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'''Personal meaning enhancement''' is a cognitive effect which can be described as the experience of a significantly increased sense of personal meaning becoming associated with external stimuli. For example, one may feel that songs, general media or events relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner. This can occur even if the content of the media or event would not have been interpreted in this way if the person was sober.  
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'''Personal meaning intensification''' (also known as '''aberrant salience''') is defined as the experience of a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to innocuous situations, and coincidences.<ref name="CorlettHoney2006">{{cite journal|last1=Corlett|first1=Philip R.|last2=Honey|first2=Garry D.|last3=Aitken|first3=Michael R. F.|last4=Dickinson|first4=Anthony|last5=Shanks|first5=David R.|last6=Absalom|first6=Anthony R.|last7=Lee|first7=Michael|last8=Pomarol-Clotet|first8=Edith|last9=Murray|first9=Graham K.|last10=McKenna|first10=Peter J.|last11=Robbins|first11=Trevor W.|last12=Bullmore|first12=Edward T.|last13=Fletcher|first13=Paul C.|title=Frontal Responses During Learning Predict Vulnerability to the Psychotogenic Effects of Ketamine|journal=Archives of General Psychiatry|volume=63|issue=6|year=2006|pages=611|issn=0003-990X|doi=10.1001/archpsyc.63.6.611}}</ref><ref name="PrellerHerdener2017">{{cite journal|last1=Preller|first1=Katrin H.|last2=Herdener|first2=Marcus|last3=Pokorny|first3=Thomas|last4=Planzer|first4=Amanda|last5=Kraehenmann|first5=Rainer|last6=Stämpfli|first6=Philipp|last7=Liechti|first7=Matthias E.|last8=Seifritz|first8=Erich|last9=Vollenweider|first9=Franz X.|title=The Fabric of Meaning and Subjective Effects in LSD-Induced States Depend on Serotonin 2A Receptor Activation|journal=Current Biology|volume=27|issue=3|year=2017|pages=451–457|issn=09609822|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.030}}</ref><ref name="Carhart-HarrisMuthukumaraswamy2016">{{cite journal|last1=Carhart-Harris|first1=Robin L.|last2=Muthukumaraswamy|first2=Suresh|last3=Roseman|first3=Leor|last4=Kaelen|first4=Mendel|last5=Droog|first5=Wouter|last6=Murphy|first6=Kevin|last7=Tagliazucchi|first7=Enzo|last8=Schenberg|first8=Eduardo E.|last9=Nest|first9=Timothy|last10=Orban|first10=Csaba|last11=Leech|first11=Robert|last12=Williams|first12=Luke T.|last13=Williams|first13=Tim M.|last14=Bolstridge|first14=Mark|last15=Sessa|first15=Ben|last16=McGonigle|first16=John|last17=Sereno|first17=Martin I.|last18=Nichols|first18=David|last19=Hellyer|first19=Peter J.|last20=Hobden|first20=Peter|last21=Evans|first21=John|last22=Singh|first22=Krish D.|last23=Wise|first23=Richard G.|last24=Curran|first24=H. Valerie|last25=Feilding|first25=Amanda|last26=Nutt|first26=David J.|title=Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=113|issue=17|year=2016|pages=4853–4858|issn=0027-8424|doi=10.1073/pnas.1518377113}}</ref><ref name="Kapur2003">{{cite journal|last1=Kapur|first1=Shitij|title=Psychosis as a State of Aberrant Salience: A Framework Linking Biology, Phenomenology, and Pharmacology in Schizophrenia|journal=American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=160|issue=1|year=2003|pages=13–23|issn=0002-953X|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.13}}</ref><ref name="MurrayMorrison2007">{{cite journal|last1=Murray|first1=Robin M.|last2=Morrison|first2=Paul D.|last3=Henquet|first3=Cécile|last4=Forti|first4=Marta Di|title=Cannabis, the mind and society: the hash realities|journal=Nature Reviews Neuroscience|volume=8|issue=11|year=2007|pages=885–895|issn=1471-003X|doi=10.1038/nrn2253}}</ref> Trivial observations not usually noticed may seem connected, and a subjective state of "seeing solutions" might evolve to one of seeing problems, ultimately arriving at a full-fledged paranoid psychosis.<ref name="Bowers1966">{{cite journal|last1=Bowers|first1=Malcolm B.|title="Psychedelic" Experiences in Acute Psychoses|journal=Archives of General Psychiatry|volume=15|issue=3|year=1966|pages=240|issn=0003-990X|doi=10.1001/archpsyc.1966.01730150016003}}</ref> For example, one may feel that the lyrics of a song or events in a film directly relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.  


It also remains as a strong and well defined sense of personal meaning despite logically knowing that the content or event was not created specifically for them. If one begins to believe that the thing they are deriving personal meaning from was literally created specifically for them, this becomes what is known as a "[[delusion of reference]]".<ref>Understanding delusions | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234155</ref><ref>Ideas of Reference (psychcentral encyclopedia) | http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/ideas-of-reference/</ref>
At its highest level, this effect will often synergize with [[delusions]] in a manner which can result in one genuinely believing that innocuous events are directly related to them.<ref name="CorlettHoney2006" /> For example, one may begin to believe that the plot of a film is about their life or that a song was written for them. This phenomenon is well established within psychiatry and is commonly known as a "[[Delusions#Themes|delusion of reference]]."<ref name="ChaudhuryKiran2009">{{cite journal|last1=Chaudhury|first1=Suprakash|last2=Kiran|first2=Chandra|title=Understanding delusions|journal=Industrial Psychiatry Journal|volume=18|issue=1|year=2009|pages=3|issn=0972-6748|doi=10.4103/0972-6748.57851}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Glossary of Technical Terms|journal=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.)|year=2013|pages=819|doi=10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms}}</ref>
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Personal meaning intensification is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogen|hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[psychedelic|psychedelics]],<ref name="PrellerHerdener2017" /><ref name="Carhart-HarrisMuthukumaraswamy2016" /> [[dissociative|dissociatives]],<ref name="CorlettHoney2006" /> [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]],<ref name="MurrayMorrison2007" /> and [[deliriant|deliriants]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[sleep deprivation]] and [[stimulant psychosis]].<ref name="Bowers1966" />
===Psychoactive substances===
===Psychoactive substances===
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:
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===Experience reports===
Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our [[experience index]] include:
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===See also===
===See also===
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Responsible use]]
*[[Subjective effects index]]
*[[Subjective effects index]]
*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]
*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]]
*[[Stimulants#Subjective effects|Stimulants - Subjective effects]]
*[[Dissociatives#Subjective_effects|Dissociatives - Subjective effects]]
[[Category:Cognitive]] [[Category:Enhancement]] [[Category:Effect]]
*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]]
 
===External links===
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia Apophenia (Wikipedia)]
 
===References===
<references />
[[Category:Cognitive]]  
[[Category:Intensification]]  
[[Category:Effect]]

Latest revision as of 19:56, 4 October 2022

Personal meaning intensification (also known as aberrant salience) is defined as the experience of a considerably increased sense of personal significance becoming attributed to innocuous situations, and coincidences.[1][2][3][4][5] Trivial observations not usually noticed may seem connected, and a subjective state of "seeing solutions" might evolve to one of seeing problems, ultimately arriving at a full-fledged paranoid psychosis.[6] For example, one may feel that the lyrics of a song or events in a film directly relate to their life in a meaningful and distinct manner that is not usually felt during everyday sobriety. This feeling can continue to occur even when it is rationally understood that the external stimuli does not genuinely relate to the person experiencing it in such a direct manner.

At its highest level, this effect will often synergize with delusions in a manner which can result in one genuinely believing that innocuous events are directly related to them.[1] For example, one may begin to believe that the plot of a film is about their life or that a song was written for them. This phenomenon is well established within psychiatry and is commonly known as a "delusion of reference."[7][8]


Personal meaning intensification is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of hallucinogenic compounds, such as psychedelics,[2][3] dissociatives,[1] cannabinoids,[5] and deliriants. However, it can also occur under the influence of sleep deprivation and stimulant psychosis.[6]

Psychoactive substances

Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:

Experience reports

Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our experience index include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Corlett, Philip R.; Honey, Garry D.; Aitken, Michael R. F.; Dickinson, Anthony; Shanks, David R.; Absalom, Anthony R.; Lee, Michael; Pomarol-Clotet, Edith; Murray, Graham K.; McKenna, Peter J.; Robbins, Trevor W.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Fletcher, Paul C. (2006). "Frontal Responses During Learning Predict Vulnerability to the Psychotogenic Effects of Ketamine". Archives of General Psychiatry. 63 (6): 611. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.63.6.611. ISSN 0003-990X. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Preller, Katrin H.; Herdener, Marcus; Pokorny, Thomas; Planzer, Amanda; Kraehenmann, Rainer; Stämpfli, Philipp; Liechti, Matthias E.; Seifritz, Erich; Vollenweider, Franz X. (2017). "The Fabric of Meaning and Subjective Effects in LSD-Induced States Depend on Serotonin 2A Receptor Activation". Current Biology. 27 (3): 451–457. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.030. ISSN 0960-9822. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carhart-Harris, Robin L.; Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh; Roseman, Leor; Kaelen, Mendel; Droog, Wouter; Murphy, Kevin; Tagliazucchi, Enzo; Schenberg, Eduardo E.; Nest, Timothy; Orban, Csaba; Leech, Robert; Williams, Luke T.; Williams, Tim M.; Bolstridge, Mark; Sessa, Ben; McGonigle, John; Sereno, Martin I.; Nichols, David; Hellyer, Peter J.; Hobden, Peter; Evans, John; Singh, Krish D.; Wise, Richard G.; Curran, H. Valerie; Feilding, Amanda; Nutt, David J. (2016). "Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (17): 4853–4858. doi:10.1073/pnas.1518377113. ISSN 0027-8424. 
  4. ↑ Kapur, Shitij (2003). "Psychosis as a State of Aberrant Salience: A Framework Linking Biology, Phenomenology, and Pharmacology in Schizophrenia". American Journal of Psychiatry. 160 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.1.13. ISSN 0002-953X. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murray, Robin M.; Morrison, Paul D.; Henquet, Cécile; Forti, Marta Di (2007). "Cannabis, the mind and society: the hash realities". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 8 (11): 885–895. doi:10.1038/nrn2253. ISSN 1471-003X. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bowers, Malcolm B. (1966). ""Psychedelic" Experiences in Acute Psychoses". Archives of General Psychiatry. 15 (3): 240. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1966.01730150016003. ISSN 0003-990X. 
  7. ↑ Chaudhury, Suprakash; Kiran, Chandra (2009). "Understanding delusions". Industrial Psychiatry Journal. 18 (1): 3. doi:10.4103/0972-6748.57851. ISSN 0972-6748. 
  8. ↑ "Glossary of Technical Terms". Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.): 819. 2013. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.GlossaryofTechnicalTerms. 
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