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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrain scans show how LSD mimics mind of a baby
http://www.reuters.com/article/science-psychedelic-idUSL5N17E3D7LONDON, April 11 Scientists have for the first time scanned the brains of people using LSD and found the psychedelic drug frees the brain to become less compartmentalised and more like the mind of a baby.
A research team led by scientists at Imperial College London said that while normally the brain works on independent networks performing separate functions such as vision, movement and hearing, under LSD the separateness of these networks breaks down, leading to a more unified system.
"In many ways, the brain in the LSD state resembles the state our brains were in when we were infants: free and unconstrained," said Robin Cahart-Harris, who led the study. "This also makes sense when we consider the hyper-emotional and imaginative nature of an infant's mind."
The findings, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal, also showed that when the volunteers took LSD, many extra brain areas - not just the visual cortex - contributed to visual processing.
This could explain the complex visual hallucinations that are often associated with the LSD state, the scientists said.
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Brain scans show how LSD mimics mind of a baby (Original Post)
WhiteTara
Apr 2016
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nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)1. duh.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. How about that, LSD makes you young again.
I can see the supplement ads already.
Why not? Soon we'll see ads for various brands of cannabis on the teevee
Igel
(35,320 posts)4. Or infantile.
But I guess that's just a variety of "young."
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)5. This would explain why babies act like they're hallucinating.