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		itchyjunk on April 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Acute Effects of LSD on Amygdala Activity During P... The team looking at the fMRI might not be aware of which scans came from LSD Vs placebo.

traek on April 6, 2017 [–]

That's only single-blind (experimenters are blinded to test vs control, but subjects are not). It's impossible to keep subjects unaware of whether or not they were given acid, for obvious reasons.

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