By Meghan O’Gieblyn — 2019
The strange, startling, and competing explanations for human—and possibly nonhuman—consciousness.
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CLEAR ALL
To treat depression, the neurons which control the hormones serotonin and dopamine in our brains seem to get all the attention.
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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.