What psilocybin actually does to your brain. Explained by someone who runs the trials.
A professor of psychedelic science and an open Q&A where nothing is off the table. Get your tickets for Curious Hour: A Psychedelics Science Night in London!
🧠 Psychedelic neuroscience🍺 Bar setting🎙️ Open Q&A🔬 Peer-reviewed research
Your speaker
Prof David Luke, PhD
Professor of Exceptional Experience · University of Greenwich
Leads the Psychedelic and Exceptional Experience Lab (PEEL) at Greenwich and is a Perrott-Warrick Senior Researcher via Trinity College, Cambridge. His published work covers psilocybin, DMT, and near-death experience phenomenology. Recent papers in PLOS ONE and Frontiers in Psychology.
What you get
🧠What current clinical research shows about psilocybin and MDMA. Grounded in peer-reviewed trial data
🔓Open Q&A after the talk. Microdosing, therapy use, legal status. Nothing off limits
🍺Bar atmosphere, drink in hand. Science on the table, none of the formality
🔬Sessions rotate across angles: clinical use, neuroscience, law & policy, microdosing
👥Couples, groups, or solo. Science fans and the genuinely curious
How the night works
1
Grab a drink
Order at the bar, find a seat. No formality.
2
The talk
Clinical trials, brain imaging, therapeutic potential. Clear, no jargon.
3
Ask anything
The floor opens. No filter, no moralising.
Practical info
⏳ 55 min (talk + Q&A)📍 21Soho, Sutton Row, London W1D 4NR👤 18+♿ Wheelchair accessible🗣️ English❓ FAQs
Description
The lights are low, your drink is cold, and someone who actually runs psychedelic trials explains what these substances do inside your brain. Curious Hour brings expert-led science into bar settings, and this edition covers one of the most discussed topics in modern medicine. Prof David Luke walks you through what clinical research shows about psilocybin for depression, MDMA for PTSD, and the neuroscience behind altered states of consciousness. No jargon, no judgment. Then the floor opens. Get your tickets now for Curious Hour: A Psychedelics Science Night in London!
This presentation is strictly for educational and scientific discussion. It does not constitute medical or legal advice, nor does it promote or condone the possession, purchase, or use of illegal substances.
21Soho
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