EXPERIMENTAL FACILITATION OF THE SENSED PRESENCE IS PREDICTED BY THE SPECIFIC PATTERNS OF THE APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS, NOT BY SUGGESTIBILITY: RE-ANALYSES OF 19 EXPERIMENTS

If all experiences are generated by brain activity, then experiences of God and spirits should also be produced by the appropriate cerebral stimulation. During the last 15 years experiments have shown that the sensed presence of a "Sentient Being" can be reliably evoked by very specific te...

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Published in:International journal of neuroscience 2006-09, Vol.116 (19), p.1079-1096
Main Authors: PIERRE, L. S. ST, PERSINGER, M. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Awareness - physiology
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Databases as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Electroencephalography - methods
Electromagnetic Fields
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
magnetic fields
Male
Middle Aged
mystical experience
Parapsychology - methods
Perception - physiology
Personality Inventory
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regression Analysis
Sensation - physiology
sensed presence
suggestibility
Temporal Lobe - physiology
Temporal Lobe - radiation effects
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Summary:If all experiences are generated by brain activity, then experiences of God and spirits should also be produced by the appropriate cerebral stimulation. During the last 15 years experiments have shown that the sensed presence of a "Sentient Being" can be reliably evoked by very specific temporal patterns of weak (
ISSN:0020-7454
1563-5279
1543-5245
DOI:10.1080/00207450600808800