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Joshua Kugel
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Clinical Psychology PhD @ Monash's Clinical Psychedelic Lab. Provisional psychologist. Researching psychedelic-catalysed insight. Nuance, intellectual humility.
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Great review by Joshua Kugel and his colleagues, showing how central insights might be to therapeutically beneficial psychedelic states
May 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The first paper from my PhD has been published!

Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects
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Insights on psychedelics: A systematic review of therapeutic effects
Insight – a sudden change in understanding or perspective that feels true or reliable – is a common occurrence during psychedelic experiences, and oft…
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April 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Reposted by Joshua Kugel
As part of the new Monash Psychedelic Education Program, we’re thrilled to announce our new short course: Foundations of Psychedelic Therapies! Early-bird registrations NOW OPEN. Available to ANYONE, ANYWHERE. Clinical training coming in 2026! Visit: www.monash.edu/psychedelic-therapies
March 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Love the opening line in
@rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social 's www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...: "We do not just think about ideas, we feel them too".
Insight and the selection of ideas
Perhaps it is no accident that insight moments accompany some of humanity’s most important discoveries in science, medicine, and art. Here we propose …
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March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Book 7
December 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I've long thought that hemispheric lateralisation could be an important lens for understanding psychedelic phenomenology and sequelae. Adam Levin's recent paper finally addresses this previously neglected topic.

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Hemispheric annealing and lateralization under psychedelics (HEALS): A novel hypothesis of psychedelic action in the brain - Adam W Levin, 2024
Current models of psychedelic action in the brain propose changes along the dorsal–ventral and anterior–posterior axes but neglect to address the lateral axis. ...
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December 27, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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December 19, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Book 2

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