Study Finds Psilocybin Improves Facial Emotion Processing and Increases Feelings of Pleasure

Researchers find psilocybin improves the ability to process emotional faces and increases feelings of pleasure.

February 2018

Researchers at Kings College, London and Imperial College, London found treatment with psilocybin and psychological support improves the ability to process emotional faces in people with treatment-resistant depression. These results correlate with the reduced anhedonia (lack of pleasure or ability to perceive pleasure) that was observed over the same period.