Christopher Timmermann

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Christopher Timmermann is a neuroscientist based in University College London where he co-directs the UCL Centre for Consciousness Research. He has performed pioneering studies into the effects of psychedelics in the brain and mind for the past 10 years. He is the co-founder of the ECOH Foundation for the Study of Human Consciousness.

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“Pure awareness”: Inside the psychedelic that erases space, time, and self

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Christopher Timmermann

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