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(47,953 posts) Wed Oct 29, 2014, 06:55 PM Oct 2014

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Magic Mushrooms Create a Hyperconnected Brain
by Tia Ghose

Magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain.

The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting "brain regions that don't normally talk together," said study co-author Paul Expert, a physicist at King's College London.

The research, which was published today (Oct. 28) in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, is part of a larger effort to understand how psychedelic drugs work, in the hopes that they could one day be used by psychiatrists — in carefully controlled settings — to treat conditions such as depression.

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Magic Mushrooms Create a Hyperconnected Brain [View all] n2doc Oct 2014 OP

I coulda told them that 45 years ago. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #1

+1 or 45 Phlem Oct 2014 #8

Or 42 Aldo Leopold Oct 2014 #10

41 Lochloosa Oct 2014 #19

2 hours BlueJazz Oct 2014 #21

Have fun...lol Lochloosa Oct 2014 #22

So does autism KamaAina Oct 2014 #2

Fascinating. I have also heard it argued by neurologists hifiguy Oct 2014 #5

When one can watch plants breathe, that becomes a profound experience. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #3

And a ceiling melt littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #7

Ooh fun! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #18

Speaking of brain science hifiguy Oct 2014 #4

He's great and your right Phlem Oct 2014 #12

Wonder if science can donco Oct 2014 #6

Took various things in High School Phlem Oct 2014 #9

Particularly when combined with the Allman Brothers. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #11

I saw the Alman Brothers final outdoor performance waddirum Oct 2014 #13

At all 10 Wanee Fest.....I heard Lockn was a blast. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #20

Magic Prescription... nikto Oct 2014 #14

Aldous Huxley could have told about this decades ago. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #15

Carlos Castaneda, too Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #23

Where is this hyperconnected brain? Heywood J Oct 2014 #16

Terance McKenna's "Stoned Ape" theory of human evolution Ichingcarpenter Oct 2014 #17

A graphic showing the effect n2doc Oct 2014 #24