Exploring the relationship between microdosing, personality and emotional insight: A prospective study
Journal of Psychedelic Studies March 26, 2021 Hannah Marie Dressler, Stephen Bright, Vince Polito 12 citations
Microdosing—taking very small, sub-perceptual doses of psychedelic drugs—is associated with increases in conscientiousness and decreases in neuroticism over a 31-day period. Among 24 participants who completed both surveys, neuroticism was linked to alexithymia (difficulty identifying emotions) at baseline, and longer prior microdosing experience correlated with lower neuroticism and higher extraversion. The findings suggest that microdosing may alter typically stable personality traits.