How Psychedelics Change the Brain
Clip: Season 49 Episode 15 | 4m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Scientists found that psychedelic drugs may change how brain regions talk to each other.
Psychedelics might interact with the brain by turning off the brain’s default mode network and affecting a thin sheet of gray matter called the claustrum. This could shake up communication between different regions of the brain.
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How Psychedelics Change the Brain
Clip: Season 49 Episode 15 | 4m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Psychedelics might interact with the brain by turning off the brain’s default mode network and affecting a thin sheet of gray matter called the claustrum. This could shake up communication between different regions of the brain.
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