psilocybin ↔ psychedelic instrumentalization

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Psilocybin is the primary substance analyzed within the psychedelic instrumentalization model, which examines its role in human niche construction [1], its ability to substitute for serotonin [2], and its capacity to restore cooperative behaviors [3].

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

claimThe psychedelic instrumentalization model predicts that psilocybin and other serotonergic psychedelics can substitute for 5-HT (serotonin) under conditions of tryptophan depletion, potentially ameliorating costs associated with impaired serotonergic neural signaling, such as depressed mood, increased stress vulnerability, and cognitive inflexibility.

claimThe psychedelic instrumentalization model predicts that the administration of psilocybin should revert the deficits in cooperation observed in participants under conditions of tryptophan depletion.

claimThe psychedelic instrumentalization model proposes that psilocybin consumption by ancient humans had niche-constructing effects that imposed a systematic bias toward a socio-cognitive niche across the human evolutionary trajectory.