Mind-blowing new images show how LSD transforms brain activity in unprecedented detail

Flickr/arhadetruit Tripping on psychedelics may actually free the mind, a new study suggests. The new research, complete with the first modern brain scans of volunteers who got high on (illegal) LSD, shed light on how the drugs affect brain activity in order to produce their mind-blowing effects.  The findings build on previous studies that looked at the effects of other psychedelics like magic mushrooms, whose psychoactive ingredient is a compound called psylocibin. For their new paper, ...