How LSD Helped Us Probe What the 'Sense of Self' Looks Like in the Brain

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<p>‘Every si gle perso is iffere t. We all have iffere t backgro s, views, val es a i terests. A yet there is o e iversal feeli g that we all experie ce at every si gle mome t. Call it a “ego”, a “self” or j st a “I” – it’s the i ea that o r tho ghts a feeli gs are o r ow , a o o e else has access to them i the same way. This may so a bit like post-war Fre ch existe tialism or psycho-a alysis, b t it’s act ally a topic that’s bei g i creasi gly a resse by e roscie tists.</p>
<p>We were part of a team i tereste i fi i g o t how this se se of self is expresse i the brai – a what happe s whe it issolves. To o that, we se brai imagi g a the psyche elic r g LSD.’</p>
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