Synesthetic Building Blocks
Synesthesia is often described as a crossing of the senses, hearing colors, seeing sound, and so on. To me it … Continue reading Synesthetic Building Blocks
Category: psychedelics
Do Psychedelics Produce Illusions By Inducing Night Vision?
Some of the mechanisms behind darkness adaptation overlap with illusory motion. These mechanisms may be tied to the mechanisms of … Continue reading Do Psychedelics Produce Illusions By Inducing Night Vision?
What Is Entropy Though?
There’s a lot of talk about entropy in brain activity as of late. Particularly in relation to how the psychedelic … Continue reading What Is Entropy Though?
DMT For Brain Injury: Concerns
A new project to dose recently brain damaged individuals with DMT has made the news. The worrying part is that … Continue reading DMT For Brain Injury: Concerns
Idea Seeding
The concept of idea seeding is about the common notion of suggestibility. It refers to one’s propensity to be influenced … Continue reading Idea Seeding
Tribalism of the Addict
Many feel repulsed by addiction. Some view it as a moral failing, while others view it as a disease. It … Continue reading Tribalism of the Addict
Ritualism
The effect of psychedelics on behavior is a kind of disinhibition. This continues even after dose wears off, at least … Continue reading Ritualism
The Synesthetic World Of Childhood
It appears that synesthesia is the basis of our experience of the world, though to different degrees in different individuals. … Continue reading The Synesthetic World Of Childhood
Adaptive Radiation: Beyond Evolution
Adaptive radiation may apply not only to genes, but also memetics and cognition. In evolutionary theory there is a concept … Continue reading Adaptive Radiation: Beyond Evolution
Musicalization
People sometimes experience an effect I would term global sensory musicalization under the effects of psychedelic drugs. Some have noticed … Continue reading Musicalization
Stoned Stupid
A 2020 study from Society For The Study of Addiction claims that moderate adolescant cannabis use is linked to cognitive … Continue reading Stoned Stupid
Flicker: The Mechanisms of Temporal Acuity
ABSTRACT This research proposal aims to test the hypothesis that NMDA and AMPA glutamate receptors are differentially involved in temporal … Continue reading Flicker: The Mechanisms of Temporal Acuity
