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psychedelics can change your mind but they won’t change the world
Mar 24 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
new pre-print: LSD reconfigures the frequency-specific network landscape of the human brain
🧵 (1/n) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
fMRI studies have consistently shown that psychedelics decrease within-network connectivity and increase within-network connectivity in the brain. however, few studies have examined the effect of psychedelics on brain networks *at specific frequencies.* (2/n)
Dec 27, 2023 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
i recently co-authored an 8-part review on the clinical literature about psychedelics. we looked at 6 different psychedelics: LSD, DMT/ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA, and ketamine. links to all 8 preprints are available here: . a THREAD 🧵 (1/n)blankhorizons.com/2023/12/27/psy…
LSD:
CONDITIONS IT TREATS: end-of-life anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder
PROMISING DATA: 77% of participants experienced relief from end-of-life anxiety one year after a single 200 microgram dose of LSD... (2/n)osf.io/preprints/psya…
