LSD acutely impairs fear recognition and enhances emotional empathy and sociality
August 24, 2016 Patrick Dolder 12 citations
LSD increases feelings of happiness, trust, and closeness to others, enhances explicit and implicit emotional empathy, and impairs recognition of sad and fearful faces. It also strengthens the desire to be with others and increases prosocial behavior. These effects on emotional processing and sociality may support LSD-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety in life-threatening illness.