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An Investigation Of Some Electrophysiological Concomitants Of Hallucinations, Ronald S. Golemba Jan 1972

An Investigation Of Some Electrophysiological Concomitants Of Hallucinations, Ronald S. Golemba

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The present research was designed to determine if a single LSD experience produces a detectable change in the electrical potential of the brain, and if so, how long that change lasts, and to examine the changes in the electrical potential of the brain associated with chemogenic and hypnogenic hallucinations. Four studies were conducted measuring the electrical potential between the front and back of the head in monkeys and humans. The frontal potential was shown to shift negatively with the use of LSD-type psychedelics but not with marijuana compounds. LSD caused the potential in humans to shift into the range commonly …