@qualiari.bsky.social joins ALIUS for a post-ASSC 2025 (@theassc.bsky.social) retreat in Crete, uniting 35 researchers to explore altered states, VR, lived experiences, and consciousness. Held July 10-14, it’s a unique space for deep collaboration and experimental demos. Apply now.
@qualiari.bsky.social joins ALIUS for a post-ASSC 2025 retreat in Crete, uniting 35 researchers to explore altered states, VR, and consciousness models. Held July 10-14, it’s a unique space for deep collaboration and experimental demos. Apply now. 🔗 www.aliusresearch.org/qualius-retr...
Join us tomorrow to find out whether current interpretations of alpha oscillations in Neuroscience are wrong!
RSVP: calendar.app.google/mvGKVDLmt8r4...
Introducing the ALIUS starter pack, dedicated to researchers who are part of ALIUS or who have been interviewed as part of our annual bulletin.
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What pharmacological principles teach us about psychedelic drug action?
RSVP: calendar.app.google/n4D7JtaojpAM...
Join us this Wednesday as we welcome Marte Lesur to share insights on the ability of virtual reality to externalize the self and foster the embodiment of others. Featuring work on body-swap illusions and current projects involving artificial intelligence.
RSVP: calendar.app.google/4wHzWYnPB1dk...
#CIRCE #ConsciousnessResearch #OpenScience
Introducing CIRCE – Collaboration for Interdisciplinary Research on Conscious Experience e.V.
CIRCE is a registered nonprofit organization dedicated to the scientific study of human consciousness.
With initiatives like the Altered States Database (ASDB; asdb.info) and the Altered X Project (AXP; alteredxproject.com), we aim to foster open science and interdisciplinary research on altered states of consciousness (ASC).
Learn more about our work at circe-science.com.
In this lecture on Jan 10th, Dr. Helena Aicher will discuss Switzerland's contributions to the development of psychedelic-assisted therapy. She will outline key milestones, challenges, and lessons learned from integrating it in mental health care.
RSVP here: calendar.app.google/R11zcQQNzNJa...
✅️ Kicking off the year by giving Elon Musk slightly less power —I’ve left X and joined Bluesky.
✨️ Happy 2025 everyone !
🧠 Can’t wait to share news on #NDE and #disorderofconsciousness research here soon!
🚨 Hot off the press! 🚨
Our new preprint explores the dose-dependent neural and subjective effects of smoked freebase DMT 🌌
🧠 Insights into brain dynamics
🌟 Phenomenology in focus
📖 Check it out: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 Full breakdown below [1/20] 👇
A perspective piece of mine of paradigmatic tension between biological psychiatry and psychedelic therapy, as reflected in the FDA regulatory process (yes, it takes that long to publish in academic journals, even a small opinion piece).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
We have the pleasure of hosting @evanlhealey.bsky.social to unveil his work on the temporal dynamics of DMT experiences - new data coming fresh from the press!
Check out all our Journal Clubs: www.aliusresearch.org/journal-club...
RSVP here: calendar.app.google/SVBbiKZgiU9Q...
Today, @matthieukoroma.bsky.social will examine how cardiac signals during sleep unlock insights into sensory integration, predictive coding, and embodied cognition beyond brain activity. RSVP here: calendar.app.google/UP1URVrxpwRi....
In this lecture, TzvetanPopov challenges the premise that EEG components underpin cognition, arguing that they reflect oculomotor action. Waves beyond waveforms, enable collective behavior, ranging from neurons to animal societies.
RSVP: calendar.app.google/JAuwhwtSafX3...
Alpha power reduction is the most reliable neural signature of the psychedelic state. It has been found to correlate inversely with the intensity of psychedelic-induced visual hallucinations and subjective effects. But what if eye-movements primarily drive these effects?
Manoj Doss will join us next January to talk about the "Cinco Sins of Psychedelic Research" as part of a series examining the promises and pitfalls of psychedelic research. Check out all our other Journal Clubs: www.aliusresearch.org/journal-club...
RSVP here: calendar.app.google/ehn3F2DSsd3p...
We have the pleasure of hosting Evan Lewis-Healy to unveil his work on the temporal dynamics of DMT experiences - new data coming fresh from the press!
Check out all our Journal Clubs: www.aliusresearch.org/journal-club...
RSVP here:
calendar.app.google/ph1ikftiwHBN...
Join online this Wednesday!
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In this lecture, Maria reviewed large-scale data on psychedelics use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychedelic users often had worse mental health than drug-naive individuals. Reducing use post-crisis improved mental health, while increased use worsened it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDygVYcmzsc
The best thing about BlueSky is not financing a sociopath.
The recording of Making Invisible Friends: Tulpamancy, Prayer, and the Fluidity of Self by Michael Lifshitz is now available! Explore how imagination-based practices transform agency and subjectivity. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZSa...
On Jan. 16th, 2025, Shayam Suseelan
will present findings from the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences project (by Jules Evans) on the long-term difficulties some users face after psychedelic trips.
Check out all of our Journal Clubs here:
www.aliusresearch.org/journal-club...
Join us for a lecture on "Mapping neural dynamics to experience dynamics in a dose-response study of DMT" by Evan Lewis-Healey from the University of Cambridge.
On Dec. 11th @manojdoss.bsky.social will present his infamous critique of Psychedelic Research. We did an interview with him about this topic for our bulletin: www.aliusresearch.org/bulletin06-d..., but if you don't want to read it, just join our online lecture:
www.aliusresearch.org/cincosins.html
On Dec. 11th, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana (will discuss the neural and experiential aspects of selfless states, exploring meditation and psychedelics through neurophenomenological studies on death denial and the dissolution of self-boundaries.
www.aliusresearch.org/meditation-p...
On Dec 5th, Maria Balaet will explore how psychedelics affect brain and behavior in naturalistic settings, addressing key methodological challenges and insights from a large-scale study conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.aliusresearch.org/seeing-in-th...
On Dec. 4th Timo Schmidt & Larry Fort
will present their recently published work on "Classification Schemes for Altered States of Consciousness". This entails a systemic overview of the history of research on altered states.
www.aliusresearch.org/classificati...
In December, we are hosting a series of online Journal Club lectures on the "Promises and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Research" and "Neuroscientific Approaches to Researching Altered States of Consciousness" with a variety of speakers. More to follow in January!
Here's a 🧵:
