"You Can Study Psychedelics in the Lab in a Systematic Way" | Interview with MICHIEL VAN ELK, PhD | ICPR 2022

MICHIEL VAN ELK, PhD is Associate Professor of Psychology at the Leiden University, Netherlands.
Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
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Questions:
0:00 Intro
0:05 Please introduce yourself and your work!
0:31 What are altered states of consciousness?
2:10 Why do altered states of consciousness, why not just one ordinary state?
3:27 What do you think of the 'stoned ape theory', that says, the use of psychedelics contributed to us becoming humans?
4:15 How do neuroimaging studies contribute to the understanding of how our brains work?
5:38 Can we separate the effects on altered states of consciousness for a direct effect of the psychedelic drug, when we speak of therapeutic effects?
6:48 Psychedelics have been used for a long time by traditional cultures. Can we take them out of these contexts and use them in modern medicine?
8:20 Do you see any risks of high expectations and hype?
9:41 How do you see the future of psychedelics?


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