Psychedelic Research

Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness

Psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experience in combination with meditation and other spiritual practices produces enduring positive changes in psychological functioning and in trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors

Effects of psilocybin therapy on personality structure

Factor analysis of the Mystical Experience Questionnaire: a study of experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin

A qualitative exploration of relational ethical challenges and practices in psychedelic healing

Dose-related effects of salvinorin A in humans: dissociative, hallucinogenic, and memory effects

Human psychopharmacology and dose-effects of salvinorin A, a kappa opioid agonist hallucinogen present in the plant Salvia divinorum

Hallucinogens and Club Drugs (book chapter)

Meditation Research

Intensive meditation training improves perceptual discrimination and sustained attention

Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socio-emotional functioning

Cognitive aging and long-term maintenance of attentional improvements following meditation training

Modulation of event-related potentials of visual discrimination by meditation training and sustained attention

Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science