By Anil Seth — 2018
Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive
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The drug lowers brain barriers, allowing distant regions to talk and thoughts to flow more freely.
It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues and me, they change the structures of neurons themselves.
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The scientists hope their long-awaited study on LSD in humans will open the floodgates to further research into psychedelics.