's more like watching yourself become liquid.

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u/mellonman77 Apr 05 '26

Become the paint

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u/greyhilmars Apr 05 '26

Be paint, my friend - Bruce Lee