Our MicroDep study is now recruiting people in Sydney to take part in a 6 week trial of low doses of psilocybin as a potential treatment for moderate depression at @Macquarie_Uni Email microdep@mq.edu.au to find out more. Here's a news story on what we're planning. More below..

while tragic, I hope this incident ultimately leads to a new understanding of automobile psychology

New research by Wendy Higgins, @VictoriaSavalei, @vincepsy, and me: Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores demonstrate poor structural properties in nine large non-clinical samples.

Is microdosing a placebo? @PLiknaitzky and I dive into this tricky question in a new paper just out. We look at all controlled studies and argue that there is not convincing data indicating placebo is the best explanation.

Jake Payne at Swinburne University is investigating the impact of psychedelics on adult development for men. Details here if you would like to take part https://t.co/MDMXjHgVzx

@Macquarie_Uni More details on the trial

🎶He knows when you are sleeping, He knows when you’re awake He knows when you are inbetween (called the hypnagogic state)🎶

Matthew Downing talks about the future potential of psychedelics as clinical tools, and the importance of psychedelic harm reduction. https://t.co/9pEuYY7Zeo

Abigayle Peterson (@AbbyPetersonX) investigates the impact of altered states on nature relatedness. Here she discusses challenges in measuring different forms of consciousness alterations and the way that these states can lead to ongoing attitude changes. https://t.co/mMADzifTTY

Charles McKinley is investigating the way that attitudes shape psychedelic experiences. Here he talks about the state of Australian psychedelic research and what naturalistic studies can tell us about the connection between beliefs and experiences. https://t.co/NEyb9zfoub

James Thurbon (@james_thurbon) talks about connections between sensory experiences and consciousness alteration, and his experiments using rapid stroboscopic light to generate changes in perception and cognition. https://t.co/K0xbVeo5Lk

Amber Bunting is studying changes in self representation that occur in meditation and other altered states. Here she talks about western and Buddhist approaches to understanding self representation in the brain. https://t.co/TNtfIN8FlO

o end the year, I want to share some very cool podcast interviews that students in our lab gave in 2023. These give a neat overview of approaches that our group takes to study altered states. I'm really proud of these efforts and hope you also find them interesting...

This study will be closing soon, so a final plug... If you are planning to have a psychedelic experience in the next couple of months please help us out by answering a few questions before and afterwards: https://t.co/PQcM39j4OK There's 3 x $100 prizes up for grabs Thanks!

Well done Charles!

🍄We're still looking for people planning to take a psychedelic. If this is you - please join our study investigating how different types of use impact beliefs & wellbeing. Participants go into a draw to win three $100 AUD gift cards https://t.co/PQcM39j4OK Please share widely!

Spencer Arbige doing some amazing work here, presenting his PhD research on the role of the hypnotist in online hypnosis to win our School's three-minute-thesis competition.

I'm on the lineup for Splendour in the Grass... on the coolest stage of all, The Science Tent! I'll be talking about the weird history of psychedelics on Saturday afternoon, come say hi if you will be there

Happy to present our research on hypnosis for children's procedural pain and distress with @tyack_z @vincepsy @DevinTerhune @brongriffin at @ESPNIC_Society 2023 conference in Athens and spread awareness about hypnotic pain treatments #espnic2023 #hypnosis

Is microdosing a placebo? In this latest paper, @PLiknaitzky and I outline 8 reasons to be skeptical of the claim that the effects of low dose psychedelics are mainly due to beliefs and expectation. https://t.co/Say8tuT7Wd