Molly Webster

Just to put that in context, it's like a dude tripping in a corner is in a way having the same experience as like a wide-eyed baby soaking up their world or a teenager who cares so much about what everyone else thinks of them. And it's not just that they're experiencing it in the same way. It's that there's an underlying deep biological mechanism that's being shared in all of those situations.

And if you can tap into that mechanism, There are some very real world practical things that you might be able to do, which we'll get into right after this break.

And if you can tap into that mechanism, There are some very real world practical things that you might be able to do, which we'll get into right after this break.

And if you can tap into that mechanism, There are some very real world practical things that you might be able to do, which we'll get into right after this break.

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. We are back in the saddle with neuroscientist Gul Dolin. She's been telling us about how psychedelics can reopen critical periods in the brain. And where it goes from here, in a way, just gets more practical because I think we've all been hearing about studies in which psychedelics are curing various afflictions.

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. We are back in the saddle with neuroscientist Gul Dolin. She's been telling us about how psychedelics can reopen critical periods in the brain. And where it goes from here, in a way, just gets more practical because I think we've all been hearing about studies in which psychedelics are curing various afflictions.

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. We are back in the saddle with neuroscientist Gul Dolin. She's been telling us about how psychedelics can reopen critical periods in the brain. And where it goes from here, in a way, just gets more practical because I think we've all been hearing about studies in which psychedelics are curing various afflictions.

So like MDMA is helping with PTSD or psilocybin, a.k.a. magic mushrooms, can help with depression. And Gould says that she thinks her study, the one that she did with mice, that it might be able to provide a clue about how those treatments are doing what they do.

So like MDMA is helping with PTSD or psilocybin, a.k.a. magic mushrooms, can help with depression. And Gould says that she thinks her study, the one that she did with mice, that it might be able to provide a clue about how those treatments are doing what they do.

So like MDMA is helping with PTSD or psilocybin, a.k.a. magic mushrooms, can help with depression. And Gould says that she thinks her study, the one that she did with mice, that it might be able to provide a clue about how those treatments are doing what they do.

That's very interesting that in a way, it's not the psychedelic. I mean, the presence of the psychedelic is allowing something else in the brain, like an experience or whatever, to have an action.

That's very interesting that in a way, it's not the psychedelic. I mean, the presence of the psychedelic is allowing something else in the brain, like an experience or whatever, to have an action.

That's very interesting that in a way, it's not the psychedelic. I mean, the presence of the psychedelic is allowing something else in the brain, like an experience or whatever, to have an action.

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Gould says that when you use a psychedelic in the right context, it actually opens up the brain at a cellular level so that the neurons can reorganize themselves. And in that reorganization, they can create new patterns and new pathways that allow for learning and maybe even healing. So really what these drugs do is create a window of opportunity for How long was that period seemingly open for?

Gould says that when you use a psychedelic in the right context, it actually opens up the brain at a cellular level so that the neurons can reorganize themselves. And in that reorganization, they can create new patterns and new pathways that allow for learning and maybe even healing. So really what these drugs do is create a window of opportunity for How long was that period seemingly open for?

Gould says that when you use a psychedelic in the right context, it actually opens up the brain at a cellular level so that the neurons can reorganize themselves. And in that reorganization, they can create new patterns and new pathways that allow for learning and maybe even healing. So really what these drugs do is create a window of opportunity for How long was that period seemingly open for?

the trip. The trip, right. The length of the