Ayahuasca-inspired DMT/harmine formulation alters creative thinking dynamics during artistic creation
This study demonstrates that the effects of DMT/HAR on creativity are not uniform. By capturing real-world creative behavior through an ecologically valid painting task, this study offers the first evidence that psychedelics influence not only creative cognition but also the dynamic processes that give rise to it. These findings highlight the importance of integrating cognitive, phenomenological and process-level perspectives to better understand creative thinking under altered states. Future research should further investigate how individual differences in subjective experience and cognitive style modulate the unfolding of creative processes under psychedelics.
Authors
- Helena Aicher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5915-7086)
- Dila Suay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-9992)
- Milan Scheidegger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1313-2208)
- Dario Dornbierer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9946-2069)
- Michael J. Mueller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-0903)
- Berit Singer
- Alen Jelusic
- Lionel Calzaferri
- Paul Springfeld
Institutions
- IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (IT)
- University of Fribourg (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Psychopharmacology
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811251353256
- Primary Topic
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung