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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Suha Kidwai

Microdosing LSD can improve your brain function – if you’re a woman

Taking microdoses of LSD can improve cognitive performance and focus – but only if you are a woman, according to groundbreaking new research.

In a clinical study published in Nature, scientists investigating the cognitive impacts of low-dose psychedelics found that fractional doses of LSD enhanced sustained attention in female participants, while male participants showed no significant change.

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