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Nov 2024
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Mushrooms on Empathy with Cory R. Weissm...

Alex Dorr
About this episode

Do mushrooms make you more empathetic and social? Today we sit down with Cory Weissman to discuss his latest paper "The effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior: a proposed mechanism for enduring antidepressant effects". We talk about the general benefits of mushrooms, some people who this might not have an effect on, suicidality, and more. Tune in and Shroom in to today's episode!

Here is a link to their research pre-screen ( Most of their trials is in brain stimulation): https://psychiatry.ucsd.edu/research/programs-centers/interventional-psychiatry-research/research-trials.html





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