53. What's Happening In Your Brain When You Trip: Psychedelics, Mystical Experiences, VR & Riffing On Reality with Zeus Tipado & Stefanie Cohen

In a wild ride of revelations, neuropsychopharmacology PhD candidate Zeus Tipado, Stefanie Cohen and host Michaela Carlin dive into the intersection of psychology, neurobiology, virtual reality, and psychedelics, with a particular focus on DMT. They discuss perception, the role of the visual cortex and other brain regions during psychedelic experiences, the potential existence of other dimensions, and forecast the future of psychedelic science. The conversation goes especially deep into the perennial question of whether what we connect to in our consciousness during psychedelic experiences objectively exists or is purely generated by the brain.