Months after receiving psilocybin treatments for depression, patients report feeling more connected with nature and experience a shift away from authoritarian political views, researchers report.
Two new studies consider the potential of using psychedelics to help treat depression. Imperial College London researchers report psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, can help to relieve symptoms of depression without the dulling of emotions associated with SSRIs. The researchers note the psychedelic experience could help to maintain long term mental health for those with treatment resistant depression.
Researchers have identified mutations in the ADCY3 gene which are directly linked to obesity.
Writing magnetic patterns onto nanowires could help computers better mimic how the brain processes information, a new study reports.
A new study adds to growing evidence supporting the benefits of psychedelics to treat mental illnesses. Researchers report psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, is effective in reducing symptoms for people with treatment resistant depression. The study reveals the compound resets the activity of a brain network associated with depression, helping to improve symptoms in patients for up to 5 weeks following treatment.
Imperial College London researchers have identified a group of neurons implicated in selective attention.
Decisions based on values depend upon how the two hemispheres of the brain interact, researchers report.
In fruit flies, the need to sleep is overridden by the need to mate, a new study reports.
Researchers from Imperial College London report musicians may be at a reduced risk of developing eating disorders. In a recent study, researchers found the higher prevalence of eating disorders could be a result of the demands of the job in combination with certain personality traits, including increased levels of perfectionism.
According to researchers, dads who interact more with their children during the first few months of life have a positive impact on their baby's cognitive development.
Summary: A new brain modelling study that looks at what happens to the brains of NFL players following a collision...
Using neuroimaging technology, researchers are able to predict a person's brain age. This could also help to spot who is at risk of poor health and early death.
