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Psychedelics Reopen Social-Learning Windows in the Brain of Mice

Psychedelics Reopen Social-Learning Windows in the Brain of Mice

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

In mice, psychedelics including psilocybin reopened 'critical periods' for social learning, with effects lasting different lengths depending on the drug.

In mice, psychedelics including psilocybin reopened 'critical periods' for social learning, with effects lasting different lengths depending on the drug.

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psilocybin, LSD, MDMA

psilocybin, LSD, MDMA

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Psychedelics and critical periods of social learning

Psychedelics and critical periods of social learning

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Another Day, Another Study on Psychedelics

Another Day, Another Study on Psychedelics

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have conducted a study to understand how psychedelic drugs like LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA might influence brain development. The study found that these drugs can "reopen" critical periods in the brain, which are specific times when the brain is more sensitive to learning essential life skills. By giving various psychedelics to mice, the scientists discovered that these substances increased the animals' response to social rewards, a learning effect that lasted for different durations depending on the drug.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have conducted a study to understand how psychedelic drugs like LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA might influence brain development. The study found that these drugs can "reopen" critical periods in the brain, which are specific times when the brain is more sensitive to learning essential life skills. By giving various psychedelics to mice, the scientists discovered that these substances increased the animals' response to social rewards, a learning effect that lasted for different durations depending on the drug.

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