Chapter
The Science of Psilocybin
1:03:38 - 1:08:37 (04:59)
This podcast explores the control network, or executive control network, in the human brain, and how psilocybin can affect it by removing tethers and producing a sense of "ego dissolution."
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Our brains are constantly processing information and making decisions based on our past experiences, often without our awareness.
1:03:38 - 1:04:59 (01:21)
Summary
Our brains are constantly processing information and making decisions based on our past experiences, often without our awareness. This internal model relies on a population of neurons to help choose the best action based on a distribution of possible answers.
ChapterThe Science of Psilocybin
Episode#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Discussing the executive control network and how it plays a role in controlling dreams and separating reality from unrealistic scenarios during sleep.
1:04:59 - 1:07:03 (02:03)
Summary
Discussing the executive control network and how it plays a role in controlling dreams and separating reality from unrealistic scenarios during sleep.
ChapterThe Science of Psilocybin
Episode#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses a conceptual combination of flying in dreams and being faster on their back, using examples from airplanes, birds, and movies.
1:07:03 - 1:07:32 (00:28)
Summary
The speaker discusses a conceptual combination of flying in dreams and being faster on their back, using examples from airplanes, birds, and movies.
ChapterThe Science of Psilocybin
Episode#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The experiences that you have while taking psychedelic drugs become a part of your internal model.
1:07:32 - 1:08:37 (01:04)
Summary
The experiences that you have while taking psychedelic drugs become a part of your internal model. However, when sleeping, your brain is still attached to your body, receiving sense data which constrains the model, but taking psilocybin or cadaimine, for instance, completely removes the tethers, freeing the internal model from physical reality.