This Is Your Brain On Shrooms

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Psychedelics like magic mushrooms have huge effects on the brain. But what are they doing up there? More than 180 species of "magic mushrooms" produce the psychoactive compound psilocybin. And ingesting it triggers some pretty trippy changes in the brain. Shrooms and many of these other psychedelic drugs show real promise for treating mental health issues and may result in breakthrough medications for psychiatric disorders.

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Chapters:
0:00 An introduction
1:54 Psychedelics and their effects
3:21 The promise of psychedelics
4:28 A brief history of shroooms
7:00 The neuroscience of psychedelics
12:15 What makes them trippy
14:30 How dangerous are they
17:36 What the future looks like
18:25 Buy our book

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