Psychlings Podcast

#7: Prof Olivia Carter - is a vacuum robot conscious, the reality of medicinal psychedelic research and the role of psychology in a VR/AR world

May 30, 2022 Byron & Dazz Season 1 Episode 7
Psychlings Podcast
#7: Prof Olivia Carter - is a vacuum robot conscious, the reality of medicinal psychedelic research and the role of psychology in a VR/AR world
Show Notes

Olivia Carter is a Professor of Psychology and a leading researcher on the subjective experience of consciousness, which explores the factors that determine the contents and nature of an individual’s conscious experience - this includes typical and altered states of consciousness induced by psychedelics, meditation, and neurological conditions. She heads up the Human Experience Lab at the University of Melbourne. You can find Olivia via the Human Experience Lab.

Please enjoy an eye-opening conversation with Prof. Olivia Carter
- Is a vacuum robot conscious? 
- The reality of medicinal psychedelic research
- The role of psychology in a VR/AR world

Hosts: 
- Byron McCaughey (bmccaughey@student.unimelb.edu.au). 
- Yu "Dazz" Liu (Yuliu13@student.unimelb.edu.au)