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<onlyinclude>'''Analysis enhancement''' is a perceived improvement of a person's overall ability to logically process information or creatively analyze concepts, ideas, and scenarios. This effect can lead to a deep state of contemplation which often results in an abundance of new and insightful ideas. It can give the person a perceived ability to better analyze concepts and problems in a manner which allows them to reach new conclusions, perspectives, and solutions which would have been otherwise difficult to conceive of.   
<onlyinclude>'''Analysis enhancement''' is a perceived improvement of a person's overall ability to logically process information<ref name="Fillmore2005">Fillmore, M. T., Kelly, T. H., & Martin, C. A. (2005). Effects of d-amphetamine in human models of information processing and inhibitory control. Drug and alcohol dependence, 77(2), 151-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.drugalcdep.2004.07.013</ref><ref name="Battig1986">Bättig, K., & Buzzi, R. (1986). Effect of coffee on the speed of subject-paced information processing. Neuropsychobiology, 16(2-3), 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1159/000118312</ref><ref name="Warburton2001">Warburton, D. M., Bersellini, E., & Sweeney, E. (2001). An evaluation of a caffeinated taurine drink on mood, memory and information processing in healthy volunteers without caffeine abstinence. Psychopharmacology, 158(3), 322-328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002130100884</ref> or creatively analyze concepts, ideas, and scenarios. This effect can lead to a deep state of contemplation which often results in an abundance of new and insightful ideas. It can give the person a perceived ability to better analyze concepts and problems in a manner which allows them to reach new conclusions, perspectives, and solutions which would have been otherwise difficult to conceive of.   


Although this effect will often result in deep states of [[introspection]], in other cases it can produce states which are not introspective but instead result in a deep analysis of the exterior world, both taken as a whole and as the things which comprise it. This can result in a perceived abundance of insightful ideas and conclusions with powerful themes pertaining to what is often described as "the bigger picture". These ideas generally involve (but are not limited to) insight into philosophy, science, spirituality, society, culture, universal progress, humanity, loved ones, the finite nature of our lives, history, the present moment, and future possibilities.
Although this effect will often result in deep states of [[introspection]], in other cases it can produce states which are not introspective but instead result in a deep analysis of the exterior world, both taken as a whole and as the things which comprise it. This can result in a perceived abundance of insightful ideas and conclusions with powerful themes pertaining to what is often described as "the bigger picture". These ideas generally involve (but are not limited to) insight into philosophy, science, spirituality, society, culture, universal progress, humanity, loved ones, the finite nature of our lives, history, the present moment, and future possibilities.


Analysis enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[stimulation]], [[personal bias suppression]], [[conceptual thinking]], and [[thought connectivity]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[stimulant]] and [[nootropic]] compounds, such as [[amphetamine]], [[methylphenidate]], [[modafinil]], and [[MDMA]]. However, it can also occur in a more powerful although less consistent form under the influence of [[psychedelic|psychedelics]] such as certain [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]].</onlyinclude>
There have been models linking multidimensional personality traits to cognitive performance.<ref>Humphreys, M. S., & Revelle, W. (1984). Personality, motivation, and performance: a theory of the relationship between individual differences and information processing. Psychological review, 91(2), 153. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0033-295X.91.2.153</ref> Chronic psychedelic use influences the user's personality and experienced users score significantly better than controls on several neuropsychological tests.<ref name="Bouso2015">Bouso, J. C., Palhano-Fontes, F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Ribeiro, S., Sanches, R., Crippa, J. A. S., ... & Riba, J. (2015). Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in brain structure and personality in humans. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 25(4), 483-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.01.008</ref>
 
Analysis enhancement is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[stimulation]], [[personal bias suppression]], [[conceptual thinking]], and [[thought connectivity]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[stimulant]] and [[nootropic]] compounds, such as [[amphetamine]], [[methylphenidate]], [[nicotine]], and [[caffeine]].<ref name="Fillmore2005"/><ref name="Warburton2001"/> However, it can also occur in a more powerful although less consistent form under the influence of [[psychedelic|psychedelics]] such as certain [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]].<ref name="Bouso2015"/></onlyinclude>
===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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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection Introspection (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection Introspection (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis (Wikipedia)]
===References===
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