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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Virtual Reality

Background:

  • Psychedelic drugs are known to affect cognitive flexibility, impacting adaptation to environmental changes.
  • Phenomenological similarities exist between drug-induced and simulated altered perceptions.
  • Experimental evidence is lacking on whether simulated altered perceptions modulate cognitive flexibility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if simulated psychedelic altered perception can modulate cognitive flexibility.
  • To compare the effects of virtual reality videos and DeepDream algorithm-generated hallucinatory counterparts on cognitive flexibility.

Main Methods:

  • Participants underwent behavioral tasks to measure cognitive flexibility.
  • Exposure to virtual reality panoramic videos and their DeepDream-generated hallucinatory versions preceded behavioral tasks.
  • Analysis focused on the structure of the semantic network and decision-making dynamics.

Main Results:

  • Exposure to altered reality videos resulted in a more flexible semantic network structure.
  • Simulated psychedelic exposure attenuated the contribution of automatic processes in decision-making.
  • Chaotic dynamics underlying decision processes were reduced following simulated psychedelic exposure.

Conclusions:

  • Simulated altered perceptual phenomenology, induced by virtual reality and algorithms, enhances cognitive flexibility.
  • This enhancement is likely due to a cognitive dynamics reorganization.
  • The findings suggest potential therapeutic applications for virtual reality in cognitive enhancement.