Matt WallPsychedelic science must redouble its efforts to do rigorous, objective researchThere was a new meta-analysis on psychedelic therapy for depression published in the British Medical Journal last week, which was…May 5May 5
Matt WallAcademic publishers: The original enshittificationistsCory Doctorow is a polymathic presence on the internet; as a novelist, journalist, tech-evangelist, and general all-round liberal good egg…Apr 14Apr 14
Matt WallStop using crazy multiband sequences for fMRI — you’re doing it wrong.WARNING: This is going to be a bit of a rant, but also a very, very niche one. These are wildly abstruse issues likely only to be of…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
Matt WallThe secret history of psychedelic therapy in 1990s IrelandSome time ago I was very honoured to be asked to write a cover article for ‘The Psychologist’ magazine (which you can read here, if you…Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
Matt WallBlinding and placebo-control in psychedelic clinical trialsLast week I was lucky enough to attend the ICPR meeting in Haarlem, Netherlands along with a lot of colleagues from Invicro and Imperial…Sep 28, 2022Sep 28, 2022
Matt WallWill imaging-based biomarkers of psychiatric conditions ever be clinically useful?Biomarkers are an important and increasingly-useful aspect of clinical medicine. Perhaps the most well-developed biomarkers are used in…Jul 30, 2022Jul 30, 2022
Matt WallA round-up of some of our recent cannabis research publicationsFor about seven or eight years now, I have had the genuine and unalloyed pleasure of working with a great bunch of people at the University…Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022
Matt WallHow to become a (psychedelic) drug researcherA question that students have asked me fairly often over the years since I’ve been doing drug research is some variation of “How can I…Jun 16, 2022Jun 16, 2022
Matt WallMy (very preliminary) thoughts on the Kernel Flow deviceUPDATE: 21st May, 2022: Dr Ryan Field (the presenter I mention in the original piece) has been kind enough to share some detailed responses…May 19, 20221May 19, 20221
Matt WallWhy microdosing psychedelics (probably) doesn’t work‘Microdosing’ is the practice of taking regular (sometimes daily) low doses of psychedelic drugs, most commonly LSD or psilocybin, though…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022