First steps as #psychedelics (DMT) and #consciousness researcher. Chief of Psychedelic and Consciousness Research Group on @SWPSUniversity Neuropsychology đ§ đ
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Sleep pressure in flies is regulated by a rhythmic seesaw between two groups of neurons. This oscillation isnât just a byproduct of sleep. It helps generate it.
nature.com/articles/s41593-0âŠ
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Big up, Lorenzo and co! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/âŠ
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Excited to share this work from the amazing team at @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNYC illuminating the brain dynamics underlying #depression. Major depressive disorder remains one of the leading causes of suffering worldwide. Our new work in @NatureComms uses advanced brain imaging and mathematical modeling to better understand how the depressed brain may become trapped in maladaptive patterns. The ultimate goal of our work is improving #antidepressant #treatment outcome patients.
CHECK OUT the FULL STUDY - "Spatiotemporal asymmetries on brain energy landscape uncover system entrapment related to depression severity" - @ulgenklc, Jenna Jubeir, Priti Balchandani, @JMurrough, Laurel S. Morris & Yael Jacob OUT NOW @NatureCommsđ nature.com/articles/s41467-0âŠ
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Published in Neurology, "the most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journal", on June 9 2026
Results
From a total 248 completed surveys, 100 participants met criteria for cluster headache. Of these, 84% were male and average age was 49 years. The most common place to have learned about DMT treatment was social media/online. More than one mode of ingestion was often tried, but 75% had used a vape pen. Among those who used DMT to abort attacks (n = 85), the majority reported it completely eliminates pain (67.5%) and that it works every (45.7%) or almost every (35.8%) single time. Over half reported that DMT worked in under 30 seconds, and all participants reported either no change or an improvement in their health with DMT use. â at TepoztlĂĄn, Morelos
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How the Unconscious Blocks Distressing Language. Your conscious intuition says you canât ignore a negative commentâbut your nonconscious mind says otherwise.
A new study in Psychological Science reveals that when we are focused on a task, our brains actively filter out and suppress negative spoken words before they ever reach conscious awareness.
Rather than letting threatening language hijack our attention, the brain acts as an automated "cognitive gatekeeper," shielding our limited mental resources from costly, distressing distractions. Interestingly, researchers hypothesize this protective filter might break down in clinical populations dealing with anxiety or PTSD. neurosciencenews.com/unconsc⊠psychologicalscience.org/
#Psychology #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch #Consciousness #MentalHealth #BehavioralScience
Jakub Schimmelpfennig retweeted
Adult brains operate near a âcritical pointâ of balanced excitation/inhibition, enabling more coordinated rhythms and greater efficiency.
Brain criticality emerges with developmental shifts in frequency-specific excitation-inhibition balance
doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.26.âŠ
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