Larry D. Fort

Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher | NIH T32 Grantee | Johns Hopkins University | Altered States Researcher | Las Vegas Raiders Fan 🏈

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

🎊 Happy to announce our paper "Classification Schemes of Altered States of Consciousness" has now been published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.

Many thanks to @Titoschmi, @costines ,@marcwittmann, and Athena Demertzi.

https://t.co/KJxQ0ptknN

[Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann]

Our paper in Consciousness and Cognition on the afterglow effect following floatation in the @IGPP_Freiburg floating cabin: "Experience after Floatation-REST: Relaxation during floating mediates the afterglow effect" by Iraklis Pantazis and Marc Wittmann
https://t.co/qx3IDbxVNJ

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

@RCarhartHarris I find Jaynes' idea of an "primal" consciousness similar to the notions of Primary and Secondary Consciousness laid out in the Entropic Brain Hypothesis.

[Paris Boulakis at bsky.app/profile/parboulakis @par_boulakis]

🚨Publication alert 🚨. Our Registered Report is finally out at Scientific Reports https://t.co/QyuNIKhEuw. See the link to find out how mind blanking shifts across different arousal levels.

[Paris Boulakis at bsky.app/profile/parboulakis @par_boulakis]

🚨Publication alert 🚨 Our review article “Relating mind-blanking to the content and dynamics of spontaneous thinking” is out on Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (https://t.co/PE3rLmfUwS). A thread … 🧵

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

@AmyTrask @TomBrady @Raiders Hi Amy, do you recall if Al ever had any thoughts or opinions on Brady? If we consider the Tuck Rule fiasco a NFL/Officiating issue then there shouldn't have been any issue with Brady as you say. What did Al think? Wishing you well 🙏

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

@alieninsect Andrew, thank you for sharing this! I look forward to giving it a read. If you are broadly interested in altered states and the history of their classification, you may also find our recent preprint of interest:

https://t.co/JWzgUtegYZ

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

@alieninsect Yes indeed, but it is also comes with risk. First it is a term that lacks concrete operationalization. Second, it is circularly defined (e.g., what is a psychedelic drug? A drug that produces a psychedelic experience).

[Marc Wittmann @marcwittmann]

The second Floatation-REST study from my @IGPP_Freiburg lab as @PsyArXiv preprint, with Iraklis Pantazis. Participants report a stronger feeling of afterglow as measured with an afterglow inventory, more state mindfulness, and more interoceptive awareness
https://t.co/SgmSlWQGFV

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

I am looking forward to discussing the paper! Thanks to @aliusresearch
for the opportunity and @GeorgeFejer for hosting.

[ALIUS - @aliusresearch.bsky.social @aliusresearch]

Join our next Journal Club, where @LarryDFort and @Titoschmi will present their recently published work on "Classification Schemes for Altered States of Consciousness" https://t.co/Z3cRDseGwN
RSVP here: https://t.co/fZ2YirjWQh

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

8/8 Thankful for the collaborative support of @Giga_CRCivi, @GIGA_ULiege, @UniversiteLiege, @IGPP_Freiburg, @FU_Berlin, and @frsFNRS.

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

📣Preprint!
“Classification Schemes of Altered States of Consciousness”
https://t.co/Ehko4xOf7B | @costines, @marcwittmann, @ADemertzi, @Titoschmi

#psychedelics #alteredstates #consciousness

We review 22 ASC classification schemes, proposing eight clusters of experience. A🧵:

[Larry D. Fort @LarryDFort]

7/8 Our clustering analysis suggests the start of a phenomenological state-space model to encapsulate experiences under ASCs which can assist in the identification of NCCs. Our work may assist in reducing redundancy in ASC investigation by synthesizing conceptual groundwork.