Category Archives: LSD

A single, low dose of  lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) can increase reward-related brain activity, according to new research published in Neuropsychopharmacology. The study indicates that the psychedelic drug alters neuropsychological processes that tend to be blunted in patients with depression. The findings could have important implications for understanding the relationship between microdosing and mental health. Microdosing is becoming […]

LSD appears to induce both improvements and impairments to cognitive functioning that can be observed on the day after consumption, according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study published in European Neuropsychopharmacology. The findings shed new light on the prolonged cognitive effects of the classic psychedelic substance. “Psychedelics principally impair cognitive functioning during their acute effects. Nevertheless, growing […]

The journey out of chronic stress, anxiety and addiction can seem like an arduous one requiring continuous effort, but emerging research is showing that sometimes doing absolutely nothing at all- not even fighting gravity- can have long term benefits that bear many similarities to the effects of psychedelic treatments. Sensory deprivation or “flotation” tanks have […]