James W. Sanders

@jwsanders.bsky.social

Psychologist, phenomenologist, and cognitive neuroscientist studying the scientific description and measurement of the psychedelic experience with the DMT Research Group at Imperial College London's Centre for Psychedelic Research.

Today I start my PhD studies at UCL's Centre for Consciousness Research! @uccr.bsky.social Here I will work with advanced practitioners of Dzogchen ('Great Perfection'; a Tibetan contemplative tradition), to neurophenomenologically assess the landscapes of conscious experience these practices unlock

"Lukhang mural 3" by Wellcome Trust, wellcomecollection.org Ian Baker, Hamid Sardar, Hon Wai Wai is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

1/ How can micro-phenomenology advance our knowledge of the mind/brain under DMT, and address methodological shortcomings in psychedelic phenomenology more broadly? Announcing a new preprint from the DMT Research Group @ the Imperial College London Centre for Psychedelic Research

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Our new paper - the first peer-reviewed brain and phenomenological examination of 5-MeO-DMT is out in Neuro of Consciousness. TLDR: We tested whether ‘the mount Everest’ of psychedelics could induce a complete state of consciousness deconstruction while preserving awareness. 1/n #neuroskyence

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