Kristian Larsen has received 250.000 DKK from Desirée and Niels Ydes Foundation to partly cover his salary in the project 'LSD treatment effects on cognitive brain function in depression'.
The LSD projectapplies human brain imaging to understand how LSD affects brain function in patients with depression, focusing on working memory, the mental ability to temporarily hold and manipulate information. This cognitive function is often impaired in depression, so determining how LSD affects these brain processes helps to reveal the brain pathways supporting this promising treatment.