Increased feelings of the sensed presence and increased geomagnetic activity at the time of the experience during exposures to transcerebral weak complex magnetic fields

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1053-1079

  Booth, J N ^a   Koren, S A ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythms; Geomagnetic activity; Hemispheres; Human; Magnetic fields; Sensed presence; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 21644473981     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590901521     Document Type: Article

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