M.
@mpsych.bsky.social
Psychology student with interests in psychopharmacology, comparative cognition, and neuroimaging. Undergrad researcher in vision science @ UMN. 21, she/her.
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Even when orangutans were presented with over 148,000 opportunities to interact with different food items over long-term development, orangs only developed adult-like diets (at least 90% adult repertoire) by adulthood if they also engaged in social learning.
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Even when orangutans were presented with over 148,000 opportunities to interact with different food items over long-term development, orangs only developed adult-like diets (at least 90% adult repertoire) by adulthood if they also engaged in social learning.
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10/ Takeaway: Psilocybin doesn't just create random chaos in the brain—it reorganizes brain activity to enhance context-dependent processing. This may explain why set & setting shape psychedelic experiences so profoundly.
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
10/ Takeaway: Psilocybin doesn't just create random chaos in the brain—it reorganizes brain activity to enhance context-dependent processing. This may explain why set & setting shape psychedelic experiences so profoundly.
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6/ Psychedelics don’t just increase connectivity randomly—they align neural activity with context. Whether resting, listening to music, or watching a movie, brain dynamics adapt to the environment.
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
6/ Psychedelics don’t just increase connectivity randomly—they align neural activity with context. Whether resting, listening to music, or watching a movie, brain dynamics adapt to the environment.