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Psilocybin is related to humans because it acts upon human physiology, specifically increasing striatal dopamine concentrations in humans to induce psychological effects as described in [1].
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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimVollenweider et al. (1999) found that psilocybin increases striatal dopamine concentrations in humans, which is a mechanism partly underlying euphoria and depersonalization phenomena.