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. 2021 Jul 1;16(7):e0253779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253779

Table 1. Ratings on the dimension of the Altered States of Consciousness (ASC) rating scale [25] within the 3 Hz and 10 Hz conditions.

5D-ASC Dimension 3 Hz 10 Hz p
M SD M SD
Altered State of Consciousness (global) 12.04 9.66 14.20 10.27 0.034
Auditory Alterations 2.67 4.73 5.48 10.03 0.375
Dread of Ego Dissolution 7.25 5.35 7.09 6.71 0.663
Oceanic Boundlessness 13.41 16.14 15.85 15.85 0.065
Vigilance Reduction 32.13 25.17 32.63 20.12 0.855
Visionary Restructuralization 15.60 10.44 20.12 13.13 0.039
11-ASC Dimension 3 Hz 10 Hz p
M SD M SD
Anxiety 1.64 2.51 2.81 5.31 0.671
Audio-Visual Synesthesia 6.61 9.11 10.31 12.86 0.117
Blissful State 12.78 21.40 16.56 20.79 0.522
Changed Meaning of Percepts 5.78 9.20 7.56 10.53 0.117
Complex Imagery 16.93 24.61 20.90 26.36 0.169
Disembodiment 18.04 24.70 16.46 24.12 0.961
Elementary Imagery 48.44 27.59 63.05 27.90 0.060
Experience of Unity 14.50 20.51 15.45 18.89 0.756
Impaired Control and Cognition 13.91 12.57 12.14 12.19 0.262
Insightfulness 5.94 12.05 9.89 16.80 0.316
Spiritual Experience 3.87 7.25 6.54 12.66 0.135

Note. Differences between conditions were assessed by Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Data were analyzed according to the five-dimensional ASC Rating Scale (5D-ASC) scheme and to the 11 subscales of the ASC Rating Scale (11-ASC). Mean and standard deviation are reported in percentages.