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A comment on Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processing of Fearful Stimuli. Parent comment

Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by thisisforyou on Thursday April 06, 2017 @12:24PM (#14052003)
The paper includes a caveat at the end: "Our study has several limitations. First, although the trial was formally double-blinded, assignment to placebo or LSD was unavoidably unblinded by the obvious psychedelic effects caused by the dose used."
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by ryandrake on Thursday April 06, 2017 @01:06PM (#14052428)
Yea, I'd love to see the placebo group. "Nope... still in this universe..."
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by jrowley on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:22PM (#14054749)
In some studies they use other drugs that illicit similar but different feelings, e.g ecstasy
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by dTal on Saturday April 08, 2017 @09:46AM (#14066864)
FYI, the correct spelling is "elicit". "Illicit" means forbidden or illegal, ironically in this context.
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by jrowley on Saturday April 08, 2017 @12:45PM (#14067770)
Haha whoops. Thank you for that!
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:46PM (#14055408)
"similar but different feelings" - it can only be one or the other...
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by jrowley on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:36PM (#14055712)
They are similar but different. They both are a departure from being sober. I think in one study about ecstasy they used an amphetamine as the placebo, because both get you wired but in different ways.
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Re:Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During Processi... by NikolaeVarius on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:49PM (#14056119)
They are nowhere near similar in any capacity. It's like claiming that smoking and drinking produce similar effects
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