Comment · Sun, November 25, 2012
I don't think Animals can sense when you are tripping.
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Stupidhands · 253 points
I think its just they know something is up. Think about it. They can probably notice your pupils. You're probably talking way different, and louder then you normally do. Moving around strangely, the big goofy ass smile on you're face. You are not sharing a divine moment with your cat. The cat just thinks you're a dumbass.
What they were answering
DankMasterTripper · 1 points
I do totally have an increase in empathy and reading people on psychedelics, even on just weed. but how can i know for certain? i was on drugs when i witnessed it. a scientific study would be fantastic. we could rub that in faces.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
This study talks about it. It's related to DMT, but they all act on the 5-HT2 subreceptor.
>Results: Ayahuasca administration
led to significant activation of frontal and paralimbic brain
regions. Increased blood perfusion was observed bilaterally
in the anterior insula, with greater intensity in the right
hemisphere, and in the anterior cingulate/frontomedial
cortex of the right hemisphere, areas previously implicated
in somatic awareness, subjective feeling states, and
emotional arousal. Additional increases were observed in
the left amygdala/parahippocampal gyrus, a structure also
involved in emotional arousal. Conclusions: The present
results suggest that ayahuasca interacts with neural
systems that are central to interoception and emotional
processing and point to a modulatory role of serotonergic
neurotransmission in these processes.
They also mention this:
>It is worth mentioning that similar patterns of brain
activation have been observed in previous SPECT and PET
studies using other classical psychedelics. These studies
have typically found increased activation of frontal regions.
Here is another study about psilocybin, and how it enhances one's ability to read facial expressions.
This study shows that psilocybin shifts the emotional bias across various psychological domains and that activation of 5-HT2A receptors is central in mood regulation and emotional face recognition in healthy subjects.
So there are a few scientific studies that show psychedelics enhance perception of others' moods and states of mind.