Best Psychology & Neuroscience Books of 2014 (according to me)

Here are some of the best books I have been exposed to this year. Obviously, I cannot read everything, so this is a partial list at best. They are listed in alphabetical order. Descriptive text is from the publisher’s blurb on Amazon. A few of these books warrant the RECOMMENDED READ classification. Adult Attachment Patterns … Read more

How Psychedelic Drugs Could Revolutionize American Medicine

Here are two articles that look at the use of psychedelics in psychotherapy. The first was posted last week at Salon, a reprint from the original post at Scientific American. The second one comes from Utne Reader back in 2013, and it was reprinted from Spirituality and Health. Before these drugs became were banned as … Read more

Ayahuasca and Cancer Treatment

Yeah, you read that headline correctly. While ayahuasca is known primarily as a vision-producing entheogen (DMT is the primary active ingredient, when combined with harmaline), it has already shown remarkable power in helping people break deadly addictions (see here, here, and here for starters). One of the people at the forefront of research into the … Read more