This IS Your Brain on Drugs; Neuroimaging Psychedelics

A panel of neuroscientists discuss what the most recent studies have shown about what drugs like psilocybin and MDMA do in the brain, showing slides of imagery and debating whether such studies only show the mechanism of drugs in the brain or whether they teach us anything about consciousness.

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Manoj Doss

The University Of Texas At Austin Dell Medical School

photo of Shayla Love

Shayla Love

The Guardian, Psyche

photo of Maxemiliano Vargas

Maxemiliano Vargas

UC Davis Institute For Psychedelics And Neurotherapeutics

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Format: Panel
Type: Session
Track: Psychedelics
Level: Beginner