The effects of psychedelics on the brain's "consciousness conductor"

New Atlas

2020-06-15

The effects of psychedelics on the brain’s “consciousness conductor”

A new Johns Hopkins study, looking at how psilocybin influences a mysterious brain region called the claustrum, is just one of several compelling recent articles shining a light on how our brains generate our experience of consciousness.

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