Category: Consciousness Research

Conscious breathing and psychedelics

Learn how conscious breathing techniques support psychedelic potential. MIND Foundation interview with Dr. Martha Nari Havenith! Read now!

Tolerance to LSD – How the brain bolts the doors of perception

Explore the mechanisms and implications of LSD tolerance, including the role of glutamate receptors and the benefits and risks of long-term microdosing.

Philosophy’s Contribution to Psychedelic Research and Therapy

Learn about psychedelic experiences, how philosophy can contribute to psychedelic research, and how these themes were reflected at the 2021 INSIGHT conference.

Calm waters and high seas

Leave the trips alone

Is a "psychedelic trip" needed for the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics? Explore this controversy and a neuroscientific case arguing in favor.

Colors affect our subjective wellbeing and sense of time

Learn about the Ganzfield method of sensory exposure, how colors can alter states of consciousness, and what applications this may have.

Dissolving ego dissolution

Explore the default mode network and its relationship to psychedelics. Learn why common understanding of the connection between the two may be flawed.

Psychedelics: Politically pluripotent

Explore the historical impact of psychedelics on politics, along with their potential for influencing individuals and movements in the future.

Understanding the bodily roots of conscious experience

Read about the deep connection between the body and consciousness: how our sense of self is rooted in our physical being and tactile experience.

How can Bewusstseinskultur help to deal with the human condition?

Delve into Bewusstseinskultur--a culture of consciousness--and how it can apply to average individuals when they face existential conditions.

Neurons on acid

Learn how psychedelics can restore lost synapses and how an emerging class of drugs, the psychoplastogens, may herald a new era in depression treatment.

Does microdosing LSD influence perception of time?

Read this interview with Dr. Devin Terhune for a summary of his research on psychedelics and time perception and how this relates to his other work.