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Joshua Kugel

@joshkugel.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychology PhD @ Monash's Clinical Psychedelic Lab. Provisional psychologist. Researching psychedelic-catalysed insight. Nuance, intellectual humility.

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Maria Fedorova @mariafedor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Great review by Joshua Kugel and his colleagues, showing how central insights might be to therapeutically beneficial psychedelic states
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The first paper from my PhD has been published! Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Insights on psychedelics: A systematic review of therapeutic effects
Insight – a sudden change in understanding or perspective that feels true or reliable – is a common occurrence during psychedelic experiences, and oft…
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Dr Paul Liknaitzky @pliknaitzky.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
As part of the new Monash Psychedelic Education Program, we’re thrilled to announce our new short course: Foundations of Psychedelic Therapies! Early-bird registrations NOW OPEN. Available to ANYONE, ANYWHERE. Clinical training coming in 2026! Visit: www.monash.edu/psychedelic-therapies
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Love the opening line in @rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social 's www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...: "We do not just think about ideas, we feel them too".
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Insight and the selection of ideas
Perhaps it is no accident that insight moments accompany some of humanity’s most important discoveries in science, medicine, and art. Here we propose …
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 20
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 19
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 18
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 18
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 17
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 16
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 15
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 14
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 13
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 12
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 11
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 10
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 9
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 8
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 7
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I've long thought that hemispheric lateralisation could be an important lens for understanding psychedelic phenomenology and sequelae. Adam Levin's recent paper finally addresses this previously neglected topic. doi.org/10.1177/0269...
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Hemispheric annealing and lateralization under psychedelics (HEALS): A novel hypothesis of psychedelic action in the brain - Adam W Levin, 2024
Current models of psychedelic action in the brain propose changes along the dorsal–ventral and anterior–posterior axes but neglect to address the lateral axis. ...
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 6
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 5
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 4
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky Book 3
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Book 2 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky
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Trevor R Browning @trevorbrowning.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Books are a total scam. Every single word is already in the dictionary—they’re just selling them back to you in a different order.
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Book 1 Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews just covers. #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge #BookSky
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Joshua Kugel @joshkugel.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
New preprint: Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects In this first systematic review on psychedelic-catalysed insight, we review its prevalence, relationship to dose and time-course, and its link to therapeutic efficacy. osf.io/preprints/os...
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