Psilocybin impairs high-level but not low-level motion perception

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1947-1951

  Carter, Olivia L ^a,d   Pettigrew, John D ^a   Burr, David C ^b   Alais, David ^c   Hasler, Felix ^d   Vollenweider, Franz X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hallucinogen; Human; Motion; Perception; Psilocybin; Schizophrenia; Vision

Indexed keywords

PSILOCYBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 4444345998     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200408260-00023     Document Type: Article

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