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eurasiantiger on Aug 6, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-bl...

Microdose = sub-perceptual dose

Threshold dose = dose at which effects can barely be perceived

Low dose = dose at which effects become definitely perceptible

The people in this study were taking something between a threshold dose and a low dose, given some interpersonal variability.

carrychains on Aug 6, 2022 [–]

.5 is definitely a low dose for anyone who has experienced it more than a few times or an actual low dose at least once. Realistically, I'd expect only a first timer could possibly think .5 is imperceptible.

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