# Hyperawareness

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{{Short description|Altered state of consciousness}}
'''Hyperawareness''', or '''heightened awareness''', is an [altered state of consciousness](/source/altered_state_of_consciousness) in which a person experiences increased [awareness](/source/awareness) or [perception](/source/perception) of their surrounding environment, body, and/or mind.<ref name="WoollacottWeiler2025">{{cite journal | vauthors = Woollacott M, Weiler M | title = Neural filters to conscious awareness and the phenomena that reduce their impact | journal = Int Rev Psychiatry | volume = 37 | issue = 2 | pages = 174–188 | date = 2025 | pmid = 40627511 | doi = 10.1080/09540261.2025.2478907 | url = }}</ref><ref name="GattusoPerkinsRuffell2023" /> It has been found to be an often-experienced effect of [psychedelic drug](/source/psychedelic_drug)s such as [LSD](/source/LSD).<ref name="McCabe1977">{{cite journal | last=McCabe | first=O. Lee | title=Psychedelic Drug Crises: Toxicity and Therapeutics | journal=Journal of Psychedelic Drugs | volume=9 | issue=2 | date=1977 | issn=0022-393X | doi=10.1080/02791072.1977.10472036 | pages=107–121 | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.1977.10472036 | access-date=16 October 2025| url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="PengMoninOvchinnikova2024">{{cite journal | vauthors = Peng ML, Monin J, Ovchinnikova P, Levi A, McCall T | title = Psychedelic Art and Implications for Mental Health: Randomized Pilot Study | journal = JMIR Form Res | volume = 8 | issue = | article-number = e66430 | date = December 2024 | pmid = 39626224 | pmc = 11653042 | doi = 10.2196/66430 | doi-access = free | url = }}</ref><ref name="WoollacottWeiler2025" /><ref name="GattusoPerkinsRuffell2023">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gattuso JJ, Perkins D, Ruffell S, Lawrence AJ, Hoyer D, Jacobson LH, Timmermann C, Castle D, Rossell SL, Downey LA, Pagni BA, Galvão-Coelho NL, Nutt D, Sarris J | title = Default Mode Network Modulation by Psychedelics: A Systematic Review | journal = Int J Neuropsychopharmacol | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 155–188 | date = March 2023 | pmid = 36272145 | pmc = 10032309 | doi = 10.1093/ijnp/pyac074 | url = }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Consciousness
Category:Perception
Category:Psychedelia

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