Andrew Huberman· PhD
and can tone down or reduce the depressiveness or the sadness of music that tends to make one sad,
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and can tone down or reduce the depressiveness or the sadness of music that tends to make one sad,
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Rather, it seems that taking psilocybin can increase one's positive perception of music that one likes and can tone down or reduce the depressiveness or the sadness of music that tends to make one sad, even after the psilocybin has worn off and for a long period of time afterwards.
This study found that people who have taken psilocybin, according to the parameters we talked about earlier, can get a return of the elevated emotionality, the positive emotions associated with music that formerly made them feel good.
What we do know, however, is that psilocybin can rewire the connections between the emotion centers in the brain and the networks that control auditory perception of music.
But it is after the session when comparing brain activation states to music of a particular type, sad or happy. And comparing that to the patterns of brain activation that occurred before the psilocybin journey that they discover that people's brains have rewired during the psilocybin session in a way that allows them to experience joy in response to music again.