A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to “see” images from memory rather than what’s actually in front of it. Long before modern laboratory testing, i ...

In China, a particular species of edible mushroom causes hundreds of cases of hallucinations annually, as well as some delirium, dizziness, and mania. The hallucinations tend to be of tiny “elves” ...

For decades, the idea that the human brain might naturally produce the psychedelic compound DMT has attracted considerable attention. It has been speculated that DMT could function as a natural ...

One person’s recreational drug trip might be another’s mental health boost. Research out today finds that dimethyltryptamine, better known as DMT, could be effective at treating people’s depression.

A single dose of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) had a rapid and sustained effect on depressive symptoms in a small trial. DMT – a fast-acting and extremely potent psychedelic found in ...

Psychedelics are psychoactive substances that trigger unusual mental states, also referred to as "trips," altering the perceptions, thoughts, and emotions of those taking them and typically inducing ...

Your experience of being “you” feels continuous, stable, and real, but neuroscience tells a stranger story. The brain does not passively record reality — it actively predicts and constructs it. Your ...

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A Chinese court has ruled for the first time that a developer is not legally responsible for an AI “hallucination” — fabricated information presented as fact — establishing a precedent for how such ...

Artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly, yet AI hallucinations remain a significant challenge. These occur when models generate convincing but incorrect content, like fictitious events or ...

The introduction highlights the growing concern over AI-generated errors, especially “hallucinations” or fake legal citations, in court filings. A recent New York case, Deutsche Bank v. LeTennier, ...