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Tripping into Old Age: Can Psychedelics Protect the Aging Brain?
In a new study, UC Berkeley researchers are investigating whether psilocybin can support healthy aging by boosting plasticity in the brains of older adults.
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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 principal researchers behind a study exploring 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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Scientific American
Americans are increasingly open to using psychedelics for medical reasons
A survey found that more than 60 percent of respondents “strongly support” making psychedelics easier to study, reflecting a growing consensus that some could have therapeutic use.
May 13, 2026
KQED Forum
What RFK Jr.’s support for psychedelic therapy means for its future
Forum checks in with long-time researchers including Michael Silver about how state and federal governments can influence the momentum of their field and what it means for the future of psychedelic research and therapy.
November 6, 2025
SFGATE
Bay Area embraces new era in psychedelic therapy
The center aims to provide clear-eyed research and education about how psychedelics may be used to help humanity. “We have an enormous mental health crisis, and we need new and better treatments,” Silver said, noting that the center doesn’t treat mentally ill people.
Mar 29, 2025
KQED
UC Berkeley launches landmark study: how exactly do magic mushrooms alter the brain?
Amid mounting efforts to legalize psychedelic drugs, UC Berkeley researchers will use neuroimaging to observe how psilocybin alters the brain — the university’s first human study involving a Schedule 1 substance.
September 10, 2024
The Microdose
Stories From Our Fellows
Denver Post
Tiney Ricciardi
Beyond sobriety: How teens are getting educated on drugs in Colorado
May 3, 2026
The Himalayan Times
Saugat Bolakhe
Westerners are embracing ‘Mad Honey’ – with little knowledge about health and ecological impacts
Jan 5, 2026