During psilocybin journeys, perceptual blending or synesthesia occurs where different sensory modalities merge, such as music changing the intensity of internal visual hallucinations, breathing becoming linked to auditory perception, or hand movements on a surface creating perceived changes in music frequency, representing a reduction in sensory modularity and integration of perception.

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Andrew Huberman

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there's a lot of so-called perceptual blending...music...will then start to change the intensity or the movement...This is referred to as synesthesia or the merging of different senses that are not ordinarily merged...their pattern of breathing becomes linked to the perceptions of things that they are hearing, or seeing, or feeling

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How Psilocybin Can Rewire Our Brain, Its Therapeutic Benefits & Its RisksAndrew Huberman
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:37:08 PM

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