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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychiatry

Sec. Psychopathology

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595067

Corrigendum: Ayahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes towards death, life, and the environment

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel
  • 2 International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • 3 Medical Anthropology Research Center, Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
  • 4 Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 5 Department of Counseling and Human Development, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
  • 6 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California, United States
  • 7 Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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    1. In the published article, there was an error. The error was regarding the average number of ayahuasca uses in the ayahuasca group in Study 1. A correction has been made to the Results section in lines 387-390. This sentence previously stated:Briefly, on average, our study participants have used ayahuasca (mean = 69.4 ± 98.7), 6.4 times more than psilocybin (mean = 10.7 ± 15.4, U = 1378, p < 0.01, rp = 1), 5.7 times more than mescaline (mean = 12 ± 14.9, U = 351, p < 0.01, rp = 1), and 7.07 times more than LSD (mean = 9.9 ± 16.6, U = 976, p < 0.01, rp = 1).The corrected sentence appears below: Briefly, on average, our study participants have used ayahuasca (55.7 ± 82.1), 5.2 times more than psilocybin (mean = 10.7 ± 15.4, U = 1378, p < 0.01, rp = 1), 4.6 times more than mescaline (mean = 12 ± 14.9, U = 351, p < 0.01, rp = 1), and 5.6 times more than LSD (mean = 9.9 ± 16.6, U = 976, p < 0.01, rp = 1).The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.PAGE \* Arabic \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Error in Figure/Table 2.In the published article, there was an error in Figure 2 Corrected Figure 1:

    Keywords: ayahuasca, psychedelics, death, self, environmental concern, coping, Life fulfillment

    Received: 17 Mar 2025; Accepted: 21 Mar 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 David, Bouso Saiz, Kohek, Ona, Tadmor, Arnon, Dor-Ziderman and Berkovich-Ohana. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Jonathan David, Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel
    Yair Dor-Ziderman, Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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