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Magic mushrooms create a ‘hyperconnected brain’: Scans reveal how chemical triggers a spiritual experience by rearranging the mind
- Active chemical, psilocybin, causes dramatic increase in brain activity
- It links up regions of the brain that don’t normally talk to each other
- This may be responsible for synaesthesia, the phenomenon whereby different senses are mixed up with others, according to UK scientists
- Study could uncover usefulness of psilocybin in treating depression
- It may also address issues such as where consciousness comes from
They have been credited for inspiring some of the most popular songs of a generation.
Now scientists claim they are closer to understanding why magic mushrooms cause people to have such intense creative and spiritual experiences.
Scans have revealed that its active ingredient, psilocybin, creates a hyperconnected mind that links regions of the brain that are normally have nothing to do with each other.
Scans have revealed that its active ingredient, psilocybin, creates a hyperconnected mind (right) that links up regions of the brain that normally don’t talk to each other. On the left is how a brain under placebo appears
This triggers vivid hallucinations, often making colours seem oversaturated and breaking up the boundaries between objects.
The increased brain activity could also be responsible for synaesthesia – the phenomenon where different senses are associated with others, according to UK scientists.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/10/magic-mushrooms-create-a-hyperconnected-brain-scans-reveal-how-chemical-triggers-a-spiritual-experience-by-rearranging-the-mind/
