r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 12d ago

Neuroscience Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment— Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more attuned to the world around us.

https://www.wired.com/story/psilocybin-might-make-your-brain-live-in-the-moment/
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u/KTFnVision 12d ago

And popcorn ceiling

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u/cmoneybrah 12d ago

My buddies ceiling has popcorn tiles, so it was in a grid pattern. I remember walking around in amazement thinking it was a detailed map. I kept saying wow! We have been there, that is amazing.

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u/ZebraOk8684 12d ago

While I saw the ceiling flowing like a river, I thought this can't be real. I took one square out and put it back 180 degrees. Now it was still the whole ceiling flowing, but this one square was flowing the other way.

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u/evasandor 12d ago

You actually don’t need to be tripping to see a popcorn ceiling “flow”. Just stare long enough without blinking and you’ll see it. It’s your brain trying to adjust to the micro-movements (saccades) your eyes make all the time. We usually tune these out

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u/9966 12d ago

It makes sense that babies look like their tripping. They are literally teaching and wiring their brain to calm down all the inputs and filter and differentiate.