Neuroscientists have mapped what happens to your brain when you take shrooms—and it’s eye-opening

A new paper published in ‘Nature’ could have implications for using hallucinogenics to treat mental illnesses like depression and anxiety.

Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic found in magic mushrooms, has the potential to treat a variety of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. However, there are large gaps in our knowledge about how it changes the brain’s networks. A new paper published in Nature attempts to fill in some of those gaps.