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Researchers study effects of psilocybin magic mushrooms on brain activity

by psillow | Apr 30, 2023

Back in 2012, a few studies on psilocybin and the brain were published. In several studies, healthy volunteers underwent MRIs, finding that psilocybin reduced brain activity in specific areas. Psilocybin and Effects on the Brain The senior author of those 2012...

$Psilocybin and LSD increase the fractal dimension of thought patterns$

Psilocybin and LSD increase the fractal dimension of thought patterns

by psillow | Dec 28, 2019

A recent study has shown that Psilocybin and LSD increase the fractal dimension of thought patterns as observed through magnetic resonance (fMRI) images of the brains of subjects under the influence of either of the two psychedelic substances. Psychedelic research...

No pain is the biggest gain of all for psilocybin user Alison Myrden

by psillow | Jan 3, 2019

No pain is the biggest gain of all for psilocybin user Alison Myrden After receiving Canada’s first medical authorization for psilocybin in 2017, the drug-reform trailblazer is looking to follow cannabis’s lead Alison Myrden is a drug-reform trailblazer, to be sure,...