Single-Dose Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder: Randomized Clinical Trial(jamanetwork.com)

83 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 56 comments

Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope(med.stanford.edu)

155 points by cpncrunch 3 years ago | 192 comments

Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer's disease model mice(uclahealth.org)

109 points by amichail 2 years ago | 55 comments

Ketamine no better than placebo at alleviating depression, unusual trial finds(science.org)

90 points by theNewMicrosoft 3 years ago | 86 comments

FDA approves a novel drug for schizophrenia(washingtonpost.com)

212 points by tintinnabula 2 years ago | 233 comments

MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD: A randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial(nature.com)

65 points by beefman 3 years ago | 64 comments

US could soon approve MDMA therapy(nature.com)

385 points by headalgorithm 3 years ago | 352 comments

Nature news feature on the prospect of US FDA approval of MDMA-assisted therapy and the emerging era of psychedelic medicine.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

Decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts(arstechnica.com)

335 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 524 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that teen drug use continued an unprecedented decline in 2024, with the pandemic-era cohort showing high rates of abstaining.

What happens when clergy take psilocybin(nautil.us)

333 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 493 comments

Nautilus article on a decade-old study, now published, in which clergy members took psilocybin and reported profound religious experiences.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain(news.mit.edu)

525 points by gmays 1 year ago | 254 comments

MIT News article on research showing attention lapses during sleep deprivation coincide with fluid flushing from the brain, a process normally occurring during sleep.