{"id":877,"date":"2023-06-26T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelics\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:20:53","slug":"chris_timmermann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/chris_timmermann\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Timmermann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributor &#8211; Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/08\/Timmerman-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/08\/Timmerman-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/08\/Timmerman-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/08\/Timmerman-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/psychedelic-colloquium-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/745\/2023\/08\/Timmerman.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Chris Timmerman obtained a psychology degree in Psychology in Santiago, Chile and an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, Italy. Chris is currently a postdoc researcher at Imperial College London at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, leading research investigating the effects of DMT in the human brain and experience, as well as exploring their applications for mental health conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Colloquium Presentation: 12 November 2021 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Psychedelics alter metaphysical beliefs <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can the use of psychedelic drugs induce lasting changes in metaphysical beliefs? While it is popularly believed that they can, this question has never been formally tested. Here we exploited a large sample derived from prospective online surveying to determine whether and how beliefs concerning the nature of reality, consciousness, and free-will, change after psychedelic use. Results revealed significant shifts away from \u2018physicalist\u2019 or \u2018materialist\u2019 views, and towards panpsychism and fatalism, post use. With the exception of fatalism, these changes endured for at least 6&nbsp;months, and were positively correlated with the extent of past psychedelic-use and improved mental-health outcomes. Path modelling suggested that the belief-shifts were moderated by impressionability at baseline and mediated by perceived emotional synchrony with others during the psychedelic experience. The observed belief-shifts post-psychedelic-use were consolidated by data from an independent controlled clinical trial. Together, these findings imply that psychedelic-use may causally influence metaphysical beliefs\u2014shifting them away from \u2018hard materialism\u2019. We discuss whether these apparent effects are contextually independent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributor &#8211; Speaker Chris Timmerman obtained a psychology degree in Psychology in Santiago, Chile and an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bologna, Italy. 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