"We are Starting to Understand How Psychedelics Work in the Brain" | KATRIN PRELLER, PhD | ICPR 2022

KATRIN PRELLER, PhD is a Neuroscientist and Laboratory Head at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. 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! 2:38 So what is the practical importance of this kind of research on the brain? How can they contribute to a better understanding of how we use psychedelics in treatment? 4:09 Can you explain to us what neuroplasticity is, and how is it associated with the use of psychedelics? 5:45 Do you think it's the experience, the subjective experience itself that has this medical benefit or there is an underlying biological benefit that explains this? 6:30 Do we know what kind of individuals respond positively to psychedelic treatment, and who are the ones who do not? 7:18 What can we learn from brain imaging studies? How can we connect what we see on these brain images to the subjective experiences of people? 8:19 How can we compare the experiences caused by psychedelics to other altered states of consciousness, such as hypnosis or meditation? 9:54 What are the main questions you think the researchers should answer in the following few years? 10:38 Will the reality be worse than the expectations around psychedelics?

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