Neural correlates of mystical experience.
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TL;DR: The findings support previous speculation linking executive brain functions to mystical experiences, and reveal that executive functioning (dlPFC) causally contributes to the down-regulation of mystical experiences.
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About: This article is published in Neuropsychologia. The article was published on 08 Jan 2016. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex & Temporal cortex.
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