Revealing the Mind - The Promise of Psychedelics
Offered By: World Science Festival via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Panelist introductions
- What are psychedelics?
- Phenomenological effects of psychedelics
- Brain development and plasticity
- Psychedelic usage in the Amazon
- Amazonian ayahuasca ceremony
- Dissolution of the ego
- Default mode network
- Psilocybin testing on religious professionals
- The shaman’s message from the rain-forest
- Rain-forest soundscape
- Mind altering experiences without drugs
- Philosophical questions about psychedelics
- Can psychedelics restore brain plasticity?
- Measuring randomness of brain activity
- Psychedelic drugs as medicine
- Psilocybin cancer study participants film and Q&A
- Treating psychiatric disorders with psychedelics
- Micro-dosing and “freelancing” psychedelics
- Medical complications and medication interactions
- The future of psychedelics in science
Taught by
World Science Festival
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