BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Lucid dreaming-dreaming with the awareness that one is dreaming-has been explored from many perspectives, including those of cognitive neuroscience and various ancient cultural traditions. Lucid dreaming appears within the Tibetan-Buddhist literature together with dream yoga, a set of contemplative practices aimed at cultivating lucidity during dreams along with other...
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has been considered as a potential treatment for depression for over 75 years, but its therapeutic potential has only recently been considered in mainstream psychiatry. Repeated ingestion of low doses of LSD ("microdoses") is thought to reduce depression, but the neurobiology underlying this effect is unknown. We previously reported that low doses of LSD...
Renewed interest in classic psychedelics as treatments for psychiatric disorders warrants a deeper understanding of their neural mechanisms. Single, high doses of psychedelic drugs have shown promise in treating depressive disorders, perhaps by reversing deficits in reward processing in the brain. In addition, there are anecdotal reports that repeated ingestion of low doses of LSD, or...