Andrew Huberman· PhD
They do, because of the way that they activate certain serotonin receptors et cetera. They do lend themselves to more lateral connectivity between different brain areas, more novel associations.
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They do, because of the way that they activate certain serotonin receptors et cetera. They do lend themselves to more lateral connectivity between different brain areas, more novel associations.
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classic psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD as I mentioned earlier are known to create more lateral connectivity between different areas of the so-called neocortex and these are long-lasting changes that are thought to underlie both some of the relief from major depression but also some of the enhanced creativity and some of the other things that have been observed with psilocybin treatment
Yeah, it's activating parts of your brain that's uh kind of sleeping, I guess. >> Yeah, it's revealing um a bunch of uh lateral connections in what we call the default mode network. Basically, more brain areas are talking to one another in the psychology