“What’s interesting about psychedelics is their ability to shake us up, to allow us to escape from these little mental prisons that we have created for ourselves” , explains neuroscience researcher Manesh Girn, from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF).
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“Studies have shown that a large number of areas that do not normally communicate with each other temporarily connect under the influence of psilocybin or LSD. Activity in these areas is also increasing. The visual cortex, for example, is connected to the majority of the brain, particularly to regions associated with memory” , explains neuroscience researcher Manesh Girn.
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