Thursday 26 January 2017

Answers to how our brains make meaning, with the help of a little LSD

(Cell Press) We all have particular experiences or particular things -- a favorite song, for example -- that mean much more to us than others. Now, researchers who've studied how perceptions of meaning change when people take the psychedelic drug known as LSD have traced that sense of meaningfulness to particular neurochemicals and receptors in the brain. The findings are reported in Current Biology on Jan. 26.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2kxycFP

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