A single high dose of psilocybin results in dramatic, acute, and persistent changes to the brain's functional networks in healthy adults, results of a small randomized controlled trial show. The new ...

This heat map of brain activity patterns shows profound disturbance during an individual’s experience after taking psilocybin. Relatively stable patterns before and after the dose (blue and green hues ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers in the United States of America tracked brain changes in healthy adults prior to, during, and after administration of high-dose ...

A small new study shows reactions in the brain in people who were given psilocybin in a controlled setting. By Andrew Jacobs If you had to come up with a groovy visualization of the human brain on ...

Inside your skull, your brain hums along with its own unique pattern of activity, a neural fingerprint that’s yours and yours alone. A heavy dose of psilocybin temporarily wipes the prints clean. The ...

Expert Matt Zemon on how new therapies change the way our brains work. Has there been a psychedelic surge lately, or is it just me? Throughout my time in college, I swear I couldn't go one day without ...

Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological ...