New Study Shows How LSD Affects Your Brain

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<p>‘A ew st y p blishe i Procee i gs of the Natio al Aca emy of Scie ces (PNAS) has show what exactly happe s i the h ma brai ri g vis al hall ci atio s ca se by LSD (Lysergic aci iethylami e). The researchers gave oses of LSD, also k ow as aci , to 20 vol teers a the se brai sca i g tech iq es to vis alize how the chemical alters the brai .</p>
<p>Of partic lar i terest is the iscovery that ri g a LSD trip the vol teers brai s were co trib ti g to vis al processi g i a ew a iq e way. “We observe brai cha ges er LSD that s ggeste o r vol teers were ‘seei g with their eyes sh t’ – albeit they were seei g thi gs from their imagi atio rather tha from the o tsi e worl ,” sai Dr Robi Carhart-Harris, from the Departme t of Me ici e at Imperial.</p>
<p>“We saw that ma y more areas of the brai tha ormal were co trib ti g to vis al processi g er LSD – eve tho gh the vol teers’ eyes were close . F rthermore, the size of this effect correlate with vol teers’ rati gs of complex, reamlike visio s.”’</p>
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