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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Temporal depth in a coherent self and in depersonalization: theoretical model.

Alexey Tolchinsky, Michael Levin, Chris Fields, Lancelot Da Costa, Rachael Murphy, Daniel Friedman, David Pincus

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. A Noisy Self Goes Online: Intraindividual Personality Variability and Self-Coherence in Digital Engagement.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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Alexey TolchinskyProfessional Psychology Program, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Michael LevinAllen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
Chris FieldsAllen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
Lancelot Da CostaVERSES AI Research Lab, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Rachael MurphyDepartment of Psychiatry at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA, United States.
Daniel FriedmanActive Inference Institute, Davis, CA, United States.
David PincusUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.

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Abstract

Multiple theoretical models of dissociative experiences have been formulated over the last century. These theories are clinically useful; however, it remains unclear if common factors exist in various pathways leading to an onset of dissociations. In this paper we provide a framework for building an integrated, dynamical model of dissociative experiences. This framework combines a first-principles-based perspective with nonlinear dynamical systems, clinical, and neurobiological perspectives. We propose that a substantial change in the parameter we call "temporal depth" can be a common factor in dissociative episodes of any etiology, moreover, we consider such a change to have causal power. In the follow-up series of papers, we will provide empirical data supporting the collapse of temporal depth in various kinds of dissociative experiences, a computer simulation that would test this model's computational components, and preliminary ideas for therapeutic applications.

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depersonalizationdissociationdynamical systemsselfTAMEtemporal depth

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PMID40978271
PMCPMC12444765

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