Vince Polito

Macquarie University, Department of Psychology, Post-Doc

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I’m a Research Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University. I’m interested in self representation, in particular how we monitor feelings of control over our actions (sense of agency) and how we track our bodies in space (body representation).

My research focuses on developing measures of how our sense of self changes in different contexts, clinical conditions, and altered states of consciousness.
Phone: +61 2 9850 2966
Address: Department of Cognitive Science
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Australia

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Beyond Relaxation: The Positive Outcomes of Yoga on Stress and Inhibitory Control

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This table shows baseline and post study means and standard deviations for each measure.... more This table shows baseline and post study means and standard deviations for each measure. Also shown are test statistics for the three critical analyses: the main effect of Time, and interactions of Time x Experience and Time x Dose. p-values are adjusted using Holm-Bonferroni correction for three comparisons. R2C estimates the variance explained by each model. A complete model summary table is included as Table D in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0211023#pone.0211023.s001" target="_blank">S1 File</a>.</p

Could microdosing be as good as yoga for your mood? It’s not that big a stretch

The emerging science of microdosing: A systematic review of research on low dose psychedelics (1955 – 2021)

The use of low doses of psychedelic substances (microdosing) is attracting increasing interest. T... more The use of low doses of psychedelic substances (microdosing) is attracting increasing interest. This systematic review summarises all empirical microdosing research to date, including a set of infrequently cited studies that took place prior to prohibition. Specifically, we reviewed 44 studies published between 1955 and 2021, and summarised reported effects across six categories: mood and mental health; wellbeing and attitude; cognition and creativity; personality; changes in conscious state; and neurobiology and physiology. Studies showed a wide range in risk of bias, depending on design, age, and other study characteristics. Laboratory studies found changes in pain perception, time perception, conscious state, and neurophysiology. Self-report studies found changes in cognitive processing and mental health. We review data related to expectation and placebo effects, but argue that claims that microdosing effects are largely due to expectancy are premature and possibly wrong. In addi...

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