Posts Tagged ‘neural plasticity’
A New Form of LSD to Treat Schizophrenia
Working in his lab at the pharmaceutical company Sandoz in 1938, chemist Albert Hoffmann was investigating an alkaloid from the ergot fungus in search of a new drug that would act on the brain to stimulate respiration (an analeptic). Suddenly, all that changed when he was plunged into a mind-blowing psychedelic state after he accidentally…
Read MoreLate Filing Taxes? Blame Your Brain
“I’ll do it tomorrow.” Right, but tomorrow never comes. There are many studies on the psychology of procrastination, but brain imaging is giving researchers neurological insight into procrastinators’ brains by revealing differences in brain structure in people who habitually put off doing things until the last minute. Don’t expect the IRS to cut you any slack if your…
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