003 | Manesh Girn: The Science of Psychedelics, Consciousness, and Mystical Experiences with The Psychedelic Scientist

Welcome, Manesh Girn - AKA The Psychedelic Scientist - to the podcast! Manesh is doing his Ph.D in Neuroscience with a focus on the Default Mode Network and Psychedelics! If you are ready to expand your understanding of psychedelic neuroscience, go ahead and press play. In this episode, we talk about:Manesh’s work with Robin Carhart-HarrisThe Default Mode Network and NeuroplasticityEgo dissolution and mystical experiencesThe lack of research in microdosing psychedelicsThe similarities and differences between the four classic psychedelicsExpectation effects around psychedelic experiencesThe complicated neuropharmacology of IbogaWhy Iboga and other psychedelics are so effective for treating addictionHow to measure mystical experiences in research“Second-generation psychedelics” without the tripThe call for philosophical openness in scienceNewtonian versus Quantum views on consciousnessPersonality changes from psychedelic useMentioned in the episode:Manesh’s YouTube channelManesh’s video on Default Mode NetworkResearch on meditation reducing activity in the Default Mode NetworkJohns Hopkins mystical experience study“Psychedelics without the trip” - Manesh’s video on second-generation psychedelics + the studiesPsychedelics as psychoplastogens studyMystical Experiences QuestionnaireMatthew Johnson’s research on the nature of consciousness and the “hard problem:” of consciousness [1, 2]Manesh’s research on psychedelics and creativityManesh’s research on Expanding the Scientific Study of Self-Experience with PsychedelicsManesh’s research on LSD flattens the functional hierarchy of the human brain
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