Speaker Bio
Xaver Funk has a background in biology and cognitive neuroscience and is currently a PhD candidate at the PRSM lab at Leiden University with Michiel van Elk. He is responsible for the implementation of a range of experimental studies and data analysis projects broadly surrounding psychedelics and neuroimaging. Next to that, he is interested in mathematical and computational modeling, open science and perception research.
ICPR 2024 Abstract
Leveraging open science practices to benefit psychedelic research: examples, lessons and challenges from ongoing research projects
After facing a major replication crisis, the Social-Behavioural and Life Sciences have developed principles and frameworks to improve upon the quality and consistency of research, minimize malpractice and foster collaboration. Collectively referred to as Open Science practices, they include for example replication, open and FAIR data sharing, preregistration and registered reports.
In this talk, I will present a set of ongoing projects from our lab and how they interface and benefit from Open Science practices, along with the challenges that we have been facing implementing them. Specifically, I will show (1) how we set up a preregistered replication study on the effects of psychedelic retreats on subjective well-being and brain connectivity, (2) created a registered report on the effects of psilocybin on interoception and (3) devised a data sharing initiative for resting-state neuroimaging data of altered states of consciousness.
We hope that through this talk, we may be able to inspire others to implement Open Science practices in their own studies. We do this by indicating the many benefits they can bring to the quality and process of research, along with acknowledging their inherent challenges for individuals and teams.