Table 1.
Statistics for the effects of LSD in the 5D-ASC and MEQ
| LSD 100 μg T test vs. placebo |
LSD 200 μg T test vs. placebo |
LSD 100 vs. 200 μg T test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T= | P= | T= | P= | T= | P= | |
| 5 Dimensions Altered States of Consciousness (ASC) scale | ||||||
| Total ASC score | 9.72 | <0.001 | 10.02 | <0.001 | 2.23 | <0.05 |
| Oceanic boundlessness | 8.44 | <0.001 | 9.61 | <0.001 | 1.89 | NS |
| Anxious ego dissolution | 6.43 | <0.001 | 4.01 | <0.001 | 1.50 | NS |
| Visionary restructuralization | 9.79 | <0.001 | 15.32 | <0.001 | 2.34 | <0.05 |
| Auditory alterations | 3.72 | <0.01 | 5.87 | <0.001 | 0.42 | NS |
| Reductions of vigilance | 7.44 | <0.001 | 5.93 | <0.001 | 0.79 | NS |
| Experience of unity | 6.85 | <0.001 | 7.77 | <0.001 | 0.68 | NS |
| Spiritual experience | 4.31 | <0.001 | 3.91 | <0.001 | 1.10 | NS |
| Blissful state | 6.56 | <0.001 | 8.27 | <0.001 | 3.00 | <0.01 |
| Insightfulness | 4.11 | <0.001 | 5.81 | <0.001 | 2.28 | <0.05 |
| Disembodiment | 6.93 | <0.001 | 5.87 | <0.001 | 0.13 | NS |
| Impaired control and cognition | 7.01 | <0.001 | 5.04 | <0.001 | 0.86 | NS |
| Anxiety | 3.02 | <0.001 | 2.04 | NS | 1.37 | NS |
| Complex imagery | 7.10 | <0.001 | 7.48 | <0.001 | 0.31 | NS |
| Elementary imagery | 9.96 | <0.001 | 11.12 | <0.001 | 0.57 | NS |
| Audio-visual synsthesia | 9.19 | <0.001 | 12.52 | <0.001 | 1.96 | NS |
| Changed meaning of percepts | 6.25 | <0.001 | 9.66 | <0.001 | 3.39 | <0.01 |
| Ego dissolution (item 71) | 7.63 | <0.001 | 5.32 | <0.001 | 0.36 | NS |
| Mystical Effects Questionnaire (MEC43) | ||||||
| Internal unity | NA | NA | 6.22 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| External unity | NA | NA | 6.08 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Sacredness | NA | NA | 6.80 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Noetic quality | NA | NA | 5.71 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Deeply felt positive mood | NA | NA | 11.43 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Transcendence of time/space | NA | NA | 10.63 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Ineffability | NA | NA | 16.22 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Mystical Effects Questionnaire (MEQ30) | ||||||
| Mystical | NA | NA | 5.99 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Positive mood | NA | NA | 13.13 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Transcendence of time/space | NA | NA | 11.12 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| Ineffability | NA | NA | 25.14 | <0.001 | NA | NA |
| MEC30 total score | NA | NA | 14.91 | <0.001 | NA | NA |