Creativity scores rose at a microdosing event, with no placebo
What they did
Attendees at a Dutch psychedelic society event took an average of 0.37 grams of dried psilocybin truffles and completed creativity and reasoning tasks before dosing and again about ninety minutes later.
What they found
Convergent thinking improved and divergent thinking improved on fluency, flexibility and originality. Fluid intelligence was unchanged.
Worth knowing
Open-label with no placebo and no control group, at an event where everyone knew what they had taken and wanted it to work. The authors say plainly that expectancy cannot be ruled out.
Prochazkova et al. Exploring the effect of microdosing psychedelics on creativity in an open-label natural setting. Psychopharmacology, 2018.
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