If you've eaten mushrooms you probably already knew this

busterBeach FanaticSoWal286 postsJoined Feb 19, '06View profile MessageBeach Fanatic

Oct 3, '11 · 2:54 PM989

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/8...ong-lasting-personality-change-for-the-better

recent study found that most people treated with a single high dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychoactive mushrooms, showed a long-lasting change in personality—namely, an increase in openness. One of five broad measures of temperament used by psychologists, this quality is generally defined as openness to new ideas or experiences, awareness of feelings in the self and others, and is strongly tied to creativity and aesthetic appreciation. This is one of the first studies to link a single treatment with a drug in a laboratory setting to a long-lasting change in personality.

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DDSoWal Expertgrapevine, tx. /On the road to SoWal23,871 postsJoined Aug 29, '05View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 3, '11 · 4:57 PM#2

Luuuuuuuuuuuv me some mushrooms!!!

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scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined May 8, '07View profile MessageSoWal Expert

Oct 3, '11 · 5:33 PM#3

So just one usage - even in a lab - permanently alters your brain?

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LuciferSamBannedSowal4,749 postsJoined Apr 26, '08View profile MessageBanned

Oct 3, '11 · 9:05 PM#4

For all brains without exception, there is a continuum of permanent alteration from birth to death. Just learning something new permanently alters your brain on a physical cellular level.