The Effects of Psychedelics on Mind Wandering

Psilocybin increases the psychoelects increase the size of and activity of the part of the brain that focuses on external attention. The prefrontal cortex particularly the areas involved in emotion and decision-making it's the default mode network which is involved in mind wandering. I'm not saying go out and buy a load of mushrooms I'm just saying that other people are turning to alternatives that have no evidence like lion's mane for example.

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