Clinical applications of hallucinogens: A review.

A Garcia-Romeu, B Kersgaard… - Experimental and clinical …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Hallucinogens fall into several different classes, as broadly defined by pharmacological
mechanism of action, and chemical structure. These include psychedelics, entactogens …

The prosocial effects of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): controlled studies in humans and laboratory animals

P Kamilar-Britt, G Bedi - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Users of±3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA;'ecstasy') report prosocial
effects such as sociability and empathy. Supporting these apparently unique social effects …

Distinct acute effects of LSD, MDMA, and d-amphetamine in healthy subjects

F Holze, P Vizeli, F Müller, L Ley, R Duerig… - …, 2020 - nature.com
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a classic psychedelic, 3, 4-
methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is an empathogen, and d-amphetamine is a …

Behavioral immune trade-offs: Interpersonal value relaxes social pathogen avoidance

JM Tybur, D Lieberman, L Fan… - Psychological …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Behavioral-immune-system research has illuminated how people detect and avoid signs of
infectious disease. But how do we regulate exposure to pathogens that produce no …

Developing guidelines and competencies for the training of psychedelic therapists

J Phelps - Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Research since the 1950s has shown that psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy has had
significant positive effects in reductions of specific clinical symptoms and increases in quality …

Drought exposure decreases altruism with salient group identities as key moderator

S Döring, J Hall - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Previous research on climate change impact regularly considers conflict outcomes, thereby
disregarding cooperative behaviour such as altruism. Drought has the potential to fuel inter …

Looking under the hood of third-party punishment reveals design for personal benefit

MM Krasnow, AW Delton, L Cosmides… - Psychological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Third-party intervention, such as when a crowd stops a mugger, is common. Yet it seems
irrational because it has real costs but may provide no personal benefits. In a laboratory …

Can psychedelics enhance group psychotherapy? A discussion on the therapeutic factors

P Ponomarenko, F Seragnoli, A Calder… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite the growth of psychedelic research, psychedelic-assisted group
psychotherapy (PAGP) has received little attention in comparison to individual psychedelic …

The grammar of anger: Mapping the computational architecture of a recalibrational emotion

A Sell, D Sznycer, L Al-Shawaf, J Lim, A Krauss… - Cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
According to the recalibrational theory of anger, anger is a computationally complex
cognitive system that evolved to bargain for better treatment. Anger coordinates facial …

How the mind makes welfare tradeoffs: Evolution, computation, and emotion

AW Delton, TE Robertson - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Welfare tradeoffs involve sacrificing personal welfare to increase another's
welfare.•Although making welfare tradeoffs feels easy, this hides complex computations.• …