r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 09 '24

Neuroscience Giving psilocybin, the psychedelic in magic mushrooms, to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.

https://newatlas.com/medical/psilocybin-optimism-depression/
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u/daynomate Oct 09 '24

Anyone else wondering htf you tell if a rat is optimistic or not? :p

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u/Long-Challenge4927 Oct 09 '24

If they can move on with their day normally after scrolling reddit for 15 seconds, they are optimistic

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u/AthearCaex Oct 09 '24

Are we the rats?