MelbourneA Nature study found order inside the psilocybin brain.
It challenges the decade-old view that psychedelics simply dissolve brain networks into noise.
Machine learning on scans of 62 volunteers given 19 milligrams of psilocybin separated activity into clusters for rest, meditation, music and video.
Monash neuroscientist Devon Stoliker’s team notes all 62 volunteers were healthy, not patients with psychiatric disorders.
Stoliker says more research must determine which room and music conditions to optimise, and for whom.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- reframes psychedelic brain effects as structured rather than chaotic, citing Stoliker's PsiConnect study of 62 first-time users
Sources: Ars Technica