agency, consciousness, altered states, psychedelics
Sydney, Australia
Joined October 2008
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Vince Polito retweeted
while tragic, I hope this incident ultimately leads to a new understanding of automobile psychology
Vince Polito retweeted
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. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ey…
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. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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
swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe…
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 [email protected] to find out more.
Here's a news story on what we're planning.
More below..
#Exclusive: A clinical trial has started looking at how micro-doses of magic mushrooms could be used to help Australians living with depression | @TallulahT_
Vince Polito retweeted
🎶He knows when you are sleeping,
He knows when you’re awake
He knows when you are inbetween (called the hypnagogic state)🎶
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...
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.
open.spotify.com/episode/2JH…
Matthew Downing talks about the future potential of psychedelics as clinical tools, and the importance of psychedelic harm reduction.
open.spotify.com/episode/5qK…
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: bit.ly/MQPSYCHEDELICSTUDY
There's 3 x $100 prizes up for grabs
Thanks!
🍄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
bit.ly/MQPSYCHEDELICSTUDY
Please share widely!
🍄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
bit.ly/MQPSYCHEDELICSTUDY
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
Vince Polito retweeted
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 – at Greece
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.
psyarxiv.com/3ykst
