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> "more connectivity" and "less connectivity" It's not "more/less connectivity". It's likely just dis-inhibition of negative feeback loops that leads to the sa
by type0 6y ago
> "more connectivity" and "less connectivity"
It's not "more/less connectivity". It's likely just dis-inhibition of negative feeback loops that leads to the same result. Interesting question is what pharmacology would be best to study consciousness, if or when one could define it.
- oarabbus_ 6y agoI'm not sure that is correct. Psilocybin: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2014.0873 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.201... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920304663 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192... Ketamine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461985/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461985/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.24791 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.24791 It is well known that dissociative anaesthetics reduce brain activity and communication between brain regions. Classical psychedelics on the other hand tend to increase global brain activity, including that between regions (i.e. connectivity)