Believing that lysergic acid had potential use in neurology and psychiatry, he proceeded with animal experimentation and further human studies. It was found that with both humans and animals, there seemed to be a capacity for breaking down the ego, and it appeared to show potential for people "who are bogged down in an egocentric problem cycle [who] can thereby be helped to release themselves from their fixating and isolation." LSD also released long-forgotten memories and traumas into consciousness, which could then be worked through therapeutically.