The exact way that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical found in magic mushrooms, works on the brain is poorly understood. However, recent research suggests it can actually change the way brain ...

Scientists have used a specially engineered virus to help track the brain changes caused by psilocybin in mice, revealing how ...

Brain scans suggest psilocybin, found naturally in 'magic' mushrooms, can 'rewire the brain', scientists say. This effect may underscore the drug's potential, alongside therapy, as an antidepressant, ...

In recent years, the psychedelic compound psilocybin found in magic mushrooms has been widely tested for its antidepressant ...

For depression, magic mushrooms may indeed be magic. Over the past decade, a slew of pioneering trials found that just one or two doses of psilocybin, the main component in magic mushrooms, rapidly ...

By combining psilocybin with a modified rabies virus that tracks neural connections, they mapped how networks change after a ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain, and this is the map of a brain on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new ...

Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here’s one you can try using a tabletop mirror. Place your left hand on the table in front of the ...

David Blaine. David Copperfield. Harry Houdini. These three magicians may be rank among the world's most famous, but there's someone else who belongs on this list: You. Even if you can't make things ...