Emotions and Brain Function Are Altered up to One Month After a Single High Dose of Psilocybin

Customizable Psychedelic Trips Are on the Horizon, Scientists Say. Thank Your Gut’s ‘Second Brain.’

Scientists want to study the way your body’s gut microbes react and interact with psychedelic substances like magic mushrooms.

Emotions and brain function are altered up to one month after a single high dose of psilocybin

Psilocybin is a classic psychedelic compound that may have efficacy for the treatment of mood and substance use disorders. Acute psilocybin effects include reduced negative mood, increased positive mood, and reduced amygdala response to negative affective stimuli. However, no study has investigated the long-term, enduring impact of psilocybin on negative affect and associated brain function. Twelve healthy volunteers (7F/5M) completed an open-la…

Could magic mushrooms help treat Parkinson’s patients?

The psychedelic drug has shown promise in improving mood, cognition, and motor symptoms

Psychedelics May Shift Brain Power to the Right Hemisphere

A new theory suggests that psychedelics promote empathy, insight, and psychological flexibility by making the brain’s right hemisphere temporarily dominant over the left. Known as HEALS—Hemispheric Annealing and Lateralization Under Psychedelics—this model proposes that psychedelics disrupt the typical hierarchy between hemispheres, releasing the more holistic, emotionally intelligent right side from left-brain control.

Psilocybin shows promise for improving mood, cognition, and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease – altnews.org

A small pilot study has found that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve not only mood but

Psychometric features of the Online Action Control Scale (ACS) in Iranian individuals with Parkinson’s disease: Predictors of Action-State Orientation (ASO)

Background and Objectives:Action control, a critical construct for regulating emotions and goal-directed behavior, is often impaired in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, contributing to adherence issues and psychological difficulties. To address this, the present stu...