I found this week’s material fascinating and inspirational.
For my midterm project, I created a hypothetical microchip that could help some
of the psychological disorders discussed in the LSD studies, such as
alcoholism, schizophrenia, and criminal behaviors.
LSD has always been interesting debate for me. I have
researched the effects of LSD in other courses and have always concluded it was
generally not as harmful as its label describes and not as destructive as other drugs are like Cocaine.
Lots of artists have used LSD in their creative processes
and have made huge discoveries of their potential while using the drug. This
artist, with an unknown name, drew a series of portraits while taking LSD. The
first image is 15 minutes after taking it, the second is after about 2 hours,
and the last image was about 9 hours.
(https://ihgritch.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/lsd/)
Marlene Dobkin De Rios writes in her book referenced below,
about how LSD influences the imagination and the creative process using
clinical research of Dr. Janiger. They claimed that LSD had a solid connection
with spirituality. Other authors like Glen Hanson, who wrote Drugs and Society, have done experiments
and showed adverse effects but most of the artists they gave the drug to, admitted
to it making them more insightful.
Lots of the music I listen to like The Beatles, Pink Floyd,
and The Doors, were all musical ensembles that used LSD and used cryptic lyrics
in their music to describe the experiences they had.
This lecture allowed me to revisit my preconceived notions
about neurology, as well as opening my mind to some of the fundamentals of
neuroscience as mentioned in the first lecture.
Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience pt.3" N.p., 16 May
2012. Web.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=927&v=E5EX75xoBJ0>.
Vesna, Victoria. "Neuroscience pt.1." N.p., 16 May
2012. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=927&v=E5EX75xoBJ0>.
Dobkin De Rios, Marlene. LSD, Spirituality, and the
Creative Process: Based on the Groundbreaking Research of Oscar Janiger, M.D. N.p.:
n.p., n.d. Web.
<https://books.google.com/books?id=BSLGKvZpe8QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=artists+and+lsd+use&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivt8GF6N3MAhVT2GMKHakAAWkQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=artists%20and%20lsd%20use&f=false>.
LeVert, Suzanne. The Facts about LSD. Tarrytown,
NY: Benchmark, 2005. Web.
<https://books.google.com/books?id=FIcgNT8gnTYC&pg=PA10&dq=artists+and+lsd+use&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivt8GF6N3MAhVT2GMKHakAAWkQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=artists%20and%20lsd%20use&f=false>.
Hanson, Glen R. Drugs and Society N.p.: n.p., n.d. Web.
<https://books.google.com/books?id=CYVnE2grkusC&pg=PA362&dq=artists+and+lsd+use&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivt8GF6N3MAhVT2GMKHakAAWkQ6AEIRzAH#v=onepage&q=artists%20and%20lsd%20use&f=false>.
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