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Psilocybin is linked to the personality trait of openness because clinical studies, such as those by MacLean et al., demonstrate that mystical experiences induced by the substance lead to enduring, trait-level increases in openness [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 3 facts

measurementHealthy subjects (n=52) showed increased openness sustained for one year after psilocybin administration, according to MacLean et al. (2011).

claimPsilocybin-occasioned mystical experiences produce enduring beneficial changes, including trait-level increases in prosocial attitudes and behaviors, as well as increases in the personality domain of Openness.

claimA single high-dose experience of psilocybin can engender long-lasting increases in personality dimensions of Openness and Extraversion.

Published Studies — Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ... hopkinspsychedelic.org Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research 1 fact

claimMystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness.

The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org Frontiers 1 fact

claimA 2011 study by MacLean, Johnson, and Griffiths found that mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness.