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It might look the uninspired doodlings from a Spirograph session but, this is how connections in the brain look when it is intoxicated with magic mushrooms. Researchers analysed MRI scans of 15 people ...

This is what your brain looks like when you’re tripping on magic mushrooms. The remarkable graphic on the right was created using fMRI imaging on 15 participants who had ingested psilocybin, the ...

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Left, the stable brain activity in a normal brain. Right, under the influence of psilocybin, diverse brain regions not normally in communication become strongly linked. Psychedelic substances can ...