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Athena Demertzi Oct 18, 2023

I know the world is crazy at the moment, but I'll preserve the likeness of creativity and share this latest work.

📣 Preprint alert! 📣

“Dynamic Functional Hyperconnectivity after Psilocybin Intake is Primarily Associated with Oceanic Boundlessness” https://bit.ly/3QmoV15
🍄 We know that psychedelics alter brain dynamics and subjective experience.
🧐 But how are these changes related?

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Athena Demertzi

🔧 Healthy participants received either psilocybin (n=22) or placebo (n=27) while in ultra-high field 7T MRI scanning. Changes in the phenomenological patterns were quantified using the 5-Dimensional Altered States of Consciousness (5D-ASC) Rating Scale, revealing alterations across all dimensions under psilocybin.