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When human contact is cut off, the brain begins to act in strange ways to preserve its sanity.
Our study published this week shows a new method to induce and measure visual hallucinations in anyone at any time.
During the 1950s and 1960s, LSD was used more for psychotherapy than recreation. Between 1950 and 1965, many were treated with LSD for alcoholism, depression, schizophrenia, autism and homosexuality.
A new study of the brain structure of schizophrenics has revealed an important clue that could help treat hallucinations.
Back in the early 1990s, I used to play the video game Tetris on my Nintendo Game Boy. I was really good at it – if I do say so myself – and I used to play for hours every day. When I went to bed I would…
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Professor of cognitive neuroscience, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Sackler research fellow in clinical medicine, University of Sussex
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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