Andrew Huberman· PhD
so what happens when an animal or a person takes MDMA is that social connection is strongly rewarded and reinforced making social connection more likely after the drug wears off
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
so what happens when an animal or a person takes MDMA is that social connection is strongly rewarded and reinforced making social connection more likely after the drug wears off
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the way to conceptualize MDMA and its effects on the brain both subjectively and mechanistically is that it's an empathogen for which empathy and social connection is very strongly reinforced while under the influence of the drug and in a way so intense and Powerful that those neural networks get stronger and persist in being more active for long periods of time after the drug has worn off