Effects of psilocybin microdosing on awe and aesthetic experiences: a preregistered field and lab-based study

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023752%3A_____%2F22%3A43920580" target="_blank" >RIV/00023752:_____/22:43920580 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60461373:22330/21:43922267

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-021-05857-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-021-05857-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05857-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00213-021-05857-0</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effects of psilocybin microdosing on awe and aesthetic experiences: a preregistered field and lab-based study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

There is an increased societal trend to engage in microdosing, in which small sub-hallucinogenic amounts of psychedelics are consumed on a regular basis. Following subjective reports that microdosing enhances the experience of nature and art, in the present study we set out to study the effects of psilocybin microdosing on feelings of awe and art perception. In this preregistered combined field- and lab-based study, participants took part in a microdosing workshop after which they volunteered to self-administer a psilocybin microdose or a placebo for three consecutive weeks, while the condition was kept blind to the participants and researchers. Following a 2-week break, the condition assignment was reversed. During each block, participants visited the lab twice to measure the effects of psilocybin microdosing vs. placebo. We used standardized measures of awe, in which participants reported their experiences in response to short videos or when viewing abstract artworks from different painters. Our confirmatory analyses showed that participants felt more awe in response to videos representing funny animals and moving objects in the microdosing compared to the placebo condition. However, about two-third of our participants were breaking blind to their experimental condition. Our exploratory findings suggest that expectancy-effects may be a driving factor underlying the subjective benefits of microdosing.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effects of psilocybin microdosing on awe and aesthetic experiences: a preregistered field and lab-based study

Popis výsledku anglicky

There is an increased societal trend to engage in microdosing, in which small sub-hallucinogenic amounts of psychedelics are consumed on a regular basis. Following subjective reports that microdosing enhances the experience of nature and art, in the present study we set out to study the effects of psilocybin microdosing on feelings of awe and art perception. In this preregistered combined field- and lab-based study, participants took part in a microdosing workshop after which they volunteered to self-administer a psilocybin microdose or a placebo for three consecutive weeks, while the condition was kept blind to the participants and researchers. Following a 2-week break, the condition assignment was reversed. During each block, participants visited the lab twice to measure the effects of psilocybin microdosing vs. placebo. We used standardized measures of awe, in which participants reported their experiences in response to short videos or when viewing abstract artworks from different painters. Our confirmatory analyses showed that participants felt more awe in response to videos representing funny animals and moving objects in the microdosing compared to the placebo condition. However, about two-third of our participants were breaking blind to their experimental condition. Our exploratory findings suggest that expectancy-effects may be a driving factor underlying the subjective benefits of microdosing.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Psychopharmacology

ISSN

0033-3158

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

239

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

1705-1720

Kód UT WoS článku

000645480700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85105504000