Brain scans reveal how to enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs (psypost.org)

A new fMRI case study reports that a woman who can intentionally enter a transcendental, “psychedelic-like” visionary state without drugs shows a reproducible pattern of brain connectivity changes. During the transition, normal brain network organization temporarily destabilizes, and in the fully developed state sensory networks disengage while frontoparietal/control and salience-related systems show increased coupling, matching her reports of unity, altered time perception, and reduced bodily boundaries. The authors caution that this finding is based on one participant and needs confirmation in larger, more diverse studies.