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Brain scans on psychedelics reveal how wild visual hallucinations form

A growing body of neuroimaging research is pinpointing exactly how psychedelic drugs hijack the brain’s visual system to ...
Inverse

LSD Gives Congenitally Blind Man Synesthesia-Like Hallucinations

A person with naturally occurring synesthesia experiences the sensory world in overlapping layers. Sounds are seen as colors and tastes are processed as sounds. Overall, there are 60 documented forms ...
New Atlas

Psychedelic scans show LSD’s effect on the brain for first time

Researchers at the Imperial College of London have for the first time mapped the effects of LSD on the brain using fMRI and other scans while patients were under the influence of the drug. The images ...
Time

Here’s What LSD Does To the Brain

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. What exactly happens to the brain on psychedelic drugs? A small new study, published in the journal Current Biology, peeked ...
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The Brain on LSD: New Scans Show How the Drug Affects the Brain

In a series of experiments, scientists have gained a glimpse into how the psychedelic compound affects brain activity. The team administered LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) to 20 healthy volunteers ...
Self

This Is What Your Brain Looks Like On LSD

Science just answered a question many of us have been curious about: What does the human brain look like on drugs? Though the answer definitely varies from drug-to-drug, a group of London scientists ...