迷幻体验增加了心灵的感知,但没有改变无神论者-信徒的状态:一项前性的纵向研究
Sandeep M Nayak1, Sydney H White1, Samantha N Hilbert1
1Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
|May 8, 2024
概括
在一项纵向研究中,psilocybin使用增加了心灵感知,但并没有显著改变形而上学信仰或无神论者-信徒地位. 这些发现凸显了迷幻体验对心态化的影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 宗教研究是宗教研究.
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,迷幻药的使用与改变的信仰相关,包括心灵感知,非自然主义的信仰和无神论者-信徒的地位.
- 横截面研究表明,在迷幻体验之后,这些信念系统可能发生变化.
研究的目的:
- 为了前性地研究psilocybin体验对心灵感知,形而上学信仰和无神论者-信徒地位的影响.
- 检查计划在受控实验室环境之外体验psilocybin的个体的信念系统的变化.
主要方法:
- 预期纵向研究设计.
- 招募了657名参与者,计划进行psilocybin体验.
- 在psilocybin体验之前和之后评估了关于心灵感知,形而上学立场和无神论者-信徒地位的信念.
主要成果:
- 观察到对各种实体 (生物和非生物) 的心智感知显著增加.
- 在形而上学信仰 (例如,二元论) 中发现的变化很小,甚至没有变化.
- 报告说,无神论者-信徒身份几乎没有变化.
结论:
- псилоцибин体验与增强的头脑感知和心智化有关.
- 这些发现与一些关于形而上学的信仰变化和无神论者-信徒地位的横截面研究形成鲜明对比.
- 这项研究支持了psilocybin在改变心灵感知中的作用,但不一定是核心宗教或形而上学立场.
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