Rachel Carlson

And Gina, the thing that really sticks with me here as I've listened to scientists like have this conversation in their own research and with each other is that we're learning so much about the human brain right now. But there's also a ton that we don't know.

And Gina, the thing that really sticks with me here as I've listened to scientists like have this conversation in their own research and with each other is that we're learning so much about the human brain right now. But there's also a ton that we don't know.

And Gina, the thing that really sticks with me here as I've listened to scientists like have this conversation in their own research and with each other is that we're learning so much about the human brain right now. But there's also a ton that we don't know.

So I think this research in psychedelics is encouraging neuroscientists to confront how we study the brain at all, how we study our unique experiences differently. And where these two things, our chemical biological processes and our personal emotional ones, intersect.

So I think this research in psychedelics is encouraging neuroscientists to confront how we study the brain at all, how we study our unique experiences differently. And where these two things, our chemical biological processes and our personal emotional ones, intersect.

So I think this research in psychedelics is encouraging neuroscientists to confront how we study the brain at all, how we study our unique experiences differently. And where these two things, our chemical biological processes and our personal emotional ones, intersect.

So in our last episode, we talked about how drugs like psilocybin and ketamine are raising all these questions about the limits of what we know about our brains and how we experience reality.

So in our last episode, we talked about how drugs like psilocybin and ketamine are raising all these questions about the limits of what we know about our brains and how we experience reality.

So in our last episode, we talked about how drugs like psilocybin and ketamine are raising all these questions about the limits of what we know about our brains and how we experience reality.

Exactly. So when we're talking about how drugs like psychedelics and ketamine work, or if they work at all, what the heck are we actually talking about?

Exactly. So when we're talking about how drugs like psychedelics and ketamine work, or if they work at all, what the heck are we actually talking about?

Exactly. So when we're talking about how drugs like psychedelics and ketamine work, or if they work at all, what the heck are we actually talking about?

This is Dr. Boris Heifetz. He's an anesthesiologist and neuroscientist at Stanford University. And he told me that researchers have been wondering for a while if the trip that comes with a lot of psychedelics, this journey or experience, is really important, or if it's just this unnecessary byproduct when it comes to making people feel better.

This is Dr. Boris Heifetz. He's an anesthesiologist and neuroscientist at Stanford University. And he told me that researchers have been wondering for a while if the trip that comes with a lot of psychedelics, this journey or experience, is really important, or if it's just this unnecessary byproduct when it comes to making people feel better.

This is Dr. Boris Heifetz. He's an anesthesiologist and neuroscientist at Stanford University. And he told me that researchers have been wondering for a while if the trip that comes with a lot of psychedelics, this journey or experience, is really important, or if it's just this unnecessary byproduct when it comes to making people feel better.

So that's exactly what Boris did.

So that's exactly what Boris did.

So that's exactly what Boris did.

They're asking, is it the drugs themselves making people feel better or everything else that comes with them? We'll even hear from a patient about her experience.

They're asking, is it the drugs themselves making people feel better or everything else that comes with them? We'll even hear from a patient about her experience.