Instituut: The Beckley/Imperial Research Programme Status: Deelnemers gezocht Imperial College is voorloper op het gebied van Psychedelics studies. Hun team doet een aantal verschillende onderzoeken naar microdosing. Eén daarvan is volledig op enquêtes gebaseerd. Als microdoser vul je in totaal 9 enquêtes in, dat doe je voor, tijdens en na je microdosing experiment. De substanties …
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In these two studies, 98 microdosers were asked about how they value their mood, attention, wellbeing, mystical experiences, personality, creativity, and sense of agency. They showed a limited improvement on dosing days, but there was limited evidence of residual effects on following days. Participants also reported reductions in depression and stress, lower levels of distractibility, increased ability …
This study has shown how microdosing LSD can possible affect our perception of time – with microdosers overestimating the length of time that had passed, without experiencing any self-reported psychological effects of the microdose. Abstract RATIONALE: Previous research demonstrating that lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) produces alterations in time perception has implications for its impact on …
CBC reported on in this article: A group of Canadian researchers is hoping to change that with new data that begins to shed light on how and why people microdose, and what they say are its effects and drawbacks. The team targeted microdosing communities on Reddit and other social media channels with an anonymous online …
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Zijn de effecten van microdosing placebo-effecten, of toch niet? Of gedeeltelijk? In samenwerking met Imperial College London en Beckley Foundation is op 3 september 2018 het eerste online placebo-controlled microdose onderzoek van start gegaan. Vorig jaar heb ik (Hein) mee mogen helpen tijdens de pilot van dit onderzoek. Ik vond het een bijzonder leuke en …
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Instituut: The Beckley/Imperial Research Programme Status: Lopend Imperial College doet een aantal verschillende onderzoeken naar microdosing. Hierbij zit ook het eerste wetenschappelijke onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van microdosing dat gebruikmaakt van EEG scans om de neurologische mechanismen achter de effecten zichtbaar te maken. Via traditionele cognitieve testen en enquêtes wordt in beeld gebracht hoe lage …
Instituut: onafhankelijk onderzoek Hoofdonderzoekers: James Fadiman, PhD en Sophia Korb, PhD. Status: Lopend – Resultaten worden geleidelijk bekend gemaakt Fadiman en Korb verzamelen de verslagen van mensen die zelfstandig microdoseren. Inmiddels hebben zij meer dan 1800 verslagen ontvangen, waaruit ruimschoots is gebleken dat de effecten niet beperkt zijn tot verbeterde cognitieve functies of het geestelijk welbevinden, maar …
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Anisha Larsson, a Swedish Psychology student at Uppsala University in Sweden performed a survey based study to investigate the effects and adverse effects on mental health of micro-dosing LSD and Psilocybin. Mental health This study is the first to incorporate the aspect of (self) diagnosed mental conditions amongst microdosers. Her survey results are the first data since …
Microdosing LSD & Psilocybin and its effects on the mental health Read More »
Abstract Microdosing psychedelics – the regular consumption of small amounts of psychedelic substances such as LSD or psilocybin – is a growing trend in popular culture. Recent studies on full-dose psychedelic psychotherapy reveal promising benefits for mental well-being, especially for depression and end-of-life anxiety. While full-dose therapies include perception-distorting properties, microdosing may provide complementary clinical …
Aims: This article presents a qualitative interview study of people who microdose with psychedelic drugs, which means that the user takes about one tenth of an ordinary recreational dose. Design: Respondents (n = 21) were recruited at several Internet fora for individual interviews via private messaging. Every participant was male, and the median respondent was …
