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Magic mushrooms are giving researchers hope in treating conditions like anxiety and depression, a new study may have found the key to increasing photosynthesis efficiency in plants, and research shows that we love being reached out to by old friends! 

Mushrooming Minds

• 'They Broke My Mental Shackles': Could Magic Mushrooms be the Answer to Depression? by Josh Jacobs
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/10/magic-mushrooms-treatment-depression-aztecs-psilocybin-mental-health-medicine
• Psilocybin Produces Substantial and Sustained Decreases in Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Life-Threatening Cancer: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial by Roland R. Griffiths, et al.
  • https://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0269881116675513
• Rapid and Sustained Symptom Reduction Following Psilocybin Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Life-Threatening Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Stephen Ross, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116675512
• Psilocybin-Induced Decrease in Amygdala Reactivity Correlates with Enhanced Positive Mood in Healthy Volunteers by Rainer Kraehenmann, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.04.010
• Therapeutic Mechanisms of Psilocybin: Changes in Amygdala and Prefrontal Functional Connectivity during Emotional Processing after Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression by Lea J. Mertens, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0269881119895520
• Limbic System: Amygdala by The University of Texas McGovern Medical School
  • https://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience/m/s4/chapter06.html

Super Plants 

• Scientists Resurrect Ancient Enzymes To Improve Photosynthesis by Krishna Ramanujan
  • https://cals.cornell.edu/news/2022/04/scientists-resurrect-ancient-enzymes-improve-photosynthesis
• Improving the Efficiency of Rubisco by Resurrecting Its Ancestors in the Family Solanaceae by Myat T. Lin, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm6871
• Scientists Take Step to Improve Crops’ Photosynthesis, Yields by Krishna Ramanujan
  • https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/08/scientists-take-step-improve-crops-photosynthesis-yields
• Small Subunits Can Determine Enzyme Kinetics of Tobacco Rubisco Expressed in Escherichia Coli by Myat T. Lin, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00761-5

Plz Call Your Friends

• “Unexpectedly reaching out to a friend is more appreciated than people assume, new study shows” by Douglas Heingartner
  • https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/reaching-out-more-appreciated-than-assumed/
• “The Surprise of Reaching Out: Appreciated More Than We Think” by Peggy J. Liu, SoYon Rim, Lauren Min, and Kate E. Min
  • https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-pspi0000402.pdf

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