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Raul A. Ramos-Garcia, PhD

UC Berkeley Miller Institute Fellow
Psychedelics, Sensory Processing & Altered Perception of Touch

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How do we feel touch?  How do we understand differences in how others experience touch? Can your experience of touch be altered? If so, how would this change impact your life?
 

Touch is essential for everyone of every age group. It’s necessary for children during development and it’s an important component of intimacy  and closeness in adulthood. We experience the world, in part, through our sense of touch. Any disruptions to our ability to feel touch can be incredibly detrimental to our everyday life.

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Psychedelic drugs are renowned for their ability to alter our sensory experiences.

Dr. Ramos-Garcia shares insight into his research leveraging the ability of psychedelics to alter sensory perception as a tool to ask how our sense of touch can be changed at the molecular and cellular levels. If we can understand the capacity for change in our neural circuits, perhaps we can leverage this understanding to develop advanced therapies for sensory processing disorder and much more.
 

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This program is part of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center 15th Anniversary Health, Wellness and Aging Series sponsored by the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation. The Lafayette Library Foundation's 15th Anniversary Program Series is supported in part by Orchard Nursery and Friends of the Lafayette Library.