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Do psychedelics actually make you more creative?

Natasha Mason of Maastricht University in the Netherlands investigated how psilocybin – the active psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms – impacts creative cognition.

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the researchers found that a moderate dose of psilocybin improved spontaneous creative insights but decreased deliberate, task-specific creativity. They also found that the frequency of novel ideals increased a week following psilocybin exposure.

Original Article (ZME Science):
Do psychedelics actually make you more creative?
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