Anesthesia can cause disturbing sexual hallucinations, leading to lasting psychological trauma

Sedative-hypnotic drugs can distort a patient’s perception of reality. Some patients wake up from a procedure believing they have been sexually assaulted.

C. Michael White, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut • conversation
May 24, 2023 • ~10 min

Psychedelic drugs can be almost as life altering as near-death experiences

Society has very different attitudes to near-death experiences and psychedelics.

Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University • conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~7 min

Pseudo-hallucinations: why some people see more vivid mental images than others – test yourself here

Experiment that creates altered states of consciousness sheds light on an old problem.

Reshanne Reeder, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University • conversation
June 22, 2021 • ~6 min

Prehistoric cave painters might have been ‘high’ on oxygen deprivation – new study

It's possible that low oxygen levels in caves produced hallucinations – but that doesn't explain the majority of prehistoric art.

Paul Pettitt, Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University • conversation
April 19, 2021 • ~8 min

Why some people believe they can hear the dead

Research suggests mediums possess a proclivity for hallucinatory experiences.

Peter Moseley, Senior Research Fellow, Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Jan. 26, 2021 • ~7 min

Delirium, depression, anxiety, PTSD – the less discussed effects of COVID-19

A new review assesses the potential long-term psychological impact of COVID-19.

Edward Chesney, Clinical Research Fellow, King's College London • conversation
May 18, 2020 • ~6 min

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