YalePsychedelicStudy
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The Powers Lab at Yale University is recruiting people who are planning to use a psychedelic this year for a fully online study that measures how psychedelics affect basic perception and learning using brief games and questionnaires!
WHAT THE STUDY INVOLVES:
4-5 ~2 hour (though you can take breaks) sessions at your computer over 1-6 months
Signing a consent form and completing an eligibility survey
For the first session only: 2 extensive Questionnaires about psychedelic and other drug use, mental health, how you think, and any unusual sensory experiences you’ve had.
For all sessions:
o A shorter questionnaire about your mental health and sensory experiences.
o 4 online games (10-25 minutes each)
o A few debriefing and quality-control questions.
WHAT YOU GET FOR PARTICIPATION:
$50 via Amazon.com (US) gift card for every timepoint for a total of $250
Helping the medical and scientific community understand the therapeutic and side effects of psychedelics!
WHAT IS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE:
Open the link below to the REDCap survey — you’ll start on the consent and automatically move through the screening survey, questionnaires, and games.
https://redcap.research.yale.edu/surveys/?s=ARTPY987H7CP9C49
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US AND THE STUDY:
Questions and concerns are welcomed by post comments and/or emails to
[email protected] or messages to YalePsychedelicStudy
Personal identifying information is not needed — while an email address is needed for payment, you do not need to use your primary email address (eg. can use autoforwarding)
Link to the Powers Lab website: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/powers/
Link to the main researcher’s bio at Yale Medical School:
https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/maximillian-greenwald/
WHAT THE STUDY INVOLVES:
4-5 ~2 hour (though you can take breaks) sessions at your computer over 1-6 months
Signing a consent form and completing an eligibility survey
For the first session only: 2 extensive Questionnaires about psychedelic and other drug use, mental health, how you think, and any unusual sensory experiences you’ve had.
For all sessions:
o A shorter questionnaire about your mental health and sensory experiences.
o 4 online games (10-25 minutes each)
o A few debriefing and quality-control questions.
WHAT YOU GET FOR PARTICIPATION:
$50 via Amazon.com (US) gift card for every timepoint for a total of $250
Helping the medical and scientific community understand the therapeutic and side effects of psychedelics!
WHAT IS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE:
- A Computer (not smartphone or tablet)
- Stable internet
- Good headphones,
- A private, distraction-free space,
- Plan and ability to safely use a psychedelic before October of 2026
- No serotonergic or atypical psychedelic use in the past 6 weeks
- Willingness to abstain from other serotonergic or atypical psychedelic use (besides the single planned session) until the final time point is completed (1 month after your next serotonergic psychedelic use)
- No psychoactive drug-use the day of the study (besides nicotine or caffeine or – on your dosing day – the serotonergic psychedelic)
Open the link below to the REDCap survey — you’ll start on the consent and automatically move through the screening survey, questionnaires, and games.
https://redcap.research.yale.edu/surveys/?s=ARTPY987H7CP9C49
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US AND THE STUDY:
Questions and concerns are welcomed by post comments and/or emails to
[email protected] or messages to YalePsychedelicStudy
Personal identifying information is not needed — while an email address is needed for payment, you do not need to use your primary email address (eg. can use autoforwarding)
Link to the Powers Lab website: https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/powers/
Link to the main researcher’s bio at Yale Medical School:
https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/maximillian-greenwald/
