Psychedelic Art and Implications for Mental Health: Randomized Pilot Study
Mary L Peng, Joan Monin, Polina Ovchinnikova, Amanda Levi, Terika McCall, Amaryllis Mavragani, Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar, Hira Rafi · 2024
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The authors present a 2024 pilot trial asking whether looking at psychedelic art changes how people feel. The style, born in the 1960s drug culture, floods the eye with vivid color, warped forms, and dense pattern. Since calm art viewing is known to aid well-being, the team tested whether this intense style might act like a meditation.
One hundred two adults aged eighteen to thirty-five were assigned at random to five minutes of psychedelic imagery or of natural scenery. Surveys afterward gathered open-ended reports of body, mind, and mood effects. The psychedelic group described a wider and stronger range of experiences. Thematic analysis sorted those reports into patterns. The authors frame the work as a first step toward art-based tools for mental health care.
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| CREATOR | Mary L Peng, Joan Monin, Polina Ovchinnikova, Amanda Levi, Terika McCall, Amaryllis Mavragani, Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar, Hira Rafi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |