{
  "id": 16178231,
  "title": "LSD pushes brain activity toward a more fractal, complex state, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/lsd-pushes-brain-activity-toward-a-more-fractal-complex-state-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T10:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/lsd-pushes-brain-activity-toward-a-more-fractal-complex-state-study-finds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LSD speeds up the brain’s alpha and beta rhythms by about 2 and 5 hertz, respectively, while genuinely weakening them, according to a new brain imaging study. The drug also made brain signals more complex, especially in sensory regions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}