E161 | How do Psychedelics Help with Depression? (Professor Emma Robinson)

Professor Emma Robinson is Professor of Psychopharmacology at the University of Bristol. Professor Robinson conducts research with rodents, which can help us to better understand how emotions get formed by the brain and how novel fast-acting antidepressants like ketamine and psilocybin (aka the active ingredient of magic mushrooms) could cause antidepressant effects. We discuss how animal research can help us understand human emotions and very human conditions like depression, and why p...