Roger Koenig-Robert

The potential risks of opening the mind's eye with psychedelic therapies.

Cortex October 1, 2025 Roger Koenig-Robert, Rebecca Keogh, Joel Pearson 3 citations

Psychedelic therapy is on the rise, as its legalisation is ongoing in multiple countries. Here, we write a note of warning regarding recent reports that people with aphantasia (a blind mind's eye) have acquired visual mental imagery after using psychedelics. While the prospect of gaining, or indeed increasing, visual mental imagery is appealing to many, strong mental imagery has been associated...