by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
The first was the fractal dimension of cortical functional connectivity networks and the second was the fractal dimension of BOLD time-series. We were able to show that both psychedelic drugs significantly increased the fractal dimension of functional connectivity...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
Results demonstrated that the emotional response to music is enhanced by LSD, especially the emotions ‘wonder’, ‘transcendence’, ‘power’ and ‘tenderness’. These findings reinforce the long-held assumption that...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
Overall, LSD had a pronounced global effect on brain entropy, increasing it in both sensory and hierarchically higher networks across multiple time scales. These shifts predicted enduring increases in trait openness. Moreover, the predictive power of the entropy...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
Our results confirm major predictions proposed in the CSTC model and provide evidence that LSD alters effective connectivity within CSTC pathways that have been implicated in the gating of sensory and sensorimotor information to the cortex. In particular, LSD...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
LSD conditions were not associated with any robust changes in self-report indices of perception, mentation, or concentration. LSD reliably produced over-reproduction of temporal intervals of 2000 ms and longer with these effects most pronounced in the 10 μg dose...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 16, 2022 | LSD, Psychedelic Research
LSD produced robust psychological effects; including heightened mood but also high scores on the PSI, an index of psychosis-like symptoms. Increased optimism and trait openness were observed 2 weeks after LSD (and not placebo) and there were no changes in delusional...
