I note that mental health professionals—therapists, social workers, and counselors—will find these results pertinent. In two rigorous randomized, double-blind trials, psilocybin microdosing produced no reliable gains in memory, attention, or social cognition among healthy volunteers, despite pharmacological activity and anecdotal claims. Instead, the findings point to the placebo effect as a driving factor in subjective impressions, with blinding successfully maintained and no objective cognitive advantages detected.
Article Title: Psilocybin microdosing fails to boost cognitive performance in rigorous trials
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