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This review looks at studies in humans and animals that link anxiety and stress with poorer cognitive flexibility — the ability to change strategies when rules or goals change. It describes evidence that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is central to flexible behavior, that anxiety or PFC disruptions are associated with…
In a natural, open-label study at a microdosing event, researchers tested people before and while they expected the effects of a psychedelic truffle microdose. They found better performance on a task that measures convergent thinking and on a task that measures divergent thinking. A short test of fluid intelligence did…
Researchers tested whether taking 10 g per day of Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane mushroom) for four weeks changes how the body uses fuel during exercise or affects thinking in a college-age group. In a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 24 participants ate muffins with either the mushroom or a placebo and completed…
