There isn't a whole lot of research out there about LSD, but that research is slowly growing, helped by this very small study. Like, 10 people small. Still, it's the first since the LSD heydays to study the connection between the drug and language.

Researchers at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany fed 10 participants LSD or a placebo and then presented them with pictures to name. After ingesting the drug, the participants had the same reaction time as on the placebo. However, they had more difficulty identifying the picture, which is the interesting part. As Science Daily put it, instead of identifying a car as "car," they were more prone to mistakenly call it a "bus" or "train" when under the placebo effect. This means LSD likely has a strong influence on how the brain stores words and meanings and then articulates them—language, essentially.

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"The effects of LSD on language can result in a cascade of associations that allow quicker access to far away concepts stored in the mind," said the lead researcher. Accessing those concepts more quickly could have fascinating ties with creativity—like rapidly uncovering a trove of new ideas and images in your brain—as well as contributing to slowly growing research on treating mental illness with hallucinogens.

Not a bad start.