Researchers created modified versions of psilocin — the active form of psilocybin from “magic mushrooms” — that still target key serotonin pathways linked to depression and other brain disorders but appear to cause far fewer psychedelic-like effects.
Read morePsychedelics and Exercise for Depression
This research provides an overview of exercise/psychedelics as a treatment for depression and their potential synergy and/or complementarity.
Read morePsychedelics and Mental Health
Why do mind-altering drugs make people feel better?
Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.
Read moreNarcissism Stats
Researchers found that narcissism varies significantly across cultures, age groups, and genders.
Surprised to see the US is not number 1!
Read moreConscious Breathing
A new study published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience provides evidence that consciously controlled breathing can enhance communication between the brain and the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate.
Read moreThinking About Consciousness
Our brains trick us into thinking consciousness can reside outside the body, says new research out of Northeastern.
Read moreConsciousness and Time Perception
This article and video looks at how altered states of consciousness change our perception of time.
Read morePsilocybin Extends Cellular Lifespan
This research paper shows the first experimental evidence that psilocin (the active metabolite of psilocybin) treatment extends cellular lifespan and psilocybin treatment promotes increased longevity in aged mice, suggesting that psilocybin may be a potent geroprotective agent.
Read moreJurema
Interestingly, they were extracting it from a plant called jurema-preta (Mimosa tenuiflora), rather than the DMT found in chacruna used in ayahuasca.
Read morePost-Psychedelic Difficulties
The findings suggest that while anxiety and panic are among the most disruptive, issues like existential struggle and diminished self-esteem tend to last the longest—often persisting for over a year.
Read moreRight Hemisphere and Psychedelics
Known as HEALS—Hemispheric Annealing and Lateralization Under Psychedelics—this model proposes that psychedelics disrupt the typical hierarchy between hemispheres, releasing the more holistic, emotionally intelligent right side from left-brain control.
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