WE HUMANS ONLY HAVE THE CERTAIN CAPACITY BRAIN ACTIVITY AND NOW MAGIC MUSHROOMS MAY INCREASE THAT ACTIVITY AND CONNECT NEURONS WHERE NONE HAVE BEEN CONNECTED BEFORE–THE SO CALLED ONE STEP BEYOND

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.

cans 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

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…….

…….However, volunteers who had taken the drug showed 'uncoordinated' activity in those areas of the brain linked to high-level thinking, including self-consciousness.

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