The default mode network (DMN) is a set of widely distributed brain regions in the parietal,
temporal and frontal cortex. These regions often show reductions in activity during attention …

Along with the increased interest in and volume of social cognition research, there has been
higher awareness of a lack of agreement on the concepts and taxonomy used to study social …

Psilocybin therapy shows antidepressant potential, but its therapeutic actions are not well
understood. We assessed the subacute impact of psilocybin on brain function in two clinical …

Discoveries over the past two decades demonstrate that regions distributed throughout the
association cortex, often called the default network, are suppressed during tasks that …

The past decade has witnessed a proliferation of studies aimed at characterizing the human
connectome. These projects map the brain regions comprising large-scale systems …

Adolescence is a period of dramatic developmental transitions—from puberty-related
changes in hormones, bodies, and brains to an increasingly complex social world. The …

Rumination is strongly and consistently correlated with depression. Although multiple
studies have explored the neural correlates of rumination, findings have been inconsistent …

Psychedelics are a unique class of drug that commonly produce vivid hallucinations as well
as profound psychological and mystical experiences. A grouping of interconnected brain …

Humans require a plethora of higher cognitive skills to perform executive functions, such as
reasoning, planning, language and social interactions, which are regulated predominantly …

Classic psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have
recaptured the imagination of both science and popular culture, and may have efficacy in …