The Effects of Psilocybin on Creativity | Natasha Mason & Jan Ramaekers ~ ATTMind 145
Natasha Mason PhD and Jan Ramaekers PhD are on the show to discuss the effects of psilocybin on creativity; the challenge of measuring creativity in a lab; the role creativity plays in mental health; and even the connections between psychedelics, creativity, and movements in art and culture.
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Episode Breakdown
0:00 Introductions
4:32 Interview begins
4:57 A disambiguation of the term Creativity; convergent vs divergent thinking
7:11 The difficulty of determining what qualifies as creative in creativity research
10:23 Creativity is defined by culture, too
11:24 Creativity and its role in mental health; creativity is an essential cognitive ability
14:46 How creative thinking can help with depression
16:04 Cognitive flexibility, psychedelics, and healing depression
18:08 The neurophysiology of creativity
20:11 Creativity and the default mode network
27:40 Outline their study on the effects of psilocybin on creativity and its results
33:53 How much psilocybin (dose) were they giving people and why?
40:47 How they measured the personal sense of being creative
48:57 Psychedelics, art, and creativity research
1:05:12 The role of glutamate in the ego dissolution experience
1:12:24 The window of opportunity for neuroplasticity after psychedelics
1:16:03 Glutamate, psilocybin, excitotoxicity, and depression
1:22:44 The psychedelic encounters with near death are protecting the brain (maybe)
1:24:32 What’s next in their research on the effects of psilocybin on creativity
1:28:26 Follow up links
1:30:15 Outro
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