Psychedelic pathways: Exploring reinforcement learning under psychedelic influence
Open Science Framework – January 01, 2025
Source: OpenAlex
Summary
Psilocybin is poised to reveal profound insights into how our brains learn from rewards. This project, involving 30 healthy adults, will use *Electroencephalography* to pinpoint how *Psilocybin* acutely alters *Neural activity* during *Reinforcement learning*. Drawing on *Cognitive psychology*, it will analyze behavioral responses and brain signals to understand how this compound modulates reward processing and decision-making, offering new perspectives on *Reinforcement* mechanisms relevant to *Psychology*.
Abstract
This project investigates the acute effects of psilocybin on probabilistic reinforcement learning in healthy adults. Using a double blind, randomized, within-subject, placebo-controlled design, we will analyze behavioral data and Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) from EEG recordings to understand how psychedelics modulate neural mechanisms of reward processing and decision-making.