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hallucinations

Hallucinating mice could help us understand schizophrenia

Neuroscientists made mice hear things that didn't happen for a rare look into what creates hallucinations in our brains

series of CT scans of brain and skull, some purple

How your immune system can give you narcolepsy

New research could lead to easier diagnoses of this rare sleep disorder

Are hallucinations a disease?

They may be a symptom, but they are not necessarily harmful

What is a hallucinogen?

From psilocybin to LSD, here's what these mind-altering drugs do in our brains

A neuroscientist reviews Michael Pollan's 'How to Change Your Mind'

The book shines new light on the revitalized field of psychedelic medicine

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More than 10 percent of healthy people hallucinate. You can likely thank dopamine

The brain chemical associated with reward also seems to distort our perceptions