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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimThe model proposed in 'Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution' suggests that psilocybin ingestion would have amplified capacities for complex social interaction and cognitive abilities, including creativity, non-verbal and linguistic expression, and suggestibility.
claimThe authors of 'Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution' argue that if early enhancements in social cooperation, creativity, linguistic expression, and suggestibility were produced by psychedelics, these substances would have transformed the social environment and selection pressures for ancient hominins.
referenceCarhart-Harris et al. (2015) demonstrated that LSD enhances suggestibility in healthy volunteers.
claimThe use of psychedelics to enhance suggestibility may have provided selective advantages by strengthening ritual-induced placebo and hypnotic effects, inducing shared worldviews, and enhancing stress-reducing spiritual adaptations (Rossano, 2007, 2009).
The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century - Shortform shortform.com Mar 14, 2024 1 fact
claimPersonal accounts of alien abductions are anecdotal and may be influenced by psychological factors such as sleep paralysis, false memories, and suggestibility.
Published Studies — Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ... hopkinspsychedelic.org 1 fact
referenceA 2024 study published in Psychological Medicine assessed the role of expectancy and suggestibility in a clinical trial comparing escitalopram and psilocybin for the treatment of depression.
Clinical evidence in the phenomenon of Alien Abduction neuroscigroup.us 1 fact
claimComplex partial epileptic-like signs are positively associated with suggestibility, which suggests that differential gender effects may contribute to the etiology of False Memory Syndrome.