Stroboscopic light stimulation as a controllable probe of the psilocybin state: a mechanistic framework and a falsifiable prediction
Frontiers in Pharmacology September 30, 2026 Kacper Żełabowski, Tomasz Wieczorek, Adam Hamed
Stroboscopic light stimulation (SLS) and psilocybin each induce altered states whose phenomenology and neurophysiology partly overlap, including posterior alpha-band changes and visual imagery. The two states engage the alpha band through different operations - pharmacological suppression under psilocybin and frequency-selective visual drive under SLS. We formalize their possible interaction...