Great new perspectives paper from @KatrinPreller and colleagues: Towards mapping neuro-behavioral heterogeneity of psychedelic neurobiology in humans
Argues we need neuroimaging + computational psychiatry approaches to look at individual variability - yes!
https://t.co/UmTgFH1d1p
"Underground conservation requires a shift to acknowledge that the biodiversity we have historically cherished (...) is generated and maintained by complex and unseen interactions that also need targeted protection." @spununderground 🍄👇
https://t.co/TsmozbmDTD
—cont.
“All of this is a limited way of penetrating this black box of consciousness. Individuals’ experiences are a black box and it is never entirely possible to penetrate someone else's conscious experience.”
I especially appreciated this answer from by Joost Breeksema concerning tools researchers are using to study mystical experiences.
“I am primarily interested in the stories patients tell and the meaning they themselves attribute to their experience.”
Excellent review article on #psychedelics and #neuroplasticity from our collaborators at Maastricht University, with whom we've found positive effects of #LSD#microdosing on BDNF levels in the blood:
https://t.co/zeNGClAVbK
Congratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden on his victory. I look forward to further consolidating our solid&dynamic #StrategicPartnership in all its dimensions. Romania will continue to work to strengthen the security, prosperity & resilience of our transatlantic community🇷🇴🇺🇸
Open the window, listen to the children running down the street.
Pour yourself a small glass of wine.
Enjoy it with your afternoon coffee.
The sunset will be beautiful this evening as the summer days grow shorter.
It’s that time of thee year again when a low cool morning fog is settled across the city.
You place the ibric on the stove for your coffee.
A rooster is heard in the distance and a dog barks. #romania