Psychology · Neuroscience · Translational Research
Mark Nicolas
Studying how disrupted systems recover, stabilize, and become capable of change.
Mark Nicolas is a neuroplasticity researcher, psychedelic practitioner, and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. His work examines reward system dysfunction, post acute neuroplasticity, and psychedelic preparation and integration.
The body of work
One research trajectory, examined at different levels.
The work moves from shared circuit dysfunction, through candidate mechanisms of change, toward measurable post acute dynamics and carefully bounded applied frameworks.
Research
The scientific problems connecting reward processing, post acute change, regulation, and recovery.
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Publications
Peer reviewed work, preprints, presentations, and other scholarly output with verified records.
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Neural Attunement
A developing framework for identifying and testing post acute regulatory states.
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WARPATH
Seven connected movements for reflection, preparation, and daily practice.
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Global Competencies in Psychedelic Facilitation
Explore the developing chapters, forthcoming worksheets, and opportunities to contribute to the field.
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Published work and a developing program of testable research.
A necessary boundary
Evidence, hypotheses, and applied work are identified separately.
Published findings are presented as published findings. Developing models remain hypotheses until their predictions are tested. Applied programs remain under construction until their public materials and boundaries are ready for review.