The study involved one high dose of psilocybin administered to 51 adult study participants and found that 30 of them underwent measurable personality changes lasting more than a year. The aspect of personality that changed is known as openness.

Openness, the authors wrote, “encompasses aesthetic appreciation and sensitivity, imagination and fantasy, and broad-minded tolerance of others’ viewpoints and values.”

Measured on a widely used and scientifically validated personality inventory, changes in openness were larger in magnitude than changes typically observed in healthy adults over decades of life experiences, the scientists say.

Researchers in the field say that after the age of 30, personality doesn’t usually change significantly. “Normally, if anything, openness tends to decrease as people get older,” says study leader Roland R. Griffiths, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Participants completed a personality questionnaire before the study began, about a month after the study and then again 14 months later, and the people who became more open also had a “complete mystical experience,” while the others whose personalities did not change had no similar experience.

“The mystical experience has certain qualities,” MacLean said. “The primary one is that you feel a certain kind of connectedness and unity with everything and everyone.” People also reported feelings of joy, MacLean said.

The study participants completed two to five eight-hour psilocybin sessions, with consecutive sessions separated by at least three weeks. Participants were informed they would receive a “moderate or high dose” of the drug during one of their sessions, but neither they nor the session monitors knew when.

Participants were encouraged to lie down on a couch, wearing eye masks to block external visual distraction and listen to music through headphones focusing their attention on their inner experiences.

Griffiths believes psilocybin may have therapeutic uses and is currently studying whether the hallucinogen has a use in helping cancer patients handle the depression and anxiety that comes along with a diagnosis. It is also being studied for possibly aiding longtime cigarette smokers overcome their addiction.

“There may be applications for this we can’t even imagine at this point,” he says. “It certainly deserves to be systematically studied.”

In use only in the strictest settings, psilocybin is an illegal drug that can only be manufactured in facilities certified by the DEA who considers it a Schedule 1 drug, with a high potential for abuse, has no medically accepted use and isn’t considered safe to use under medical supervision. Ross said under the right conditions, psilocybin is safe with no known toxic effects.

The research, approved by Johns Hopkins’ Institutional Review Board, was funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

Link

Reģistrēšanās links* http://www.pokerstrategy.com/#uJSUD6

Kas ir PokerStrategy.com?

Tā ir interneta pokerskola, kura piedāvā pamācošus rakstus, video un “live coaching”. Ar vairāk kā 4 000 000 biedru, PokerStrategy ir viena no lielākajām un vecākajām pokera skolām.

Kā saņemt $50 par brīvu?

Veiksmīgi izpildot testu, Tu pierādi, ka esi apguvis pokera pamatus un vari attīstīties tālāk. Kā atlīdzību, Tev ir iespēja saņemt $50 par velti:

1. Reģistrējies ar šo linku (http://www.pokerstrategy.com/#uJSUD6), vai pie referrer ieraskti martins1337, izvēlies sev piemērotāko valodu!

2. Izlasi “basic” rakstus no kāda pokera formāta (“Fixed-Limit”, “SNG’, vai ” MTT”, vai cutu).

3. Izpildi testu attiecīgajam pokera formātam (lai vieglāk, rakstus vari atvērt citos logos).

4. Pierādi, ka Tu esi tas par ko uzdodies, nosūtot pases vai autovad.apliecības kopiju (tiek pieprasīts uz nejaušības principa).

5. Ceri, ka Tev nezvanīs un nepārliecināsies, vai nēesi piereģistrējis savu mammu vai tēti.

6. Izvēlies kādu no piedāvātajām pokera istabām, reģistrējies caur PokerStrategy un saņem $50 par velti.

7. Spēlē, pilnveidojies, krāj punktus un atver jaunus rakstus, video un piekļuvi “dzīvajiem trenniņiem”.

Kāpēc PokerStrategy dod naudu par velti?

PokerStrategy ir noslēgti līgumi ar vairākām pokera istabām, kā rezultātā tā saņem nelielu daļo no spēlētāju ģenerētā “rake”(daļa no bankas ko paņem pokera istaba un turnīru reģistrēšanās maksas). Tas nozīmē, ka PokerStrategy ir ieinteresēta, lai tās biedri kļūtu labāki un spēlētu augstākas likmes. Uzvar visi – gan Tu, kas apgūst pokeru un spēlē augstākas likme, gan PokerStrategy.

Ko Es iegūstu, ja Tu reģistrējies caur manis doto linku?

Sākumā neko, taču kā Tu sāc spēlēt un saņemt StrategyPunktus, Es varu dabūt līdz $100. Ja Tu sakrāj 15 punktus, Es saņemu $10, sakrājot 100 punktus – +$15 (kopā $25). Ja Tev tā lieta padodas un spēlējot sakrāj 5 000 puntkus, Es saņempsu papildus $75 (kopā $100).

*Izksatās, ka WordPress saprot, ka linki ir kā reklāma, tāpēc tie nestrādā kā nākas, jo reklāmām ir nosacijumi.