Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity - Not from Drugs alone? | A. Calder 

Research in animals suggests that ketamine, LSD, and other psychedelics can enhance neuroplasticity. Largely because of these animal findings, neuroplasticity is often cited as an important reason for psychedelics’ effectiveness in therapy.
This is a decent theory. But neuroplasticity is also more complicated than a simple drug effect, and it can be strongly influenced by our experiences, environment, and behavior.
What does this mean for psychedelic research? Come join a discussion on what Researchers think we know about psychedelics and neuroplasticity, why a caged rat and a (free-range) human might react differently to psychedelics, and how neuroplasticity is influenced by experiences - psychedelic or otherwise.
Talk by Abigail Calder