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by sva_ 1477 days ago
I think you can compare it to amphetamines (adderall): Amphetamines narrow your focus of attention, while psychdelics widen it.
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> Amphetamines narrow your focus of attention, while psychdelics widen it.

And that's exactly why this study is bogus. Here are the two tests which they used to "measure" cognitive ability. See anything wrong here?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_symbol_substitution_test

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-back