Effects of the amazonian psychoactive beverage ayahuasca on binocular rivalry: Interhemispheric switching or interhemispheric fusion?

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-374

  Frecska, Ede ^a   White, Keith D ^b   Luna, Luis E ^c  

^a Wasiwaska Research Centre for the Study of Psychointegrator Plants Visionary Art and Consciousness   (Brazil)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altered state of consciousness; Ayahuasca; Binocular rivalry; Hallucinogens; Lateralization; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

AYAHUASCA; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEVERAGE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; THEORY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BANISTERIOPSIS; BEVERAGES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HARMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141886333     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2003.10400019     Document Type: Article

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