Scientists have for the first time scanned the brains of people using LSD and found the psychedelic drug frees the brain to become less compartmentalized and more like the mind of a baby.
Brain scans reveal how LSD affects consciousness
Drug researcher David Nutt discusses brain-imaging studies with hallucinogens.
Scientists push to renew psychedelic drug research for psychiatry
Back in the 50's there were legitimate medical experiments with LSD but psychedelic drugs in the labs were side-swiped by their use on the street. And as a growing counter-culture dropped acid, governments picked up restrictions making research almost impossible. Until now.
LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug | Hacker News
One sketch pad had a long black squiggle on it, the same design you'd make if you fell asleep while holding a pen to paper, and the rest had even less (One was literally two 1" lines forming a 90 degree angle). The next day they described the night as a huge success even though they never really attained any of their stated goals.
Flashback! Psychedelic research returns
Four decades after Timothy Leary, LSD shows success in medical trials. Will the right completely trip?
How LSD Microdosing Became the Hot New Business Trip
Regular doses of acid have become the creativity enhancer of choice for some professionals
What Are Psychedelic Entities?
The beings people often meet while using psychedelics resist tidy explanations.
Brainchildren
Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social; only a unified, multidisciplinary approach will yield a realistic theory of how they came i...
Getting antibiotics as a baby may have lasting effects on brain, behavior
Mouse study backs up human observations showing long-term changes.
Acid test: how psychedelic virtual reality can help end society's mass bad trip
Cyberdelic VR is being used to treat trauma and even simulate near-death experiences
Researchers are giving religious leaders psychedelic drugs in the interest of science
Despite the fact that psychedelic drugs have been used for millennia as medicine in ritualistic ceremonies, there remain many questions in the scientific community about the relationship between their spiritual qualities and healing potential. Researchers at Johns Hopkins and New York Universities are giving psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to ordained ministers in the hopes that they can help provide some answers.
From treating PTSD to quitting tobacco: researchers say public investment into psychedelic drugs essential | CBC News
Magic mushrooms to treat depression, ecstasy to cure PTSD and LSD to combat alcoholism; just some of the drug-affliction pairings that have been tested in recent years.
The Early, State-Sanctioned LSD Experiments in Communist Bulgaria
Bulgarians were turning on, tuning in, and dropping out long before hippies.
Can Psychedelics Make Us More Moral?
With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included?
Inventing the future: A neuroscience research roadmap
The past decade of transformative advances in neurotechnology portends an exciting future for neuroscience. This NeuroView charts a strategic path to accelerate and integrate research discovery and speed the development of new cures for human brain disorders.
The brain in the machine: How AI could help explain how we think | IBM
Scientists are using large AI models to predict patterns of brain activity at scale, a development that researchers say is pushing neuroscience toward a new kind of digital imaging.
Leading Innovation in Psychiatric Treatment | Alto Neuroscience
We leverage brain biology to develop personalized medicines, helping patients get better faster.
