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M. A. Persinger

2 papers in the library · 86 citations · publishing 1993-1998

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Putative Perception of Rotating Permanent Magnetic Fields following Ingestion of LSD

Perceptual and Motor Skills October 1, 1998 M. A. Persinger

While sitting alone in complete darkness, 3 participants who had ingested psychotropic concentrations of lysergic acid diethylamide reported diffuse blobs of white, purplish, or greenish-yellow lights as two horseshoe magnets rotated at 0.5 Hz. The experiences were not reported when the magnets were stationary or removed from the apparatus. The estimated peak-to-peak variation in field strength...

Vectorial Cerebral Hemisphericity as Differential Sources for the Sensed Presence, Mystical Experiences and Religious Conversions

Perceptual and Motor Skills June 1, 1993 M. A. Persinger 86 citations

Multiple variants of the sensed presence often precede mystical and religious experiences that are frequently followed by sudden, permanent changes in self-concept. The model of vectorial hemisphericity assumes that the relative metabolic activity of synaptic patterns between the cerebral hemispheres at the time of transient interhemispheric intercalation determines the affect, content, and...