Listen "The Neuroscience of Psychedelics & Human Potential with Manesh Girn"
Episode Synopsis
Manesh is a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at McGill University and has been lead or co-author on over a dozen scientific publications and book chapters on topics including psychedelics, meditation, daydreaming, and the default-mode network.His PhD dissertation focuses on the default-mode network and he is also conducting research on the brain mechanisms underlying LSD, psilocybin, and DMT in collaboration with Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris and others from the Imperial College London Center for Psychedelic Research.In his free time, he also runs a YouTube channel - called The Psychedelic Scientist - where he discusses the latest findings in psychedelic science in an easy to understand, but non-superficial, form.In this episode, Beth and Manesh Girn speak about ...The similarities between the effects of psilocybin, LSD and DMTHow DMT temporarily overwhelms our brain's usual way of perceiving realityThe possibility that psychedelics may be able to heal us on an epigenetic levelThe utility of psychedelics across a variety of mental health challengesHow psychedelics can enhance the lives of healthy peopleHow psychedelics affect thinking, emotion, creativity, memory, attention and behaviorPsychedelics as a part of a holistic program of personal developmentThe challenge of integrating powerful insights from psychedelic experiencesPsychedelics and the default mode networkFollow Manesh!https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePsychedelicScientisthttps://www.instagram.com/thepsychedelicscientist/https://twitter.com/MGirnNeuro
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