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  • Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychedelic Research
  • Virtual Reality Applications

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  • Growing interest in psychedelics for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
  • Virtual Reality (VR) offers a risk-free simulation of psychedelic perceptual and cognitive effects.
  • Cognitive Flexibility (CF) is crucial for creative cognition, executive functions, and is associated with prefrontal cortex activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the intersection of psychedelics, VR, and Cognitive Flexibility (CF).
  • To investigate how VR-induced psychedelic hallucinations might enhance CF and creativity.
  • To propose VR-induced CF enhancement as a strategy for cognitive maintenance during aging and in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual review integrating research on psychedelics, VR, and cognitive functions.
  • Application of the Bayesian brain and predictive coding frameworks to understand psychedelic effects.
  • Discussion of CF's role in creativity, executive functions, and its decline in aging and MCI.

Main Results:

  • Psychedelic substances may enhance creativity by increasing CF and openness to experience.
  • VR can simulate psychedelic effects, potentially inducing beneficial cognitive states.
  • Optimizing the balance between top-down expectations and bottom-up sensory processing is a key mechanism.

Conclusions:

  • VR-induced psychedelic hallucinations show potential for enhancing CF and creativity.
  • Enhanced CF and creativity may be vital for preserving cognitive function in aging.
  • This approach could offer a novel strategy for preventing cognitive decline in conditions like MCI.