A novel method for quantitative analysis of subjective experience reports: application to psychedelic visual experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Psychedelic compounds such as LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, and DMT can dramatically alter visual perception. However, the extent to which visual effects of psychedelics consistently vary for different substances is an open question. The visual effects of a given psychedelic compound can range widely both across and within individuals, so datasets with large numbers of participants and descriptions of qualitative effects are required to adequately address this question with the necessary sensitivity.

Methods

Here we present an observational study with narrative self-report texts, leveraging the massive scale of the Erowid experience report dataset. We analyzed reports associated with 103 different psychoactive substances, with a median of 217 reports per substance

SUBMITTER: Noah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663017 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature