2025
Can hypnosis make you ticklish
In this presentation I’ll share research exploring ways in which we can use hypnosis as a tool to better understand the cognitive …
Microdosing in the Age of Self-Optimisation
This panel discussion brings together three leading experts in the field:
Dr. Zachary Walsh (University of British Columbia) whose …
Can small molecules lead to big changes?
Microdosing has exploded in popularity over the past 10 years. A microdose can be 1/10th or less of a recreational dose and users will …
2023
Low dose psychedelics: Promise or placebo?
The use of low doses of psychedelic substances (microdosing) is attracting increasing interest. Proponents of microdosing claim a wide …
Science Week 2023: Microdosing and Mental Health
Join in an interesting Science Week conversation between cognitive psychologist Dr Vince Polito and journalist Gemma Conroy as they …
The Weird History of Psychedelics
The psychedelic renaissance is in full swing, but along with research into new treatments, on the fringes of science there have been …
2022
What we know so far about microdosing
Microdosing has exploded in popularity over the past six years. A microdose can be 1/10th or less of a recreational dose and users will …
The state of microdosing science: What we know and where we need to go next
The use of low doses of psychedelic substances (microdosing) is attracting increasing interest. Proponents of microdosing claim a wide …
Psychedelic promises
Join artists, curators and scientists as they discuss how the utopian visions and legal difficulties of psychedelic drugs impacted art …
2021
Microdosing: A Pathway to psilocybin mental health treatment
The therapeutic potential of microdosing with psychedelic medicines. This panel will discuss the benefits and challenges of Microdosing …
2020
Placebo or Panacea? Experiences and Beliefs of People who Microdose Psychedelics
Psychedelics are making their way back into mainstream science. High profile research teams are publishing findings in top journals …
Australian Psychedelic Research Panel
I’m facilitating a panel on Australian Psychedelic Research Panel as part of Entheogenesis Australias Garden States
2019
Hypnotic models of passivity delusions as a window in to the sense of agency
Hypnotised individuals often experience agency alterations whereby their actions feel effortless. This has led researchers to develop …
Sydney Science Festival | Science at the Edge of Consciousness
What lies beyond the edges of our normal everyday waking consciousness? Join Dr Vince Polito for a trip through ancient and modern …
Sydney Science Festival | A Night of Illusions
Sydney Science Festival favourite ‘A Night of Illusions’ returns in 2019 with another mind-bending world of perceptual and cognitive …
Psychedelic Science: A new frontier in mental health
What do psychedelics have to do with mental health? From depression to anxiety, and trauma to addiction, research is increasingly …
2018
Placebo or panacea? Expectations and experiences of people who microdose psychedelics
After a long period of absence from the scientific literature, experimental studies involving psychedelic substances are reappearing. …