Does LSD make you smarter? New evidence suggests it promotes learning and memory
A new study found LSD has neuroplastic effects that may enhance cognition.
Tag: lsd
The world’s first LSD-MDMA clinical trial is about to kick off
This "candyflipping" trial marks the start of a new era in psychedelics research.
Microdosing LSD may relieve pain
Just a tiny dose of LSD significantly improved tolerance to painful stimuli and reduced subjective experience of pain.
Microdosing LSD might not be all that great after all, says first controlled study
Some people swear by microdosing but the most reliable study so far suggests it does little to improve mood and ...
LSD may cause mind-blowing trips by messing with the brain’s sensory filter
LSD = sensory overload.
First-ever LSD microdosing trial set to begin
This will be the first microdosing trial in history.
Tripping your troubles away
Psychedelics could be our secret weapon against addiction and depression, among many others.
LSD blurs the line between our own sense of self and others
This knowledge could be used to improve social interactions in patients with mental disorders.
LSD changes the way the brain reacts to music, study finds
Just imagine a music therapy session spiced up with some psychedelics.
For the first time, researchers have shown that drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms produce ‘higher’ level of consciousness
However, it's not exactly better, and it's probably not the kind of expanded consciousness you'd want.
LSD gets stuck in your brain — literally. This could help us develop better (health) drugs
A new study sheds some light on what drug-takers have known or years: acid trips last a long time.
Book review: ‘Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America’
Altered States is a great scholarly work that attempts to dissect American Buddhism and psychedelics.
Can science help LSD make a comeback?
Few drugs have had a more undeserving bad rep as LSD, but acid is finally making a comeback, it seems.
The paradox of LSD: makes you psychotic in short-term, happier and more creative long term
British researchers investigated the long term effects of LSD. It's well documented that LSD may induce a psychosis, and participants ...
Music sounds better on LSD, study finds
The right music can evoke powerful emotions seemingly out of the blue, but under the influence of LSD the musical ...
Psychedelics aren’t linked to mental health problems – on the contrary
Two new studies, independently published in the same journal, found that consciousness expanding substances like LSD or psilocybin (the psychoactive ...
First LSD study in 40 years shows medical promise
After four decades without any published scientific information on LSD, a new study has reopened the door for the psychedelic ...
Swiss study on LSD atests it as valuable in assisted psychotherapy
A new Swiss study implying LSD assisted treatment has recently been conducted. Its very positive results seem to second the ...
LSD and other psychedelics not linked with mental illnesses
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) Department of Neuroscience analyzed a massive survey of 130,000 randomly chosen ...