The concept of transformative experience (TE) has been widely explored by several
disciplines from philosophy to neurobiology, and in different domains, from the spiritual to …

Background Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are emerging treatment
modalities in psychiatry, which are capable of producing clinical outcomes broadly …

Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are subjective experiences of seeing one's own body and
the environment from a location outside the physical body. They can arise spontaneously or …

Metacognitive reflections on one's current state of mind are largely absent during dreaming.
Lucid dreaming as the exception to this rule is a rare phenomenon; however, its occurrence …

Research shows that suicidal behavior is not a result of a single cause or single event, but
instead is an interaction of facilitators. One potential facilitator that needs further exploration …

Ego dissolution (ie, ego loss, ego disintegration, ego death, or self-loss) is a conscious state
marked by a loss or diminution of one's sense of self and a lack of first-person experience …

Depersonalization (DP) and derealization (DR) refer to states of dissociation in which one
feels a sense of alienation in relation to one's self and environment, respectively. Whilst …

Introduction Ego dissolution, variously called Ego-Loss, self-loss, and ego disintegration, is
a hallmark of psychedelic drug use. We cross-validated the 10-item Ego Dissolution Scale …

Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are subjective phenomena during which individuals feel
disembodied or perceive themselves as outside of their physical bodies, often resulting in …

Abstract Background Virtual Reality (VR) has already emerged as an effective instrument for
simulating realistic interactions, across various domains. In the field of User Experience …