Always great to see studies looking at the mental implications of non-psychoactive drugs. I suppose it's common to overlook the implications of a drug on the central nervous system with respect to consciousness, when the drug in question never causes any subjective/noticeable change.
I suppose it's all too intuitive, though. Even slight, unnoticeable changes in consciousness - to the point that even you don't notice - may in-fact be detectable on paper. I hope this leads to more research into the mental changes for other drugs classified as "non-psychoactive" (who doesn't love more data? :). Anyways, to end off by inserting some colloquialism into my thoughts here...
As someone with a family history of mental illness, I try to keep a close eye on my mental state, and it's surprising how much can affect it. Apart from drugs that shouldn't be affecting mental states, even different types of food and how much exercise I get can have noticeable impacts. Those EFA fish oil pills? Not just good for your heart . . .
I try to be aware of biases, but the OTC EFAs were prescribed by my physician, and there have been some studies backing DHA in particular as effective for depression.
> Always great to see studies looking at the mental implications of non-psychoactive drugs.
... also great to read about the mental implications of priming. I'll be more punitive/forgiving depending on the unrelated thought I had minutes earlier...
I suppose it's all too intuitive, though. Even slight, unnoticeable changes in consciousness - to the point that even you don't notice - may in-fact be detectable on paper. I hope this leads to more research into the mental changes for other drugs classified as "non-psychoactive" (who doesn't love more data? :). Anyways, to end off by inserting some colloquialism into my thoughts here...
Trippy study, mannnnn.