Many users of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) report intense experiences. One of the feelings they most commonly go through is a loss of their sense of self, or “ego death”. Researchers interested in these drugs’ potential medical benefits, as well as those studying consciousness, have tried to pinpoint exactly what is happening in the brain during these experiences. A new study may have identified a brain signal that marks DMT-induced ego death. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The research team was led by the psychedelics researchers Christopher Timmermann , of University College London, and Marco Aqil , of the University of Miami. Previous findings in the field had suggested that some of the intense

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