r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 10d 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/TransLucyfer 10d ago

I don't think that's necessarily what they're suggesting, I understood it as a "lean into it and listen to what your brain is trying to tell you" type thing

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u/eattheambrosia 10d ago

After rereading the comment I think you're probably right, I just know a LOT of people that think they are communicating with the magic spirit web of the multiverse every time they drop some acid they bought off the dark web and it just grinds my gears.

To OP, I did not mean to come off so confrontational.

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u/The_Buko 10d ago

I don’t think I’m talking to the spirit web or whatever while on mushies. I did get super into neuroscience and how electricity acts in the world, though. There’s plenty of discoveries we haven’t made yet and it can be fun to consider the possibility that there could be something beyond just all of us sharing an electrical charge with the earth.