A lasting impact of serotonergic psychedelics on visual processing and behavior
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) July 6, 2024 Chloe L. West, Georgia Bastos, Annabel Duran et al. 2 citations preprint
Abstract Serotonergic psychedelics (e.g., psilocybin) have shown potential for treating psychiatric disorders, with therapeutic effects lasting weeks after a single dose. Predictive processing theories posit that psychedelics work by loosening priors or high-level beliefs, including ingrained biases that have become pathological, leading to shifts in bottom-up vs top-down information processing...