A new way of looking at the mind's activity may give insight into how psychedelic drugs produce their consciousness-altering effects.

Communication between brain networks in people given psilocybin or a nonpsychedelic compound .

Communication between brain networks in people given psilocybin (right) or a non-psychedelic compound (left).Petri et al./Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface

A new way of looking at brain activity may give insight into how psychedelic drugs produce their consciousness-altering effects.

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