How psychedelics may reveal the brain's mechanisms for generating consciousness

As a cognitive neuroscientist, part of my research involves studying how the brain creates visual representations of the world—both the real world and the world that exists only in our imaginations: made up of memories, daydreams, or future plans.

I'm interested in what David Chalmers calls the 'hard problem of consciousness,' how brain activity leads to conscious, subjective experiences.

Observing the brain as it perceives or creates mental imagery, I believe, can give us insight into the neurological functions that give rise to consciousness.

As a neuroscientist, I'm encouraged that this could be a window into how your brain generates consciousness through your lived reality.