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How Psychedelics Change the Brain

Clip: Season 49 Episode 15 | 4m 11s  | Video has closed captioning.

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Psychedelics might interact with the brain by turning off the brain’s default mode network and affecting a thin sheet of gray matter called the claustrum. This could shake up communication between different regions of the brain.

Aired: 10/19/22

Rating: NR

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