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Tripping into Old Age: Can Psychedelics Protect the Aging Brain?
Can psychedelics help our minds and brains stay healthy as we grow older? That’s the question posed by a new first-of-its-kind study launched earlier this year at the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
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PLASTICITY Study Launches to Explore Psilocybin and Healthy Aging
Researchers have begun enrolling participants in a new study investigating how psilocybin may affect memory, perception, emotion, and brain structure and function in healthy older adults.
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Can Psilocybin Promote Successful Aging?
A Q&A with the researchers behind a new study researching a promising potential use of psilocybin: to promote successful aging of healthy older adults.
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UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics Releases Second Annual UC Berkeley Psychedelics Survey Results
New research tracks shifting attitudes on psychedelic use, policy, safety and stigma among U.S. voters
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Five Big Takeaways from the 2025 UC Berkeley Psychedelics Survey
Postdoctoral research scientist Tyrone Sgambati walks us through five big findings from the latest UC Berkeley Psychedelics Survey.
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A Neuroscientist Describes Your Brain on Psychedelics in 101 Seconds
Watch UC Berkeley Professor Michael Silver describe how recording the brains of people on psychedelics could transform our understanding of human consciousness.
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Collective Continuance: Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship Q&A with Marlena Robbins
Q&A with Marlena Robbins, program coordinator for the Collective Continuance: Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship.
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Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow Q&As: Solei Sarmiento
Q&A with Solei Sarmiento, a Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellow.
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Texas Public Radio
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The War Horse
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Texas Law Magazine
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