Media, Videos

(Sub-)Acute Effects of Psilocybin on Creativity, Empathy and Satisfaction with Life

natashamason

Ongoing research from our group, presented at Breaking Convention 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEGJWxH-jYs Creative thinking and empathy are crucial for everyday interactions and subjective well-being. This is emphasised by studies showing a reduction in these skills in populations where social interaction and subjective well-being is significantly compromised (e.g. depression). Anecdotal reports and recent studies suggest a single… Continue reading (Sub-)Acute Effects of Psilocybin on Creativity, Empathy and Satisfaction with Life

Media, News articles

How Magic Mushrooms Might Dissolve the Ego Revealed

natashamason

New research from our group, published in Neuropsychopharmacology: Following a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group design, we utilized an ultra-high field multimodal brain imaging approach and demonstrated that psilocybin (0.17 mg/kg) induced region-dependent alterations in glutamate, which predicted distortions in the subjective experience of one’s self (ego dissolution). Whereas higher levels of medial prefrontal cortical glutamate were… Continue reading How Magic Mushrooms Might Dissolve the Ego Revealed

News articles, Uncategorized

Getting high on cannabis makes people vulnerable to ‘false memories’

natashamason

New research from our group, published in PNAS: In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study, we show that cannabis increased false memory rates using different false memory methods. The findings have significant legal implications. Read coverage of the publication from Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/cannabis-use-linked-to-false-memories.html

Event

Summer course Psychedelic Medicine 2.0

janramaekers

@PIM will organize a summer course on psychedelics on July 1-3 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The course Psychedelic Medicine 2.0 (PM 2.0) is designed around the four large classes of psychedelics and will provide an update about the field of psychedelic medicine based on preclinical and clinical work conducted by researchers worldwide.  Participants will be… Continue reading Summer course Psychedelic Medicine 2.0

publication, Uncategorized

Reduced responsiveness of the reward system is associated with tolerance to cannabis impairment in chronic users

natashamason

New publication out now, in which we used an ultra‐high field multimodal brain imaging approach, and showed that in occasional cannabis users, acute THC administration increased striatal glutamate and decreased functional connectivity in the reward system, which were associated with increases in subjective high and decreases in sustained attention. Such changes were absent in chronic… Continue reading Reduced responsiveness of the reward system is associated with tolerance to cannabis impairment in chronic users