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What is the brain’s Default Mode Network and how does psilocybin act on it?

What is the brain’s Default Mode Network and how does psilocybin act on it?

How the DMN works The Default Mode Network (DMN) is an interconnected group of brain regions that are associated with introspective functions, internally directed thought, such as self-reflection, and self-criticism. The functional connections that make up the DMN increase from birth to adulthood, with the DMN not being fully active until later in a child’s development, emerging around the age…