Journal of Eating Disorders
December 4, 2025
Samuli Kangaslampi, Max Wolff, Manoj K. Doss et al.
1 citation
Abstract In their recent case report article, Peck and colleagues suggested that two patients recovered dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa. These case reports are of clinical and scientific interest and confirm that psychedelics may induce vivid memory-like experiences. However, the reports warrant scrutiny. Here, based on what is known about...
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)
April 1, 2025
Manoj K. Doss, Lilian Kloft, Natasha L. Mason et al.
5 citations
Ayahuasca is an Amazonian brew with 5-HT2A-dependent psychedelic effects taken by religious groups globally. Recently, psychedelics have been shown to impair the formation of recollections (hippocampal-dependent episodic memory for specific details) and potentially distort memory while remembering. However, psychedelics spare or enhance the formation of familiarity-based memory...
Neuroimage
2024
Pablo Mallaroni, Natasha L. Mason, Lilian Kloft et al.
17 citations
The knowledge that brain functional connectomes are unique and reliable has enabled behaviourally relevant inferences at a subject level. However, whether such "fingerprints" persist under altered states of consciousness is unknown. Ayahuasca is a potent serotonergic psychedelic which produces a widespread dysregulation of functional connectivity. Used communally in religious ceremonies, its...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
October 5, 2023
Pablo Mallaroni, Lilian Kloft, Natasha L. Mason et al.
8 citations
Introduction Serotonergic psychedelics such as ayahuasca are reported to promote both structural and functional neural plasticity via partial 5-HT 2A agonism. However, little is known about how these molecular mechanisms may extend to repeated psychedelic administration in humans, let alone neuroanatomy. While early evidence suggests localised changes to cortical thickness in long-term...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
2023
Johannes G. Ramaekers, Pablo Mallaroni, Lilian Kloft et al.
15 citations
Abstract Consumption of the psychedelic brew ayahuasca is a central ritualistic aspect of the Santo Daime religion. The current observational, baseline controlled study was designed to assess whether members (n = 24) of the Santo Daime church would show enhanced capacity for mental imagery during an ayahuasca experience. In addition, this study assessed whether the effects of ayahuasca on...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
October 11, 2022
Pablo Mallaroni, Natasha L. Mason, Lilian Kloft et al.
4 citations
preprint
Abstract The knowledge that brain functional connectomes are both unique and reliable has enabled behaviourally relevant inferences at a subject level. However, it is unknown whether such “fingerprints” persist under altered states of consciousness. Ayahuasca is a potent serotonergic psychedelic which elicits a widespread dysregulation of functional connectivity. Used communally in religious...
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
March 24, 2022
Francisco Madrid-Gambin, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Arnau Busquets-García et al.
14 citations
There has been a renewed interest in the potential use of psychedelics for the treatment of psychiatric conditions. Nevertheless, little is known about the mechanism of action and molecular pathways influenced by ayahuasca use in humans. Therefore, for the first time, our study aims to investigate the human metabolomics signature after consumption of a psychedelic, ayahuasca, and its connection...
European Neuropsychopharmacology
February 3, 2022
Lilian Kloft, Henry Otgaar, Arjan Blokland et al.
17 citations
The entactogen 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is increasingly being recognized for its therapeutic potential but is also widespread in nightlife settings where it may co-occur with crime. Since previous research detected impaired verbal memory during acute MDMA intoxication, understanding the drug's ramifications in an applied legal context becomes crucial. We conducted a...
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
July 1, 2021
Johannes G. Ramaekers, Natasha L. Mason, Lilian Kloft et al.
Acute cannabis intoxication may induce neurocognitive impairment and is a possible cause of human error, injury and psychological distress. One of the major concerns raised about increasing cannabis legalization and the therapeutic use of cannabis is that it will increase cannabis-related harm. However, the impairing effect of cannabis during intoxication varies among individuals and may not...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
February 10, 2020
Lilian Kloft, Henry Otgaar, Arjan Blokland et al.
49 citations
With the growing global acceptance of cannabis and its widespread use by eyewitnesses and suspects in legal cases, understanding the popular drug's ramifications for memory is a pressing need. In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we examined the acute and delayed effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) intoxication on susceptibility to false memory in 64 healthy volunteers....
Psychopharmacology
June 27, 2019
Lilian Kloft, Henry Otgaar, Arjan Blokland et al.
19 citations
RATIONALE: Cannabis use is widespread and has previously been associated with memory impairments. However, the role of cannabis in relation to false memory production, i.e., memories of events that were not experienced, is less well-understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the current field study was to examine the impact of cannabis use on false memory production. METHODS: The...