Psychedelics tune the brain to the environment
Researchers found 62 volunteers’ brain activity changed with resting, music, meditation and film, suggesting psilocybin’s effects depend on setting and focus.
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A team of researchers from Australia shows that the consumption of substances such as psilocybin does not generate 'mental chaos' but connects brain regions that normally function separately.
Landmark study upends how we think the brain responds to psychedelics
Psychedelics are inherently chaotic drugs, dissolving the boundary between self and surrounds by sowing discord in the brain.Continue ReadingCategory: Mental Health, Brain Health, Body and Mind, Refractor: Science & HealthTags: Psychedelic Medicine, psilocybin, mental health, Brain, Pharmaceuticals, Monash University, neurons
Psychedelics tune the brain to the environment
Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02377-9Rather than just scrambling neural activity, the psychedelic substance psilocybin also reorganizes brain dynamics so as to align with a person’s context and experiences.
The active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" doesn't simply confuse the brain. The substance, called psilocybin, actually focuses brain activity more effectively on what is happening at any given moment, as a new study in the journal "Nature" shows.
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