LSD microdosing does not appear to improve mood or cognitive ability: study
I find the title a little confusing. In the article it states:> The researchers found that the higher dose of LSD (26 μg) produced a small decrease in false alarm rates for recognizing fearful emotions and a small decrease in feelings of social rejection. The higher dose of LSD also produced heightened feelings of vigor and some participants who received the higher dose reported feeling a modest “high” during the drug sessions.Then the following paragraph:
> Under these limited conditions, the effects did not differ from placebo.If the study was placebo controlled, doesn't the first paragraph contradict the second?I'd also like to point out 1) that modest decreases in negative emotions (implied by the first paragraph) over a period of time can cumulatively alter one's perception of life for the better pretty significantly and 2) most microdosing protocols use 25ug, which is the high end of dosing for this study.